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= (tlie ♦ « limatili I------- REACHES KVERYONB ♦ IN KLAMATH COUNTY ♦ .NUMBER »i KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1914 VOLUMN *1* Canada Is Investigating the Wreck PRISONER JUMPS FROM PASSENGER WINDOW; ESCAPES ♦ ♦ WII.MiX At'K N'OWLEDGEN ♦ Iti <1 IPT OF TELEGRAM « ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ WILL TALK OVER ♦ WOOLEN Mll.l. PI.AX ♦ ♦ General Villa Enjoys a Cockfight ♦ i <>R ni < « »I X I I hti . ixi . ♦ Tin- White House ' l.elli lem* Il Pl« oda ut I ti«- ♦ .Hi,-, n ma- io acknowledge tin- ♦ lea.lpt of your tela.*l.ai|l of M.1V ♦ 23. nn«l to -ai timi lu- I- briny Ju.I lU-lixr Ilia I «alu Heu« I«« «I Klaut* ♦ Illg It Io Illa* it ««’lit loll of III' ♦ ra iniy ot the inlei lor. Hill l ull., I.«u>l»r) laM*k«'«l llliuwll ♦ Hina erely yours. lu tlir Ijivalury, anil lloialiiK NN •»»- ♦ I 1* I I XII I i x S. .leiiary to th- Preeiila-nt «low, J uii «| hm I—Not »1I* m «I I mil ♦ Ihr Traill Hrat'hed statini« Urn*, ♦ lutliurllirw wan hin* Afl«r several hundred dollals liad l««t*u vxpeudrtl by l.ukv cutiuiy lu briua about ilia arrml ot Huck l.iuil- ary at Albany, and alter Deputy Sber- Ifl Waller IJvul bad gun» to Albany tor the prisoner, and had him almost hare, Lindsey last ulgbl made his es cape by Jumping trout the tralu Just before It pulled into Klatualb Fails, and Just a tew minutes before hr would have been lodged beblud I hr bars of the Klamath rouuty Jail for safe keeping otter maul. Helwoeu Midlaud and Klamath Falla. Lindsey asked permission to go into the lavatory ou the train, which the officer granted. The prlsouer opened the window and jumped from the train, and It was not until the train reached Klamath Falla that the escape was discovered. The authorities are making a search for the eacape, and all the nearby authorities have beeu tele phoned and telegraphed The recap ture ot Lindsey Is regarded aa certain Lindsey la wanted lu lAke county on a charge ot stealing horses In War ner Valley. Four ot the horses he is alleged to have taken are owued by the deputy sheriff from , whose custody he escaped Lindsey la about 30 years of age. weighs about 14« pounds, and Is t> feet s Inches high Ills complexion is dark, and he baa black hair Both ot hla eye teeth are gold crowned, and noticeable when he talks At the time of «■scaping he wore a gray sweater, dark trousers, a whit«« sum brero and tan boots, but no coat or vest. LAKEVIEW JAUNT OF THE ELKS IS HIGHLY ENJOYED General Pancho Villa, the biggest man In M> xl«<> today. Is not ashamed to attend a eocktlght. which la even mor«* of a national sport In Mexico than bull fighting Even the meanest Mexican may see a cockfight, but a bullfight Is an expensive undertaking NEIGHBORING CITY A ROYAL EX. One reason for Villa's popularity Is \ Isitora Are Met the fact that he Is wholly Mexican. H>* wsa a bandit for many years, and lived In the mountains, where he was cared for at time» by the poorer classes. He has th« same sentiments slid outlook on life. ably think as little of going to cock Villa willingly posed for this photo- fights as he does now. a Mile From Town W Illi a Haud ami Auto mobile«, aud a Rig R«*<cptloii la <«4«ivcn Tlieui by the Elka of That < Ity—onl) <>m* Accident Occurred ou (lie FlitItc Trip. WORK ON THE CALIFORNIA Water Users to Meet ♦♦♦ Important Matters to Be Attended to at Session ♦♦♦♦♦♦ The Introduction ot talks on mat - ............................................ Abel Ady (era pertinent to tne water user and ' If time permits, there will be other farmer», and the question of sendlug talk*. In the afternoon the business ses repreeeniellon to Washington to work for the passage of the twenty-yenr ex inion of the stockholder* will be held. tension bill are two ot the features of Al this time, directors will be elected ilie annual meeting of the stockhold There me two ll. kets lu the Held, one ers of the Klamath Water Users Asso composed ot the present admlnlstra ciation i«> !>«• held Friday at Houston's lion. These candidate» are u» fol lows: opera house. First district, Klamath Falls J. R. The program of speeches will be held In the forenoon, beginning at Dixon and J. R. Elliott. Second District, Lost River mid 111:30. The list follows: “Dairying".................. Prof J* G Swan Poe Valley John Irwin, James Exell nnd 8, II. Griffith. "Drainage and Seepage................ Third district, Merrill and Callfor- ......... Project Manager J. (1. Camp , nit C. A. Bunting, C. (I. Merrill and “Co-operative Buying mid Selling" ............................................ J. M. Ezell 1.1. (I. Swan. Fourth district, Klamath project al Klamath Soli mid Crops,"......... ...........................Prof, M. A. McCall large Abel Ady nnd Theodore N Case “Reclamation Relief Mutters" ... LOCAL GIRL WILL New Crater Breaks no ns wow Out on Mount Lassen Will H. Mason of this city has just been awarded a contract for a portion of the work on the northern terminus ot the California state highway. He will begin work in about two weeks. The contract awarded Mason is for grading the highway from Hornbrook •WISH NELLIE COGSWELL WILL BE to the Oregon line, a distance of eight miles. The finishing of the high NN ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR IN way will not be takeu up until later. United Press Service a sack of flour were emitted. RED BLUFF. June I. A new cra There is much rumbling and other ter. Soo feet from the top of Mount noise. Great quantities of stemn are Lassen, aud on the north side of the escaping. slope, broke out Sunday afternoon. A forest ranger visited the new The crater is 26 feet wide and 40 feet Ci ater yesterday. He states that slight long, and has deep fissures. earthquaqe shocks are perceptible on Rocks, lava and ashes were scat the mountain. tered to a depth of two feet 200 feet Mount Lassen is the youngest vol- from the crater Rocks as large as.cano in the state SAÏ POL ÏÎLLEY DUES ARE VALID United Press Service TRACT FOR EIGHT MILES OF STATE HIGHWAY It wsa a tired bunch ot Klka that straggled luto Klamath Falla Suuday night all the way from 4 o'clock till II. returning from the excursion to taukevtew. While they were all tired It was a happy bunch that brought glowing account* of the princely re ception and entertainment given them by the people of Lakeview The excursion of autos reached lakeview at 1*30 Saturday They were met about a mile and a half from the city by the Idikevlew brass baud und a reception committee In autos, aud escorted through towu to the elegant club rooms of the Antler* Club. Here they were given an opportun- To Work In Park. A rile Worrel has gone to Crater ytl to remove some of the dust of Lake to enter the government em travel, and wore then taken to the ploy He will assist Superintendent rooms at the hotel and In private Will <1. Steel In the work at head (Continued on page 4) quarters. ♦w MAS.JN 10 MAKE HIGHWAY GRADE ^L'EIIEU, June I.—< anadian Pa cific oltlcialw tixlay eatiiuatew the Emp- res« of Ireland death list at t>tf*». This graph shortly after the battle of Tor- is in-lieved to be final. leou. which made him the dominant Tlie identification of tlie bodiee at ' haracter in the constitutionalist fac Rimouski proceed« rapidly. It is be tion. Should be go on and become lieved lliat the bodie« n<H locate«l are the head of the nation be would prob LOCAL CONTRACTOR GETS COM- in the hulk of the inisaing ship. TEKTAINER Klamalli ♦ ♦ For the purpose ot deciding ♦ ♦ wl .it Ki.-n. itli Falls is willing to ♦ e toward «n<ouraglng a woolen ♦ ♦ mill here, aud what the owners ♦ ♦ «f tin- Bandoti NV< ol«-ii mills be- ♦ ♦ I ev« they are entitled to lu or- ♦ ♦ der to justify then, to move tti«-ir ♦ ♦ m.o blnery here from Coos Bay, ♦ ♦ a ma me* ng of Klamath ♦ DISCREPAXI U.S ARE NOTED IN . ght ♦ STORIES ♦ al the Chamber of Co. . merte ♦ ♦ All intei-st«'d people are urged ♦ ♦ to attend th.- Manager B.-dll- ♦ ♦ lion of the Baudot« « oncern wl. ♦ < aplaiue «f the Two H«»wl<* Teii Dif ♦ : ves tomorrow, will be ptesent ♦ ferent N erwlon» of Fstality—*4Mtl- ♦ to take up matter- tor th. e ciabt Are Taking th« Tewtiinonj of ♦ <-n mill owner Th«- ri.. . t :«g i ♦ the Pa««engi*rw— Work of Idenli- ♦ g.ti at h o'clock. ♦ ♦ ♦ fying the Vlctlnm Pitxeeds St«*w«Bly ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ at the Wharf Morgues. The Kluinath Chamber of Com iuer« e today rwelved the follow Ina acknowledgment of th- wire recently -ent President Wil on urglug bls aid 111 Securing the «<■ e op, Hing of spi.«ail«- .«nd W ill <m ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ sou rlvr* to loKRlti* M Is M »Xil I» IX I Yhl --------- ♦ FINAL ESTIMALE OF THE MISSING PLACED il S69 iiant to land fur which water is avail able " Tlie Griffith opinion stales: “The contract does not provide a defluite time when a shareholder shall become liable for assessments for ex penses, and It is very appropriate that a time should be fixed by the by-laws which In effect designate that such < IIIEF COUNSEL OF THE RECLA time shall be when the water is avail MATION SERVICE HOLDS THAT able from the project. It provides two «lasses, one class for whose land I HEN Mt ST III: PAID NOW THAT water is available, and the other for LAXI» IS I XIII It WATER whose land water is not available." "Avallable" means simply “at one's disposal." According to Will R. King, chief The distinction seems plainly to be counsel of tlie reclamation service, the between lands which can have the owners of lands in Poe Valley which benefit of the water aud the lauds are under the second unit ditches are which cannot. The question of the obliged to pay dues to the Klamath manner of payment for the water does Water Users Association These peo not enter. The contention of those pertain land owners assumes a third ple object to paying these aseeae- classlflcation. vis.: lands for which nients, holding that they are fur water Is available upon a rental basis. nished water this year upon a rental The language of the court in the Grif basis, and not as are the other water fith case does not justify such an as users. sumption. King's opinion in the matter fol- Water is. in fact, available for all do ws: lands under the ditches in Poe Valley, The attention of this office has been second unit. Klamath project. called to tlie refusal of certain lund owners in Poe Valley to pay their assessment fees on the ground that Twelve Hiin<lrv<! tliildrcn in lllock I School enumerators In Chicago water is not available for their lands found 1.2U0 children In one block. in a legal sense, aa they claim, al The block is bounded by Division, though water is furnished on the Itlackl twk. Holt and Dicken streets, lands on a rental basis. The decision and Is populated almost exclusively by In the Griffith case Is given as the Poles. Louis Link leads with seven basis of such contention. teen children. The by-law of the association here Involved Is as follows: "Revenues necessary* for the ac- Here Io (Tuiae Timber. William White, who Is connected < ompllshment of the purposes of the association shall be raised by an as with the forestry service, Is here from sessment from time to time against Medford, on his way to cruise timber I he shares of stock thereof nppurte- near Sand Creek. DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY ••Due" Carter Here. IX CALIFORNIA INSTITI T1ON Mrs. Emnta V. Cogswell and her daughter. Miss Nellie Cogswell, came in last night from Palo Alta, Calif., where Miss Cogswell is attending Stanford I niversity of California. They will spend the summer here, where Mrs, Cogswell has property In terests. Miss Cogswell bis Jt!»t been ap pointed an assistant instructor in the department o' psychology. She is a graduate oi the Klamath county high s *h<*ol. boir* a membet of the class of 1911 SIX HUNGRY MEN HAVE TROUT FEED J. Hardin Carter returned Saturday evening from Loe Angeles, where he is taking a course in dentistry at the University of Southern California. Carter Is well and favorably knowu here, and is a graduate ot the Klam ath county high school. He has ac cepted a position as night engineer at the ice plant during the summer va cation Standardised tests of the relative intellects ot children, age for age, made by l*ewls M. Terman. associate professor of education at Leland Stan ford Jr University, California, show girls to be smarter than boys. Pro- lessor Terman also informed the San Francisco Teachers' Institute that work that is the most rapid Is the most accurate. Children of 7 and 8 years, he says, should not be kept in school longer than an hour and a half a day. l ulled Press Service MONTREAL, June 1,—Iuvestiga lion into the wreck by the government has started. Today the wreck com mission is securing the testimony of the survivors, but the matter will be finally decided by a royal commission, including two judges of the admiralty court, who will arrive here June 3th from London. Wreck Commissioner Lindsey Is taking the evidence ot the members of the crew, as well as the survivors. Today he reports a grave discrep ancy between the stories of Captain Kendall, commander of the ill-fated Empress of Ireland, and Captain An derson of the collier Storetadt. which collided with the Empress. Prepares for the Ro«leo. Herbent Arant is in the city today from his ranch. He says he has a couple of running horses which be wants to enter at the Elks Rodeo. He tnay also gather up a string for the relay race, which is to be one of the big local events of the July show. John Waunamaker announces that he will close his Philadelphia stores on all Saturdays iu July aud August, and at 5 o'clock on every business day in the year. He will use his influ ence to have a nation-wide Saturday closing. It Is probable the clerks will be paid on a flve-day basis. In co-operation with the weather bureau, forest rangers are to measure snow depths in the Western moun tains. REX CAFE CHEF PREPARES BIG TROUT CATCH NO.M1CAL FOR GASTRO- ENJOYMENT OF A IH NCH OF EPICURES White Pelican Gone ♦♦♦ Ai noon today H. J. Lincoln was host at a six-plate banquet that would make Delmonico'B swellest dinners look like a backdoor hand-out. The banquet was served at the Rex cafe. Three mammoth platters, pyramid ed with perfectly browned trout, were emptied by the hungry half dozen in Just one hour aud seven minutes. The trout were «aught Sunday at the mouth of Spring Creek by H. J. Lin coln, Dr. Fred Westerfeld and Clar ence Motschenbacher. Doc claims to have hooked the largest one, Lincoln excelled in numbers, and Motsy makes no claims at all. Those now full of trout are Ed Bodge, Joe Brett, Dave Lenox, War ren Duhl, Dr. Fred Westerfeld and H. J. Lincoln. ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ Other Rodeo Outlaws Rounded Up for the Show ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ "White Pelican,” that tueek, dirty-: before. Cheyenne. Square Deal and gray cayuse which bucked Johnny White Pelican were attractions at a Judd out of his chances for first mon Rodeo In Los Angeles in 1913. ey at the first Rodeo, aud which acted Simpson and Acord have Just re up in the same manner at the last turned from trying out horses, going Rodeo, may not be on the boards as far as Alturas, and working at when the Elks’ show Is staged in July Steel Swamp, the Dalton ranch, the In fact, there Is every reason to be Carr ranch, Duncan ranch and th« lieve that the renowned outlaw Is a Mitchel! and JF ranches. Out of six goner, for Art Acord nnd Earl Simp ty buckers they selected a dozen ot son went a couple of hundred miles the worst, and win use them for the out of their way In a hunt for the bucking contests. beast. After trying out a few horses close The other Elk outlaws, Cheyenne, to Klamath Falls, the pair will go to Square Deal and Pin Ears, are round the reservation anti the Fort country. Four buffalo calves have Just been ed up. Cheyenne was saddled and There are many mean horses being born on the Wichita national forest, mounted by Acord, and he found the rounded up for them, especially on bringing the herd up to Al. old timer just ns hard a hucker as tho reMrvatIon.