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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27
MASONS RAP KU KLUX
Statement isy Massachusetts Grand
Master Condemns Khan

BOSTON. June 27.-A letter do.
clnring the Ku KluK KIan. IAN un-
Masonic organization. utterly with.
out Masonic support or sympathy.
has boon sent "a all Masonic lodges
of IN. state by Arthur u. Prince,
grand master of III" Massachusetts,
grand lodge.
The letter. made public her" today.
SAYS. that "nE u grand lodg" ""
would tab" no interest In the orrani.
zaiiOn but for tho claims made by H.
officers and organizers that ~. .m"n.
h"rshIp IL largely Masonic and II has
MnsOnir approval aud support %
This statement" Mr. Princes lot.
ter continued. is absolutely false.
~ ~. Khan has NO connection with
ana neither does II have IN. suppor,
of any Masonic jurisdiction.
Tn. ayow"d principles Of TIA" Khan,
Prince asserted. violate Masonic Ia"
ut every point and II would b" i'm.
possible for me to conceive Of Ma.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27
PLANNING MILL BURNS
Spontaneous Combustion ls blanri
for Sacramento Fire

SACRAMENTO. June 27.--Spon'
iancoua combustion occurring In u
pile OF sawdust In the rear OF tho
office building of burnett a son,
planning mill proprictors ON X street
between Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth streets. IL held responsible
for n fire which destroyed the office
building, planning mill and lumber
shed OF the company yesterday af-
ierno0n.
Fire department officials said tho
loss probably was In tho >neighbOr-
hood OF $36. 900. q. II, Burnett
estimated the loss at between $780,
0o0 and $4,000 lie said some
insurance was carried,
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27
COUNTY TREAsuREWs NOTICE

Notice II hereby given that there
are funds In the County Treasury
for the redemption of klamath coun,
~ Road Warrants protested on or
before April 26th. 1922
Interest on the same will cease
from this date.
this 18th day OF June A. -. 1922.
q, X. VAN RIPER.
County Treasurer
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

son who could 10 forget his Masonic
teaching ~ to affIliat" With an or
gnnIzn'Ipn which takes the law into
its own hnnds, condcmnlng women
and children IN secret trials, impos-
ibg the punishment Df the whip,
the tar bucket or unlawful banish-
mnnt."
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27
Two icssin,ists

II don't kecr 10 much fer this glad
fad aud rollyanna business"
Me. neither, It's getting ~ n man
hardly knows whore he can 10 To
borrow u little trouble,
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

Harry T"lford Enys ih" trouble
with modern prodlral sons IN they
do not return wnh any spirit of hu.
mainly. hut want tn b, met with u
hrays band aud then taken HON" In
Atl0.0U0 Limousine whll" III" crowdr
cheer
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27
NOTICE Of ELECTION OF TIE
MEADOWS DRAINAGE DISTINCT
OE KLAMATH COT <vN, OREGON

10 the owners ~ land situate IN the
Meadows Drainage District Of
Klamath County. Oregon
Notice is hereby given that q meet.
ing OF tho owners Of land situate In
the Meadows Drainage District Of
klamath County. Oregon, A called
for the purpose Of holding an cleo
tIon and voting upon the following
qurHiiUn.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

"iirohd"rn. exclaimed the preach.
~ ~ h" came across u portion of his
flock engaged IN pursuing the god.
dusa ~ chance. Don't yo' all know
~ wrong to shoot craps
"Y"s. pnhson" admitted On" par.
lHhinu"r sadly. AN h'li"v" me. abs
pawn fu' NAH Aiuv"
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

According To u nourologisi, during
III" holiday season heads Of families
az" especially apt to los. their bal
ancc Thcy'y. only To glanc. at their
check books Ia rcaliz" thai.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

Earl whitlock remarks that IN
dcrlakrrs attend more religious ser
vices than other people. Perhaps
that ~ what makes them look M
piOus
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

"hICkov" said the mother, when
yuu di,id"d ihus" NV" cHram"ls with
your slnr"r. lid you give her ihrc"'''
80, ma I rhonEht they wonldn't
com" out even, 80 ! At" one b"for"
I began tn divide"
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

The traffic cops declare that too
many people think they know how
10 drive ear M soon IA they learn
10 step on the gas.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

Modern inventions are developing
race of button push"rs u means
that all of III" physical exercises ~
III" futur" viii b" coniin"d to poster.
ity's thumb
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27
\ New Twist

W. nov royig" III" old old saw.
Ana yUu an know ia true:
4 Ford car ulwnya finds som. Worl,
I'ut ldl" hands Ia do
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27
The 4 l,an,p

li's easy to b" grouchy
when things aren't coming your
way
llui tho prig" old grOwl
L. the man who viii howl.
when everything = going %. X.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27
llciItl, liattlcs

Thcy say Jazz II dcnd. We thought
II was dying from the weird nois" II
made.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

ono false st"pu isn't always fatal
Wh"r" there's q viii there's u ret
away. according ~ nill Lee"
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27
The Office Cat
ny JUNIUB

Harry Poole sayH the woman who
pushed her huubnnd intn the river
was trying To drown her troubles.
Somewhat embarrassed he sldl.d
up To- ~" department Iur. glove
counter
! would llk" Ia acr Miss Green, d"
Ia" hammered
Tn" nbs"nt.mindei saloSp.rson
looked up languldly
Miss Green IN out. she said "bu,
"" have Miss whit" who Ia very
nice al"" M'" l'lack and Miss
Iifown, who ar" very popular this
reason
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

rIASO TUNING John Fyiiing. ex.
pert piano tuner. viii be- AT Win.
tors J"w"lry store for a short time
Twenty years experience. 2i27'
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

We clean stoves and chImncys, and
do anything In the lin. OF house.
work. Nov lawns. etc, Call A. Van
krailngcn, Phone 5t1J. II
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27
CLASSIFIED ADS

| CLASSIC
MISCELLANEOUS
FOUND A set OF tire chains. A. l..
Wiahnrd 1928
FOR SALE The best roOmIng house
In M"dford, long lease. cheap rent.
prlr" reasonable. Terms. 22l WIst
Main ~. M"dford, Oregon. 2G.2S
LOST ~ cnr"t diamond, from ring,
on streets of klamath Falls Re.
turn 10 pink crowdcr. phon. b9i.J..
nnd get reward. ~26.2s"
WANTED TO TRADE DE-AuiomobIle
IN Al condition for milk COWS
Nalu" $500. box 500. Herald office
2C-f
| ron Furnished Apts. two
room house and one sleeping room.
Az y. 10Th ~, Phone 3A2-W, 20 2S'
FOR RENT- Furnished room. 1854
Pine ~. 2G.27"
LOST 33Si tire and Buick tire
rack. Ore, license No, Gb227. Find
"r please l"av. NJ Herald office and
receive reward. 2G.27s
/ WANTED WORK--Cooking IN camp.
or ranch, Address or call i7to
Main ~. 2G.2S'
LADIES' Sho" repairing. Jack Frost
2ttf
WANTED Woman to cook on
ranch Phon" ME. 22.2S'
LOGGING shoes repaired Jack
Frost 2itf
WANTED Man Ia contract hauling
zoo to 200 thousand n saw logs
I"y"l ground. Also pliing lumber
for small Eaw.m'll II ln,rroatrd
com" To- min and look proposition
over. \. A and y. q. brown. CryE.
tai Oregon. near Fort klamath.
2t.27'
pIASO TUNING John Fyiiing. eS.
pert piano tuner. viii be- AT Win.
tors J"w"lry store for n short time.
Twenty years experience. 2i2I'
aaarHHaaaaaaaan-za--.-=-s=
FOR SALE--At Glendale. ore. 30
acres. Fifteen acres In cult. sub,
irrigated by springs. Ssrlng water
pip"d IN house. Eight room house.
some furniture. good range. etc. Fam
ily orchard. strawberries. logan and
llimalyaS, peaches and almonds also
som" apples and pears, Mower rake.
harrow. pillow also garden tools. place
all fenced. lots OF wood. plenty out.
sii" range. y miles to town. high
school. good road. 2 miles from Pa
clfic highway. - mil. from saw
mil pric" $500. VIII Civ" terms
selling owing Ia death IN family
Mr.. Roy Hart. Talent. Ore. 23.2s
FOR RENT Nice lIttl. t.room
house. partly furnished: si5. 1871
Crescent. Apply next door 22-2S'
LADY WOULD LIKE housekeeping
work In town only. Phone 1852.
?t-27'
W are StIll buying road warrants
r. ", X, Garage, llls
W" clean stoves and Chlmncys, and
do anything In the lin. OF house.
work. Nov lawns. etc. Cali A. Van
krailngcn. Phone 5t1J. n
FURNITURE. REPAiRED-uphol.
stored and rcfinished mattresses
renovated All work guaranteed, W.
W, Donart. Phone +7s-W. l2- Jy .
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

W az. S,Ill buying road warrants
". r. X. Garage, AL
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

FOR RENT Nice little t-room
house, partly furnished: fi5. 1871
Crescent Apply next door. 22-2S'
LADY WOULD LIKE Housekeeping
work In town only. Phone 1852.
2t-21'
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

WANTED Man Ia contract hauling
zoo To 200 thousand q, saw logs
I"y"l ground Also plling lumber
Tor small Haw.m'll II lntcrost"d
com" iu min and look proposition
over. \. A. and =. q. brown. CryE.
tai Oregon. near Fort Klamath.
2i.27'
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27
MISCELLANEOUS

FOit RENT Furnished Apts. two
room house and one sleeping room.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-06-27

LOST 33Hi tire and Buick tire
rack. Ore. license No, Gs227. Find.
"r please leave NJ Herald office and
receive reward. 2J.21'
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

animated with a spirit as en-
terprising and fearless as that
of Raleigh, planned a scheme
for the exploration of Central
Africa.
He next bent his steps to
Mexico; and, fortunately, has
presented to the world his rem
iniscences of that country, in
one of the most fascinating vol
umes which of late years has
issued from the press.
ut would, however, appear
that the African scheme, the
daring project of his life, had
again required to him at a later
period; for in the course of the
present spring, before setting
out on that journey which was
destined to be his last, the fol-
lowing expressions occur in one
of his letters:
My movements are uncer-
tain, for | am trying to get up a
yacht voyage to Borneo and the
Indian Archipelago; have vol
unteered to government to ex-
plore Central Africa. and the
Aborlgenes Protection society
wish me to go out to Canada
to organize the Indian tribes (,
whilst, for my own part and in
clinatlon, | wish to go to all
parts of the world at once
His letter, written just be-
fore his departure from Eng
land, a few weeks previous to
his death, will hardly be read
by anyone who ever knew the
writer without a tear of SYM
pathy for the sad fate of this
fine young man, dying misera-
bly, i'll a strange land, before he
had well commenced the haz-
ardous journey whose excite
ment and dangers he so joyous
ly anticipated:
las you say, human nature
can't go on feeding on civilized
fixings in this big village; and
this child has felt like going
west for many q month, being
half froze for buffler-meat
and mountain doin's." My route
takes me via New York, the
Lakes and ST. Louis to Fort
Leavenworth Or Independence,
on the Indian frontier. Thence,
my possibles" on a
and mounting a buffalo
horse (Panchito, IL he is alive),
| strike the Santa Fe trail to
the Arkansa, away up that
river to the mountains, winter
in the Bayou Salade, where
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

October, 1848, contained the
mournful tidings Of the death,
at st. Louis on the Mississippi,
and at the early age of %, OF
Lieutenant George Frederick
Ruxton, formerly of her maj
esty's 89th regiment, the au-
thor Of many sketches.
Many men, even in the most
enterprising periods of history,
have been made the subjects of
elaborate biography with far
less title to the honor than this
lamented young officer. Time
was not granted him to embody
in a permanent shape a 1.-THE of
of his personal experiences and
strange adventures in three
quarters of the globe. Consid-
ering, indeed, the amount of
physical labor he underwent,
and the extent of the fields over
which his Wanderings spread, it
is almost surprising he found
leisure to write SO much.
"At the early age Of seven
teen, Mr.. Ruxton quilted Sand
hurst, to learn the practical
part of a soldiers profession in
the civil wars of Spain. He OBJ
tanned a commission in a squad
ron of lancers then attached to
the division of General Diego
Leon, and was actively engaged
in several of the most impor-
tant combats of the campaign.
For his marked gallantry on
these occasions he received
from Queen Isabella II, the
cross of the first class of the
Order of St. Fernando, an hon.
or which has seldom been
awarded to one so young.
"On his return from Spain he
found himself gazetted to a
commission in the seth regi-
ment; and it was whilst serving
with that distinguished corps
in Canada that he first became
acquainted with the stirring
scenes of Indian life, which he
has since so graphically por-
trayed. His eager and enthu-
siastic spirit soon became wea-
ried with the monotony Of the
barrack-room; and, yielding to
that impulse which in him was
irresistibly developed, he re-
his commission and di-
his steps toward the
stupendous wilds tenanted only
by the Red Indian, or by the
solitary American trapper. i
"On his return to Europe
from the far west, Mr.. Ruxton,
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the trappers as one of them
selves and acquired their point
of view. Although not a pro-
fessional writer, he was blest
with a knack Of putting his ex-
periences, and those of his COM
panions, SO clearly before his
readers that one can visualize
both men and deeds without
conscious effort. This man was
George Frederick Ruxton, for
merly a lieutenant in her maj
esty's seth regiment.
In Blackwood's magazine of
1848 there appeared a serial
by Ruxton entitled Life in the
Far West" This story excited
SO much interest that it was re-
printed in book form, and went
through two editions. These
are out of print, and SO the
work is practically unknown to
our reading public.
Life in the Far West is
written in the form of a thinly
yelled romance; but the actors
were real, the incidents were
real, and they were strung to-
gether in a connected plot sim
ply because that was the most
effective way to show charac-
ter in action. The story is not
history, of course, but neither
is it fable. Nearly every page
gives convincing evidence of
the authors intimate personal
knowledge of the scenes and
characters portrayed. He had
secured the continent from
Canada to Mexico, from the
Mississippi to the Pacific coast.
He had associated with many
redoubtable characters of the
old west-with men like Kit
Carson, Bill Williams, the
Bents, the Sublettes, Joe Meek,
ST. Vrain, Fitzpatrick, Killbuck,
and La Bonte. He was equally
at home among Americans,
Canadians, Creoles, Mexicans,
Spanish Californians and In
dians. Each of these pictur-
esque types he has shown to
the life. No narrative or for
NAL history of that time has
described the pioneers of the
far west with such actual truth
and fidelity.
AS the author of this book
was himself a true knight of
the wilderness whose brief life
was filled with thrilling adven-
lures, we append the following
by one of his friends
"The London newspapers Of
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

killbuck and La Bonte joined
the Yutes, cross the mountains
next spring to Great Salt Lake
and that's far enough to look
forward to-always supposing
my hair is not lifted by Co
manche or PaWnee on the scalp
ing route of the Coon Greeks
and PaWnee Fork
Poor fellow, he spoke light
ly, in the buoyancy Of youth
and a confident spirit, of the
fate he little thought to meet,
but which too surely overlook
him-not indeed by Indian
blade, but by the no less deadly
stroke of disease. Another mo-
tive, besides that love of ram
bling and adventure, which,
once conceived and INDUCED, is
so difficult to eradicate, i'm
PEELED him to cross the Atlantic.
He had for some time been out
of health at intervals, and he
thought the air of his beloved
prairies would be efficacious to
work a cure. In a letter to a
friend in the month of May
last, he thus referred to the
probable origin of the evil:
II have been confined to my
room for many days, from the
effects of an accident | met
with in the Rocky Mountains,
having been split from the bare
back of a mule, and falling on
the sharp picket of an Indian
lodge on the small of my back.
| fear | injured my spine, for |
have never felt altogether the
same since, and, shortly after
| saw you, the symptoms be-
came rather ugly. However, I
am getting round again
His medical advisers shared
his opinion that he had sus-
tanned internal injury from this
ugly fall; and it is not improba-
BILE that it was the remote, but
real cause Of his dissolution"
Ruxton gives the following
description of st. Louis in its
early fur-trading period:
Perhaps in no other part of
the United States-where, in
deed, humanity is frequently to
be seen in many curious and I'M
usual phases-is there a popu-
lation SO marked in its general
character, and at the same time
divided into such distinct
classes, as in the above-named
city. Dating, as it does, its
foundation from yesterday
for what are 40 years in the
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

frankly contemptuous Of lux
ury and caste affectation, he
was imperial in his self respect,
while granting equal rights to
others. There is something Of
the heroic in this fierce and
uncouth figure who dominated
for a time the vast plains and
mountains of the west.
It was the trader and trap
per who first explored and es-
tablished the routes Of travel
which are now, and always will
be, the avenues of commerce
in that region. They were the
pathfinders of the west, and
not those later official ex-
plorers whom ~posterity so rec
ognizes. No feature Of western
geography was ever discovered
by government explorers after
1910. Everything was already
known and had been known for
fully a decade. It is true that
many features, like the Yellow
stone Wonderland, with which
these restless rovers were IA
mlllar, were afterward forgot
ten and were rediscovered in
later years but there has never
been a time until recently when
the geography of the west was
so thoroughly understood as it
was by the trader and trapper
from 1880 to 1910.
Ii is most unfortunate that
there exists in American litera-
ture no intimate and vivid &C
count of the western hunters
and trappers by one who had
shared their camps and accom-
panied them on trail and war
path. We have many stories of
their exploits, written in nara
tive form, with scarce any dia-
logue or characterization. The
men themselves figure in such
stories as little more than lay
figures in a historical museum.
1t is one thing to describe
events; it is another thing to
make the actors in those events
live and speak in the readers
presence. Generally the con-
temporary annals of the fur
trade are as dry as a ships log
book. The participants in those
stirring scenes could not write,
and the men of their time who
could write lacked the expe-
rience.
What A merican authors
failed to do was accomplished
by a young English sportsman
and explorer who lived among
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

To the wild and half-savage
trapper, who may be said to ex-
emplify the energy, enterprise,
and hardihood characteristic of
the American people, Invested
of all the false and vicious glare
with which a high state of civil
ization, too rapidly attained.
has obscured their real and
genuine character, in which the
above traits are eminently
prominent-to these men alone
is due the empire Of the west,
destined in a few short years to
become the most important of
those confederated states COM
posing the mighty Union of
North America.
Sprung, then, out of the
wild and adventurous fur trade,
st. Louis, still the emporium
of that species of commerce,
preserves even now, in the
character of it's population,
many of the marked peculiari-
ties distinguishing its early
founders, who were identified
with the primitive Indian in
hardihood and instructive wis
dom. Whilst the French por-
ton of the population retain
the thoughtless levity and friv-
olous disposition of their origi-
nal source, the Americans of st.
Louis. who may lay claim to be
native, as it were, are as strong
~ distinguished for determine
ton and energy of character as
they are for physical strength
and animal courage; and are re-
markable, at the same time, for
a singular aptitude in carrying
out commercial enterprises to
successful examinations. aopar-
emily incompatible with the
thirst of adventure and excite
ment which forms so promi-
nent a feature in their charae-
ter.
In St. Louis and with her
merchants have originated
many commercial enterprises
of gigantic speculation, not con-
fined to the immediate locality
or to the distant Indian fur
trade, but embracing all parts
of the continent, and even a
portion of the old world. And
here it must be remembered
that st. Louis is situated inland
at a distance of upwards of one
thousand miles from the sea.
Besides her merchants and
upper class, who form a little
Continued on Page Seven,
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growth of a metropolis Its
founders are now scarcely past
middle life, regarding with as
constituent the growing works
of their hands; and whilst gag
ing upon its busy quays, piled
with grain and other produce OF
the west, its fleets of huge
steamboats, lying tier upon tier
alongside the wharves, its we'll
stored warehouses, and all the
busting concomitants of a
great commercial depot, they
can scarcely realize the memory
Of a few short years when on
the same spot nothing was to
be seen but the miserable how
els of a French village--the only
sign of commerce being the I'M
wieldy bateaux of the Indian
traders, laden with peltries
from the distant regions of the
Platte and Upper Missouri.
When now intelligent and veal
thy merchants walk erect, in
conscious substantially of
purse and credit, and direct the
commerce of q vast and we'll
peopled region, there stalked
but the other day, in dress of
buckskin, the Indian trader of
the west; and all the evidences
of life, mayhap, consisted of the
eccentric vagaries of the differ
ent bands of trappers and hardy
mountaineers who accompanied
some for pleasure and some
as escort-the periodically ar
irving bateaux, laden with the
beaver skins and buffalo robes
collected during the season at
the different trading posts in
the far west.
These, nevertheless, were
the men whose hardy enter
prise opened to commerce and
the pillow the vast and fertile
regions of the west. Rough
and savage though they were,
they were the true pioneers of
that extraordinary tide of civ
ilization which has poured its
resistless current through
tracts large enough for kings
to govern. over a country now
with cultivation where.
a few short years ago, countless
herds of buffalo roamed unmo-
Tested, where the bear and deer
abounded, and the savage In
dian skulked through the woods
and prairies, lord of the unap-
preciated soil that now yields
its prolific treasures to the
and pillow of civilized man.