THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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II m:iv seem to you that a slogan of iJO.OOO people for Klarnalh
Knlls l).v'lr ' " '''K Jump too big for this cit.v, basing y,H.
iiiilirmriil "l" w,,at yon K('(' now- TnaL is what thousands
otiirlit wlifii. i" UJOO, Los Angles said li5l),()0() in J)io. You
now know tin- y (,f ,( Angeles, and in 1 025 you will know
he sinic .story about Klamath Kaliswith this difference; Klam
itliFall' will bi' lilt on a foundation constructed of payrolls,
I,irri'iilttiri-. -Iwk wi'nic attractions.
This is Hie reason why Klamath Falls is to have 25,000 in 1 025 :
Twl.-iv Klamath Falls is the .second city in Oregon -rightui
.rainsl Portland, remember in the matter of railroad receipts
She wined that position last year, and she has it this year by a
Jvidni- mjinnn Pho will continue to hold it for all future time."
Kl"ina"i F'tlls claims to be third in the state in 'the matter of
payrolls. I" this instance we take territory directly tributary to
(his oily. We allow all other cities in the state the same privilege,
and when you do that you will find Klamath Falls third on the list.
Impossible"? Proof? You have in Oregon what you call the State
Industrial Accident Commission. This commission sends around
auditors who check up every payroll in the State. Mr. Elein, one
of these auditors, who hs just completed his audit of Klamath
Countv, is the authority. He says it is nip and tuck between Klam
ath Falls and Marion Countv, and we do not think he is preiudiced
in favor of Marion, even though he lives there. Klamath Falls
takes third place so as not to appear too "officious" for a new
comer. Next year there will be no doubt about it.
in Klamath County there is the larees body of standing pine
timber in b world. Geowe S. Lone, Pacific Coast represen
tative of th" W'wcrhauser Timber company, tells us that we will
bo the pine lumber capital of the world in five years. He is recog
nized as one of the biggest and shrewdest timber men in the
countrv -not because he said this about Klamath Falls, but be
nausp lu i. Klamath Falls is the natural point for the manufac
ture of this timber. There is ample water, nlentv of reasonably
nrieed p'ill ?, Mie slone of tb entire Umbered country is this
way. and, as Mr. Lonf says, it offers the choanest logging 'noint in
the Hnit"d States. The nine of Klamath is the best in the world
for box hooks. for vou can drive a nail close to the end, awl it is
ioseneepd of r"markabIo tonsil strength for its weicht. The box
shook of the Coast will be manufactured in Klamath Falls within
a few years, as evidenced by the fact that we have six box fac
tories in and tributary to Klamath Falls now. Our unlimited sup
ply of box lumber will bring the others, since it will be unneces-c-iry
for the box manufacturer to tie un his capital in sawmills.
Wo "'ill vwo the sawmills, for we have the timber, billions of feet
of which is in government reserves. The sawmill men will come,
for they can buy their timber from the government without in vest
ing the immense capital necessary to insure a supnly of logs.
Thev i"iv the government as the timber is cut. That is why
vinniiith Falls is twin to have the mills and factories to insure
tbn pmvoIIs that will form tb uro'it nart of the foundation upon
which the population of 25,000 will rest.
Mongside of the limitless rerourcos possessed in the vast for
k's that cover hill and valley, stands our agricultural resources.
Ton yis5 a,ro there were but few thousand acres under irriga
tion. Today there are nearly 50.000: bv 1025 there will be over
300,000 acres. This will include 100,000 acres of marsh land
iio'-r flu. chores n? ihn Tlniw Lake and 51.000 acres of marsh
land oneo eovorod bv th waters of Lower Klamath Lake; 30,000
"nrsi 0f lake bottom land, once on a time covered bv the waters of
Tule I,-ke: :U).000 acres in the now Lawoll Valley proiect: 10,000
in the Shasta View project, and over .?0,000 acres in the Klamath
and other projects. At the present rate of development, we will
n ive yeaiv grow annually, based on present prices, over $25,000.
onn ve.-Mi nf -lf-ttfa in addition we win raise hundred sof thous
ands of bushels of wheat" oats, ry and other irrain crops, potatoes,
"lid other '.irtMilnj Oi"1 nvHi 1'"k1s w'll be among the finest
in n- v-fn'id. awl "'ill. "iw"i i0prM o the at1 of cultivation
imilv adopted with 'P"h lnwl ""'H 'm worth several hundred
''oll'H-s an .i,.,. q,,,. vallov and hill ''Mid i as fin'1 a anv on the
Cnat, and while we hve our hare or troubles o be found evei'V
viiovo on e-nth. wo will match up with any other section on the
average production of our farms, and thi is a story of averages
"id what tlv wi'l rlo towards making Klamath Falls a city of
25,000 people in 1925.
w n,(Vlk!Me" wil1 ,el1 .v" ,m' is essentially a stock country.
vw;u, it it m, who Ins anv kick coming? Ask anv stock man
mil", and he will tell you that a food stock countrv is one of the
lost o tie to, for there are no hiirh tide 0f prosperity, the busi
oss level 1K s,imost n straiorht line. O. M. Hummer, manager of
no i..fit.c International Livestock Exposition, in an interview
mihiM,cd , t,js p.ipoi. Am,ust 7U,t j,nys that tho Klamath countrv
is hip most ideal stock pountrv he has ever seep. If you doubt his
JucuniiPiit, visit the difVeront valleys, as he had done before ho
mario t',0 sf-tompnt. The cattle and sheen industry todav hriiurs
nto Klamath County oyory year millions of dollars, and it is but in
us infnncv. Wo are on the threshold of the introduction of pure
ji-etl -took, and when tin's is done. Klamath Countv will be one of
wo notod stock centers of the nation. And vou know what that
will nu. for Klamath Falls,
nsi-f " M'nu, !V,,P l!,v" how eominn- t0 Klnpi-ith Countv in the
iiil' mm M.1;U)onl Ulc scpiue wonders of the countv need bo
0,1 ' . oy v!' to11 thfi ?traiu'or that from the valley to the high-
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si L y )VY tcl tho Plwuii'or that from the valley to the high
lin l'.i nialc',ll(ls'5 h""lv and frr.nden.. . to be found. Search
f nV. Mn!er a,Ml fuul "ther Crater Lake, the sapphire iowel
,.,;," ? i "'I?' Hl 0,1rt nioon of Wn h""diwork that still ro-
veZiV '"mth's greatest assets one that can be sold and
tomS 0lXl ?v yGiXV' wilhout ,os o' deterioration. Already
wo nt y . '"owp-ind are coming here every year, and when
e iet our svsfnm i,:i v.ij..i . .:'... Ii.... ...n i
SGpniwi ( '.'"- ui uiuwii.vs cumjiiuieii a system mat win uo
hovm(i non? !.n tho Unifc(l f tatoB, the number will increase
Cnl fnl-om,putat.,on aml what the tourist has done for Southern
"iioinm, ho will do for Klamath County and Klamath Falls.
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Here he will find one of the best climates on the Coast and unex
celled hunting and fishing.
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towns it had the boomer to contend with and suffer from, and S
t ! 1I"tcr?Cin? St",fe1 that havo resuIt0(1 in makin- KlSmatS
Wn? wn,y C'ty m thc Wor d that can bot of three court
houses. We mention the count house situation for the reason that
we want you to know the straight of it, and to explode something
&Sln'T?iU haVreT?e,ardTat ifc is unsafe t0 talk about court
&I fn C KlamatJi Kails. It is not unsafe-just tiresome, for we
have talked aboutthem for ten years. There is nothing mysteri
ous about them They are the result of what is going to make this
city the second city in Oregon something everyone wishes he
a o-and so few possess; something that has marked the builders
of the West and every great enterprise since the dawn of crea
tiondetermination. That word tells the whole story. One st
of men determined to build thp court house in what is locallv
known as the Hot Springs Addition; the other set determinpd
they would not The first set won for a while. Then the other set
got the upper hand and the second court house that on the old
site is the result. Neither is yet occupied, for they are still scrap
ping over it, and will continue to scrap until the courts decide
which is the winner. When that happens, then, like all good
scrappers, they will accept that decision and turn' their energies
to something better. Thev are ashamed of their fight right now.
Everyone of them wishes he was out. But pride and determina
tion to win is keepintr them m. It is the same old story you have
heard so often, only this time court houses are the stake, and while
it was hard on the city for a time. Klamath Falls has outgrown the
scrap, and pays but little attention to it. Whenever it is men
tioned we don't cret sore, we iust get tired. So, if you are inter
ested in the subject, you need have no hesitancy in asking Ques
tions. The joke is on us, and we are going to accept it with a
smile.
Wlion you dpcldcd to come to Klamath Fall?, there was another reason aside
from the convention. Every man, woman and child In tho world has a desire for a
chaiiRo. It may ho Kreat or It may ho Bmall, hut It was that Inherent desire to see
If you could not hotter yourself in Klamath Falls that spurred you to make the trip.
Now that you are hore. look around. You today seo the heBinnlng of a great city a
city where great fortunes are to he made In the Increase in values. There Is not a
pieco or property In Klamath Falls hut what will he worth from two to ten times
what you can huy It for today. Look at Us farm lands. Experienced men will tell
you that you cannot huy alfalfa land like ours elsewhere In Oregon for two or three
times what the farmers are asking for It and nearly all of the land Is suitable for
alfalfa. Look at thc marsh lands look at them! The owners are giving them
away when they ask you $15, $20 or $25 an acre. That land In time Is going to be
worth $1,000 an acre. True, it will take time to bring It to a high state of cultiva
tion to make it worth that sum, hut just remember that while that change is taking
place you are making money out of every acre of it. There Is some of this lake bot
tom land south of Merrill and around Malln that cut two tons of alfalfa to tho acre
tho first year; on some other 100 bushels of wheat and other grain has been grown.
This" Is not boom talk. Theso are facts. They are not written In the Interest of
nnyono hut the man who has a desire to better his condition. If you kick on what
you seo, Klamath County has no room for you, for no new country was ever built
by kickers. They are always looking for something for nothing to soil at a fabulous
price. Klamath County Is looking for good, solid, level-headed, progressive business
men, farmers and stockmen, and anyone that measures up to that standard is wel
come. If ho doesn't, ho may find that his room is more welcome than his company.
Wo have no boom In Klamath County and we want none. We had one once and
that Is why you will now see that everything that is said and dono has for its purpose
n solid growth. That Is why Klamath Falls is to be a city of 25,000 in 1925.
How about tho Strahorn railroad, you say? Woll, all we can tell you as a fact
about it Is this: Klamath Falls put up $300,000 to build that line from this city to
Dairy twenty-five miles; it raised $30,000 additional to buy rights of way and
terminal sites. This was dono on tho promise of one man Robert E. Strahorn
tint he would build that road to connect with the railroads that are now touching
the borders of Eastern Oregon. He told us that he would build to Sprague River
this year, and he Is going to do it. He has bought the right of way to that point, and
steel for the line is either hero r on the way. That part of the line will be com
pleted this year. When it is completed, it will mean that several new sawmills and
box factories will he located in Klimath Falls seven. If nil of the present plans are
consummated. As the construction of tho line progresses further, more factories
will come.
What is hark of it? Who is building it? Robert K. Strahorn is the hand at the
helm. It would be useless to question him, for he is woise than tho Sphinx he can
rhango the subject, and that Is worse than silence. Hut we can surmise: The tracks
of Iho Oregon, California & Eastern that Is the official tltlo of the Strahorn line
will carry tho trains or the Western Pacific from Xovadn north to connect with some
other lino that will convoy thorn to Portland and Seattle. They will carry the trains
of the "Hill Lines" south to anotljer lino that will carry them to San Francisco and
further south, porlnps. Those statements are not facts just surmises, hut watch
them then ou will some day understand why we believe that Klamath Falls is to
be a city of 25.000 in 1025.
And whllo all this railroad construction is going on. you will notice activities
in other directions tho Southern Pacific. This company has tho right of way all
bought and paid for for tho Modoc Northern railroad i line that will run southeast
from Klamath Falls to a point in Novadj, where it will connect up with tho main
lino east from San Francisco. It will give us nn eastern outlet Just what we need
for the full development of our timber resources. This lino is coming Just as soon as
the railroads pass back Intg the hands of thoir rightful owners, freed from the curso
nnd blighting Inilueneo fo government "administration. "
During your slay in this city while In attendance at the convention. yo must
overlook the many inconveniences you will suffer. Klamath Falls is short over "50
homos to tako care of her permanent population. Hundreds havo roino and gone
because thoy could find no place to live. We are doing tho best we can to make you
comfortable, hut our avnllablo accommodations wore taxed to the limit beforo the
convention, and you can understand why wo a.o "a little cramped for room" Just
now. If wo had our wish granted, you would havo u room and privato bath, with all
tho comforts of home such as you will get in 1925, when Klamath Falls is a city
of 25,000 unless yo havo already listened to tho knock of Opportunity and aro
numbered among tho population that is to make this tho second city in tho state of
Oregon numerically and commercially.
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