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THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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It may seem to you that a slogan of 25,000 people for Klamath
Falls bv'lfi s "'if jump too big for this city, basing youl.
iiidmiic'nt upon what you see now. That i.s what thousands
thoiiirht when, in 1900, J,oh Angeles said 250,000 in 1010. You
now'know the Htoiy of Los Angeles, and in 1025 you will know
he wine st ry about Klamath Falls with this difference: Klam
ath Falls will be built on a foundation constructed of payrolls,
ijrriciilturo, stock and scenic attractions.
This is the reason why Klamath Falls is to have 25,000 in 1 025 :
Todav Klamath Falls is the second city in Oregon- riglit"ui
mjainst Portland, remember in the matter of railroad receipts
She gained that position last year, and she has it this year by a
wider maivin. She will continue to hold it for all future time."
Klamath Falls claims to be third in the state in the matter of
payrolls. In this instance we take territory directly tributary to
this city. 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 vou call the State
Industrial Accident Commission. This commission sends around
auditors who check up every payroll in the State. Mr. Fin, one
of these auditors, who has just completed his audit of Klamath
County, is the authority. He says it is nip and tuck between Klam
ath Falls and Marion Countv, and we do not think he is nreiudiced
in favor of Marion, even though he lives there. Klamath Falls
takes third place so as not to appeal- too "officious" for a new
comer. Next vear there will be no doubt about it.
In Klamath County there is the lanrest bodv of standing pine
timber in the world. Geori'e S. Long, Pacific Coast represen
tative of the Weyerhauser Timber comnanv. tells us that we will
he the pine lumber capital of the world in five years. No is recog
nized as one of the biggest and shrewdest timber men in the
eotmtiy -not because he said this about Klamath Falls, but be
cause he is. Klamath Falls is the natural point for the manufac
ture of this timber. There is ample water, nlenly of reasonably
priced mill silos, the slope of the entire timbered country is this
way. and, as Mr. Lonf says, it offers the cheapest logging 'point in
the United States. The pine of Klamath is the best in Mie world
for box shooks, for you can drive a nail close to the end, and it is
possessed of remarkable tonsil strength for its wciVht. The box
shooks of the Coast will bo 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
sary for the box manufacturer to tie no his capital in sawmills.
We will have 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 invest
ing the immense capital necessary to insure a supnly of Ions.
They nay the government as the timber is cut. That is why
Klamath Falls is going to have the mills and factories to insure
the payrolls that will form the great part of the foundation upon
which the population of 25,000 will rest.
Alongside of the limitless resources possessed in the vast for
ests that cover hill and valley, stands our agricultural resources.
Ten years ago there were but n few thousand acres under irriga
tion. Today there are nearly 50.000 : by 1925 there will be over
300,000 acres. This will include 100,000 acres of marsh land
alomr the shores of the Upper Lake and 54.000 acres of marsh
land once covered bv the waters of Lower Klamath Lake; 30.000
acres of lake bottom land, once dn a time covered by the waters of
TuleLake; 30.000 acres in the new Langell Valley preject: 10,000
in the Shasta View project, and over 30,000 acres in the Klamath
and other projects. At the present rate of development, we will
in fne years grow annually, based on present prices, over $25,000.
000 worth of nlfalfa. In addition we will raise hundred sof thous
ands of bushels of wheat, oats, rye and other irrain crops, potatoes,
and oth'r vegetables Our m;Hi 1-mhIs will be among the finest
in th' wovld. and will, when brought to the state of cultivation
usually adopted with such lands, will be worth several hundred
'lollars an aero Ou" valley and hill bind is as fine ;)s anv on the
Coast, and while we have our share of troubles to be found every
where on eat-Ui. we will match up with any other section on the
average production of our farms, and this is a story of averages
and what they will do towards making Klamath Falls a city of
25,000 people in 1025.
W ut)-rk'!,('n wil1 ,o11 -vou his is essentially a stock country.
I;,.; i ,IS' w,, llas anv kick coming? Ask anv stock man
rnp-, and he will tell you that a rood stock country is one of the
"est o tie to, for there are no hiph tides of Prosperity, the busi
ness level us almost a straight line. O. M. Hummer, manager of
e lacihc International Livestock Exposition, in an interview
Hiniislied m this paper Aueust 7th, says that the Klamath country
is tiie most ideal stock country he has ever soon. Tf you doubt his
.liHIe-ment, visit the different valleys, as he had done before he
i in s,!,tPment- The cattle mid sheen industry todav brings
no. Klamath County every year millions of dollars, and it is but in
is mlancy. We are on the threshold of the introduction of pure
wed s took, and when this is done. Klamath Countv will be one of
ine noted stock centers of the nation. And vou know what that
Will mean for Klamath Falls.
nnst i,n Se Jvh, havo 1)een fominir to Klamath County in the
said ti,1 (.,;ll)0,Vt,lhe scenic wonders of the county 'need be
est np.,1- ?? ii telI,the danger that from the valley to the high
tho wm5,i ch , boailty J,ml KPindcui- i" t0 'c found. Search
of Dm I nT anifind another Crater Lake, the sapphire jewel
m.i ni ,?.,5?tl,IM' t,he e l)icce of Cod's handiwork that still re
mains ,i ! v "'."' !'" U1 tuu m lumuiworK mat sun re-
beaufv if h C,Abec ad ""'"'cturecl. Match the grandeur and
', -V.01 "10 Annie Creek nnnvnn nf nimviwi n,in rs.f
late,; of ita lava l)eds' of its mountains and valleys.
ot Klamath's greatest assets one that can be sold and
and n ;,,. l i """'" yuK canyon ,oi Diamond, Udell, urescent
This is on- 'in m? lava beds; of its mountains and valle.Vs'
re-snlri ,r """" o yic-uLust assets one mat can De so a ana
u hoia, year after vom. um,i i .. ,i..:..: ai. ,i
We tret aZ I ,. thousHnd are coming here every year, and when
second fo system highways completed a system that will be
beyond nln? .,n the United statea the number will increase
Califnrn5o il)utat.l,?n- and what the tourist has done for Southern
01ma' ho will do for Klamath County and Klamath Falls.
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.....w.or-aiiiiuHL insurmountable handicaps. Like all new
towns it had the boomer to contend with and suffer from, and it
had its ; inlcrncine strifes that have resulted in making Klamath
Falls the only city in the world that can boast of three S
houses. We mention the count house situation for the eason"that
eiseTnfT l? T ?. Jt- a"d to explode something
hnncoctS" haX?JC,?rd"?at H iB UnSafG t0 talk abft COUrt
houses n Klamath Falls It is not unsafe-just tiresome, for we
have talked about them 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
ac!la "obsess; something that has marked the builders
of the West and every nreat enterprise since the dawn of crea
tiondetermination. That word tells the whole storv. One pet
of men determined fo build the court house in what is locally
known as fhe Hot Springs Addition; the other set determined
they would nor 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
pimr 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 rfeht now
Everyone of them wishes he was out. But pride and determina-
tiuu iv win is Keepintr tnem m. it is the same old story you have
heard so often, only this time court houses are the stake, and while
it was nam on tne city ior a time. K amath Fa s has
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scrap, ano pavs out little attention to it. Whenever it is men
tioned we don't ret sore, we Just 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 (ipcltlrd to come to Klamath Falls, thero was another reason aside
from the convention. Kvery man, woman and child in the world has a desire for a
change It may lie Broat or it may be small, hut It was that Inherent desire to see
if you could not better yourself In Klamath Falls that spurred you to make the trip.
Now that you are here, look around. You today see the beginning of a great city a
city where great fortunes are to bo made in the increase in values. There is not a
piece of property In Klamath Falls but what will be worth from two to ten times
what ou can buy it for today. Look at its farm lands. Experienced men will tell
you that you cannot buy alfalfa land like ours elsewhere in Oregon for two or three
times what tho farmers arc asking for it and nearly all of the land is suitable for '
alfalfa. Look at tho 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. but 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 Malin that cut two tons of alfalfa to the acre
tho first ear; on some other 100 bushels ot wheat and other grain has been grown.
This is not boom talk. These arc facts. They are not written In the interest of
anyono but tho man who has a desire to better his condition. If you kick on what
you see, 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 sell at a fabulous
price. Klamath County is looking for good, solid, level-headed, progressive business
men, farmers and stockmen, and anyono that measures up to that standard is wel
come. If he doesn't, ho may find that his room is more welcome than his company.
Wo have no boom in Klamath County and wo want none. We had one once, and
that Is why jou will now see that everything that Is said and done has for its purpose
a solid growth. That Is why Klamath Falls Is to be a city of 25,000 in 1925.
How about the Strahorn railroad, you say' Well, nil 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
Dalrv twenty-flp miles; II lalsed $50,000 additional to buy rights of way and
terminal sites. This was done on the promise of one man Itobert E Strahorn
that he would build that road to connect with the railroads that are now touching
the borders of Eastern Oregon. He told us that ho would build to Spraguo River
this )cnr, nnd he is going to do it. lie has bought tho right of way to that point, and
steel for the lino Is either hero cr on the way That part ot tho line will be com
pleted this yonr. When it Is completed, it will mean that several new sawmills and
bo factories will bo located in Klamath Falls seon. If all of the present plans are
consummated. As tho construction of tho line progresses further, more factories
will come.
What Is bark of it? Who is building It? Ttobort E Strahorn ts the hand at the
holm. It would be useless to question him, for he is worso than tho Sphinx he can
rhange tho subject, and that is won-o than silence. Hut we can suimisc The tracks
of tho Oiotron, California & Eastern that Is tho official titlo of tho Strahorn line
will carry the tialns ot tho Western Pacific fiom Nevada north to connect with some
other line that will convey them to Portland and Seattle They will carry the trains
of tho "Hill Lines" smith to nnother lino that will carry them to" San Tranclsco and
further south, peihaps. These statements aro not facts Just surmises, but watch
them then yon will some day understand why wo beliovo that Klamath Falls Is to
bo a city of 25,000 In 1925.
And while all this railroad eonstiuelion is going on, you will notice activities
In other directions the Southern Pacific. This company has the right of way all
bought and paid for frr tho Modoc Northern railroad a lino that will run southeast
from Klamath Falls to a point In Nevada, where it will connect up with tho" main
lino east fiom San Francisco. It will give us an eastern outlet Just what wo need
for the full development of our timber resources. This lino is coming Just as soon ns
the railroads pass back Into the hands of their rightful owneis, freed from tho curse
and blighting Inlluenco fo government "administration."
During your slay I this city whllo in attendanco at the convention, you must
overlook tho many inconveniences you will suffer. Klamath Falls is short over 50
homos to tnko care of her permanent population. Hundreds have como and gone
because they could find no place to live. Wo aro doing tho best wo can to make you
comfortable, but our available accommodations were taxed to tho limit before the
convention, and you can understand why wo are "a little cramped for room" Just
now. If wo had our wish granted, you would havo a room nnd private bath, with all
tho comforts of home such as you will get In 1926. when Klamath Falls is a city
of 25.000-unless you havo already listened to tho knock of Opportunity and aro
numbered among tho population that Is to make this the second city in the state of
Oregon numerically and commercially.
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