ATUIU)AY, JANUAJRY 10, 1020
THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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E. J. MUIIKAY
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City Editor
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1020
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OFFIELD AND THE LKGlOS
Characteristic of the man, Mr. G
W. Otfleld seeks 'to placb the mem-
"kern of the American Legion, as well
as Tho Herald, m a position of un-
mlrness ofer the matter of his re
"ftssal to.tlgn an indorsement of the
Wll toow before Congress providing
Tar the. reclamation of the Upper
lake marsh lands and their settle-
sent by ex-soldiers. He claims to
have sent a personal elegram to
Congressman Sinnott, which he al-
Jetes contained the follewing:
"I am heartily In favor of the
general principles of your bill H. R.
31291 and proposed amendment of
American ' Legion giving ex-service
aea preferential rights in the home
ateadlng ot public 'lands, and any
Movement, favoring the boys who
-Xeaght in the war, bnt would deem
la Inadvisable, to do anything at this
time that would interfere -with the
storage of water in Upper Klamath
Xake necessary to Irrigate, 25,000 or
Mre acres of land to be -reclaimed
aa Tnle Xake, which I feel id -be
tie best land available for soldiers'
kaasesteads In the United, 'states.
"GEORGE YEf, OFFIELD."
In an article appearing in the
Klamath Record, he states: MI think
la all fairness to me and to, them
selves, The Herald should have
printed both telegrkms." l
Since when has the --columns of
The Herald been closed to Mr. Of
Meld or anyone-'1 else? 'Mr. Offield
knows that he U as free.,, to uje this
paper as if he owned Jt. ,2He knows
that if he had stated' tJfhe Herald,
ot it The Herald had, through any
other source, information that the
telegram had been sent',.' it , would
tuwe published it. The'Vrontfle with
Mr. Offield is that bis one idea in
life Is to cover up everything except
what he thinks the people ought to
know, 'and he is measuring everyone
else by the same yardstick. It is a
matter of Indifference to The Herald
-whether Mr. Offield agrees with us
-or we agree with him, when It comes
to a matter of news. THie news
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columns'' always carry both sides,
who.thor'Vhnt Is printed is favorable
or Sthcrwiso to tho policy ot tho
paper. Mr. Otflehl knows this and
tin V-nnwu'thnt If tin wanted In bo
fair wlthfTho Herald, with tho Le
gion, tth tho peoplo he Is trying
to mislead, ho would h.ivo furnished
this papor with n copy ot his tele
gram, or even luttmnted that ho took
tlw action lio alleges was taken.
Ho lis seclftng to hldo behind this
telegram. In tho hopes that the land
owners of tho project will not sou
h!s 'record an a director of tho Klam
ath Irrigation district. Ho hopo3
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xnai uirousn mis no win unun i-
i teutlon from tho fact that ho has
openly defied tho positive Instruc
tions of tho biggest majority that
was over voted on any question con
sidered by tho farmors tho protec
tion of tho power rights of the pro
ject. He hopes that by talking about
this message he will got tho land
owners to forgot that ho closed his
eartor(evphempnt domnnd of the
Farmer and listened to arm nctc
upon the whisper of prlvato Judg
ment. TU U1J ...... I A..MH
M M Mr. Offield. As a private
citizen ho may bo all that his tf'enuV
ahd associates say lie is, 'V5 hope
their judgment 1 Mfroct and UiOlr
Statements true. Bui as n puliUft of
ficial wo differ, with him Widely." Tho
Horald believes that a public office
is a, pudV'c trst td ftiat-hf occu
pant s a servant, not a master.
Ivamath. county has had too many
masters and loo few servants. Mr.
Offield has persistently been a mas
ter. He has refused to listen to the
voice ot the men who placed him In
tho position ot trust and honor that
ho occupies. He promised that If a
majority ot the landowners voted
against the Link river dam he would
oppose It tooth and nail. Ho went
to "them direct with his side of the
case. By an overwhelming majority
he was advised that the Link .river
dam was against the wishes ot the
landowners; that they were opposed
to the contract with the government;
that theywere opposed to tho at
tempt of the government to steal the
power and turn it over to private in
terests. He had promised to abide
by that decision, but immediately
after he found out that, it was
against htm, he hedged. He became
a welcher on his constituents and his
friends.
Now he stands f or re-election.
Nothing he can say about the Legion,
about Mr. Bradburyr-Mrr- Eberlaln,
or The Herald will cover up his re
cord. The landowners are' 'again
passing upon it. If they choose to
reverse their former judgment after
months of consideration, !they will re
elect Mr. Offield. If they are of the
same opinion next Tuesday as they
were when the straw vote was taken,
Mr. Dixon will be elected. "Their 'de
cision will be accepted by The
Herald.' This paper believes in the
rule of the majority, especially when
that majority pays' the bill. But 'it?
must-not be forgotten that if Mr." Of
field is, returned' to office it will
mean complete surrender to the
domination of the reclamation ser
vice; it will be a complete surrender
of all right to ditches, dams, water
rights, power rights everything ex
cept the privilege of taking water
from the canals. It will be an au
thorization to Mr. Offield to pass
over the plundering of the replace-'
ment -fund and permission for the
levying of an operation and main
tenance charge of at least $1.50 an
acre a year to replace the strnctures
that should have, been built out of
Opened Up a
need a hospital
tho $12.50 already votouV In a
word, It will bo a messngb to him and
to tho reclamation scrvlco that
things may continuous they nro go
ing, with u complete lqsa t6 tho
landowner of everything ho 'thought
ho owned and was paying for, ex
copt tho more privilege ot taking
water, and for this ho must continue
to pay an operation and malntonnnct
charge that Is ono of tho largest In
tho United States.
BUSINESS MEN HOLD
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only ablo to supply Lnngull Valley
and tho country near Donania. Thero
will bo no surplus except such re
turn flow ns may take place below
Bonanza.
Tho foregoing has shown tho ne
cessity of lake regulation to afford
an tuloquuto water supply for tho
Irrigation of lands which clearly nro
HkCl i? u0 included within tho Kam-
ith Project. T"1" i?I J10 conslu-ern-
tlnii hns !.5.'-r. uUkii tiVilu. tin'. I sup
Ply requlreU to furnish powor forito iljko ono nrea nnart'from nnothor,
ptWudnS AAI tho industrial needs of Tt o different marM.es must bo con-
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tut) project useit. -no connucstciai
requirements, of Klamath Kails, dur
ing November, 1919, amounted to
substantially 3.C0O thoorctlcnl horse
power. Tho probablo .pumping re
quirements to satisfy tho proposed
pumping Districts, heretofore referr
ed to, also tho various districts which
will pump water near Bonanza, will'
require about 6,000 horse-power
making a total powor requirement of
P,600 horse-power with no provis
ion for tuturo increased Industrial
reeds.
Tho power right of 205 second feet
which is superior to all rights of the
United State.s, wil develop a scant
1 100 horse-power at Klamath Falls
(nd abont 2.S0O norm-power at Cop
co, or a tptal of 3,900 horse-power.
AilowlngSOO horsepower for devcl-
'opfbent at Kejio, then the. totalpow-
cr .which could bo developed oy jtne
205 second feet would be only 4,800
horsepower r Just about half the
local requirements, if provision Is
made to ipower for jumping:
Those .objecting t6 Ihe proposed
plan tot lake regulation may assert
tbat storing the flood ruri-off, which
practically (necessitatis comprehen
sive dyking pf the lake, Is 'not esseri'
the, development ot the prWa."81 knowledge of the.nues
I alJegVa sufficient supply d '- " . " Vi
Ptial to
Ject and
wateT con be secured bjroereiy draw.
Ing down the -lake. Such an assertion
would not be true, a the take cannot
hA drawn down much without violat
ing- fthe i power right. 61205 second
leer wn)cn is .superior, ip any rignis
of the Klamath Project. Unless stor
age is -provided, sufficient water to be'
of any appreciable benefit to the pr&
Ject' during years of low. run-off can-
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rot .do ODiainea until nuerja cnannei
'has j been excavated, from ,t,he, lake
proper, through a reel to the diver
sion points of the ,Ketu Canal and
the Main Canal of the Klamath Pro
ject! Should this channel be1 excavat
ed tefi a-conslderable'.1 although an
'inadequate supply,-' could be obtained
without violating the power right
by (drawing the lake down below or-.
dinary low water, which may be tak-)
en as elevation 4140.
1 If the spring run-off is not held.
back; there will be ai shortage ,of
power' for pumping io the various
proposed pumping districts which,
including those at Bonanza, aggre
gate fully 30,000 acres. A lack, of
electric power -will also seriously af
fect various local Industries.
Moreover, it the spring run-off is
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not hold back and tho Supply for tho
poject Is obtnlncdJiy drawing the
water lool down Itolow .elovutlon
4140, then tho Irrigation of tho 50,-
000 acres or mora nroutld Lower
Klnn-nth Lake Is out of the uuastlon !
A considerable hi on of this land Inn
boon purchased recently by purtliMl
In, California who allego that tlioyl
proposo to go nhenri and promptly
develop tho land. Tho development
will ho but ot the question w Ithout a
dependable wator supply.
The main Interests to bo consider
ed nro timber and the marginal
marsh land?. Tho timber Interest,
while elenslve,wlll only bo casually
touched upon hero for tho reason
that It seems probablo adjustments
may bo reached through conferences,
and by mutual consent.
Considering now the marginal
marsh lnnds below elontlon 414S
which Is about tho probable eleva
tion of tho top ot tho dkcj, tho nrca
ot such lnnds Is not far from CO, 000
acres: about 1-0 Is supposed to be
public land, about 1.5 Indian land
and the remainder Is privately own
ed. Tho public and prlvato lands
arc :o related that It Is not feasible
Rl.lored ns units without respect iq
cw noTshlp".
Tho dyking of tho marshes will be
iponslvo, Involving ninny uncertain.,
ties both nlong engineering and agri
cultural lines. Tho ontiro area a
round Upper Klamath Uiko Is sub
ject to frosts, this being particular
true with respect to Pelican Hay and
CTystnl Creek marshes, Tho best me
thod ot handling peaty soils, undor
our climatic conditions, has not yet
been 'satisfactorily established. Tho
consensus of opinion from those best
posted is that for several years after
the lands nre dyked they should be
used' for grazing purposes, that In
tho process of tlmo they will finally
grow the tamo grasses and. perhaps,
be adapted to n somewhat dlverisflod
egrlculture. As tho foregoing opinion
may be challenged by some, I wis
rt' state that It is based on the results
Obtained and vlewi expressed by tho
'owners ot Melhnse and lingeistein
tracts near Algoma", tho views of the
.Stevenson Brothers on a portion of
the McCornack lands, personal obscr
vctton and discussion with those I
have been able to meet whose ex-
Iperlence is such that they can be
rreaumed to have anything more
it nas Deen snown mai iue rgjum
tlon of the lake Is essential tor the
development of the Klamath Project.
For i several years the Reclamation
Service has not had the funds nor
any -prospect ot securing the funds
for" doing the work Uelf. Therefore.
dn."February 24, "1917, a contract was
entered Into between the United
Stages ,and the Callfotfnla'Orogon
KPbMwer company whereby the com-
jpatiy agrees: t
.ii To construct a dam at tne outiei 01
'the 'lake, said dam to be the property
of the.Unlted States.
Totoxcavate channels from the lake f
t' the intakes of. the Keno canal,
also the Main Project Canal.
," To make satisfactory adjustments
J wl'hall Interests on the Upper Lake,
To' furnish electric power ror
pumping within 25 miles of Merrill
for 7 mills per Kilowatt hour the
'power lines to be constructed at the
expense of the Company to all In
stallations of 100 hoTse-power or
more. . ,
Subject to the foregoing and to
the further stipulation that the con
tract shall not curtail tho right or
the United States to the waters of
Upper Klamath Lake, the Power
Company may regulate the lako be
tn.ppn certain limits and lease the
i Keno Cannl paying an annual rental
therefor of $1,000.00:
?! In order to further tho plan of
jlake regulation, In the spring of 1919
t tho United State s called for bids for
Yldjilns, draining and placing In cul
V;tiatlon the public lands In Hank's
Marsh, Pelican Bay Marsh and Cry-
fltal Creek Marsh, totaling an estl
Vj mated area of about 10,000 acres,
VIn order to obtain nil possible com-,
X i petition, advertisements wero run for
X five weeks in Seattle, Tncoma, San
Vi Francisco, Los Angeles and tho local
papors. Bids wero opened on Juno,
2 5th five parties only submitting
Vlld9. The contracts wero .awarded to
& 'Doalt and Bxown nnd J". Frank Adams
X , ho submitted the be3t bids. ,
X , If the lake Ih to bo reKUlated. tho
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pilUUC lUIItlS Jlllini. t)U Ullliut ouuiiini,-!
od or dyketl.lt seems clpnrly to the
public Interest that the lands bo dyk-
ed nnd Improved, If possible. Since'
:'ho Reclamation Service docs not
have the funds for doing tho worlc it-)
self; further, since the best ovidenco
indicates that tho lnnds aro not n
dnpted to settlement under the con
ditions of the Reclamation nct by
men of small resources, It appears to
me that the proposed plan is the one
most likely to be successful. As I
see it, the dyking and reclamation of
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Twice Every Day
DR. S. A. DANFORD
Every Afternoon, at 2:30, and Evening, at 7.30
..J ""oi- at Methodist Church i
'"" - . Subject J 'V; tt "v"
"Sin and the Remedy" ' " "J
What is sin? Who commits sin? Who is a
Christian?
(No meeting Saturday evening.)
Sunday morning, at 11 o'clock; Sunday even
ing, at "7.30. ..... . -
Arthur H. Johnston, a great song leader from
Akron, Ohio, leads all the siniiig and sings at each
service. Don't miss this great singer.
Everybody -welcome. Everything free.
S. J. CHANEY, Pastor.
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VIENNA, Doc. 22, (By Mall). Al
ti ough thero aro about 90,000 unem
ployed In tho city, when the authori
ties called for workorn to clean the
streets from a recent huow fall only
about 100 applicants responded. In
vestigators found It was due to tho
fuct that the fubrlc shoes worn by
tho people melt after a fow hours ot
.'crking In slush.
Help tho census taker.
PUBUC
TUESDAY; JANUARY 20, 1920
9 Logging Horses" 2
1 Driving Team ' I
2 -Milk Cows 5
3 Log Trucks 1
'5 Wagons ,' 1
Chains, Blocks Saws, Tongs, "Wedges Tramways,
, ( Building, etc.
Turner Brother Sawmill
CG. Merrill, H. Moore, Auctioneers-
; Lunch Sfiryedat,Noon
tf iMiles South of Dlene
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t Amounts under ($50 cash.
t mnnths' timp. S npr nnnt..
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Extra Shows Sunday.
'Matinees at 1 :30 and 3.30 P. M.
Evening at 7:30 and 9:00 P. M.
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LONDON, Doc. 22
(Hy Mall,)
Tho report of MaoMleneral
F. N.
Sykes, controller of Aviation, shown
that out of 52,000 passoBgors car
ried In 21,000 nirplanu trips, approx-'
Imatoly 303,000 miles, only two
deaths ,huvu been rocordud through
accidents. . ,
Tho 1920 census1
15. Aro you listed 7
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Set Farm Harness
Driving Harness
Sale Start at 10 A. M.
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