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TkE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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be charged the regular rate tor all advertising when an admission or '
other charge lsmade. :
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1083
PROMISES SHOULD BE KEPT
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IF there were; ever any doubt as to the need for a re
organization and rehabilitation of the Reclamation
Service that doubt is removed by a perusal of the recent
siirhmarvof the work of the Reclamation Service since
its beginning. A fewx totals will indicate what that show- on the projects by wasteful and unbusinesslike methods,
ing is. ' . The government should set an example of high re-
The original estimated cost of all of the projects gard for the sanctity of a contract,
was. in "round numbers, $93,000,000, whereas the net 1 Pledges that the projects would be completed at
construction cost to date has been nearly $142,000,000, i whatever figure was originally set, should be unequivo
or more than 50 per cent in excess of the original esti- cally redeemed. . ' ' !7, y .,
mate. Settlers went upon the land very largely because The people of the Klamath project were told that
of the low estimated cost. They undertook to pay to the : the total cost of this project would be $18.59 an acre,
Government the actual cost of the construction of the says Secretary Work. How then, in equity and with
reclamation system. On an average, they have been justice, can they be compelled to pay. more? Except,
called upon to pay 50 per cent more than they were led i possibly, where supplemental contracts, authorized by
by the Government to believe they would be asked to the vote of the people affected, exist,
pay. !" The secretary, in his .report, clearly intimates that
:Some projects make a better showing than others, j wasteful and blundering methods are , responsible for
but there is no project that was constructed within the overrunning the estimates. The government must bear
estimated cost. The Yuma project in California and Ari-jthe responsibility of the incompetence of tits servants,
zona was originally estimated to cost $35.10 per acre; Ut cannot penalize the people of the projects,' in justice,
me nciuai cost per acre nas Deen si'ii.av) or iour times . y1-. uwn aujruucu uiuis ui uunssiuii anu com
the original estunate.'. The Milk River project in Mon-i "''ssion. ' " '
tana Avas originally estimated to cost .aa per acre,
whereas, it actually cost $101.70 per acre, or almost four
I Ten Yeart Ao Today I
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Dee. 10, 1013 Uuralng for Mayor
Fred Ilueslng, a well-known real es
tate dealer, will be one of I ho candi
dates for mnror at the spring elec
tion, If his friends urging his candi-,
dacy secure his -consent to, make the;
race. i
(Another mentioned in this respect !
Is E. O. Hall. Like Dueslng, Hall has !
not yet announced his plans.
Still another Klamath Falls man
whose friends would like to see him '
get In this race, and who they claim
would be a strong contestant If he :
could be Induced to accept the re-!
eponslbllltles, Is W. Frank Arrant.
The Office Cat
times the original estimate. The Newlands project in
Nevada, was originally estimated to cost $14.55 per acre,
out the ultimate cost was round to be ay4.7o per acre,
or more than six times the original estimate. The Kla
math project in Oregon and California was originally
estimated to cost ,$18.59 per acre, whereas the actual
cost was $77.90 per; acre or more tljan four times the
original estimate. .
These figures relate to the total acreage. As a mat
ter of practice it is found that the entire acreage in a
project is not irrigable on account of some of the landj
lying higher than the canal, or for other reasons. When j
the cost is apportioned on the acreage actually irrigated
it is found that the cost is far higher than that stated i
in the figures given in the preceding paragraph. ; On 'the '
basis of cost per 'acre for area actually irrigated, the I
YUmafPC,;7JfonCOit fr 1 PCr 'Vhll R6r! Wife-Do youow hat day It
project $372.20; the Newlands project $155.4o; the Kla- ,s7 u ta 25 yoar. ag0 today since
math project $110.00. j we became engaged.
j As stated above, the Reclamation scheme contem- i Absent-Minded Professor Twen
plated and required that the settlers on the land should ;t?-fiTe years! why didn t you remind
pay to the Government, in deferred instalments, a sum i bBfore? blBh time we got
of money equal to the actual construction cost of the re- j marr e ' o
clamation system. Reviewing once more these projects , He rang tbe heirtL d0Mn tImc8
above mentioned, the Yuma project has cost a total of j The evening that be met her.
over $9,000,000; water has been delivered thereon for j But when the neiie said shc-d be h,
17 years'; the amount repaid on construction bv settlers! " t00k one rlns 10 en her.
- 1 . 1 1 ! . a ra 4 r r i i
is omy a mue m excess 01 $i,uuu,uuu, leaving nearly
jFruit trees may be Improved by
grafting, but J. N. Guthrie says II
doesn't seem to work In the case ot
political timber.
Time Indeed.
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S8.000.000 HllP tVio finvpmmont Tha MilL- VU, r,m. E- Bradbury says a boob is a
ject cost $6,762 000; water has 'been delivered for 13 isX? XZZlTn
years; only $1,114 has been paid by settlers, leaving i asset.
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Fashion notes tiiat corkRcrew curls
are coming back, but they won't vio
Into any amendments. .
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Ye Etl I Perplexed.
'Dec. 13, 102)1 A toim Triji J. C. !
J Rutenlc leaves Monday morning foi j
uivui, i ftvyoar oeiure ioe supreme
court In the caso of Willis versus i
the Horticultural Fire Insurance j
company. From there the local at- j
torney will go east.
It ratns on the Just and the unjust
unless, says Oeorge Ulrlch, they've
taken out rain lnsoraiKe.
' 1N0 sooner' do we become the owner
of a dollar, thinks O. S. Watt
than a half dozen fellows are
right after It.
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iYou can catch anything, from fish
to famo, ir you use the right kind
of bait.
Luke Walker says every time
Hank Ford reduces prices It makes
11 jusi mac mucn more Humiliating
to be hit by one of 'em. ,j
It Is hard to be crooked and keep I
a straight face, thinks D. O. Wil
liams. ' I
'If it were not for our dying, asks
A. A. Soule how could the doctors
live? ' .
have more autos than money. Also, j
more autos than sense. . ,
Cleveland gas Is so low It modi a I
political convention now more thnn j
It will next spring. j
, I
Average auto uses 4 25 sallnn. of!
gas a year, barring accidents.
li-lllf(crcnt Ilulliiilf).'
$6,760,000 due the Government. The Newland3 project !
,.,.f t? T Ann nnn . i i i , i ,
v-uou ncany ? i ,vvv,vvv , waier nas Deen aeuverea ior:
18 years; there has been repaid to the Government !
$522,000 ; there remains still due the Government nearly '
$6,500,000. The Klamath project cost $3,974,000; water!
has been delivered for 17 vears: there has been renairl i
$537,000, arid there is still due the Government $3,436,- I fny county, fju.. Beacon Tribne
000.,. ' ' i. . lA subscriber In Commending our
'.Secretary Work is faced not by a theory but bv an c,fort" 88 a" edltor misspelled a
appalling condition. The one ray of hope in a bad tu-ZtT ZTZ Z'Zl
wuii ,a jus auiiuuiicemeni mat ine WnOlC prOD-llute fact, that yours Is the best
jt;m win oe considered irom a business standpoint,' his
apparent realization that twenty years attempt to de
monstrate the thing purely as a mathematical theory,,
by a none' too competent engineering department, is a
failure. .
At last the. human factor in the equation, the men
and women whose sweat and tears have been mixed
with the soil they tilled, seems likely to receive consider
ation. -
Unless the government is prepared to deal with the
30,000 of its citizens who people its projects humanly
and humanely, the reclamation experiment is doomed to
failure. '
And the first step necessaiy, it would seem to the
onlooker, is a move by the government to wipe out by
a general appropriation the burden that has been placed
weakly puper I ever read."
tAn Ohio man slaved married
ycurg, but it took a long time.
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. (Correct this sentence I liava
use for. him personally, said the
man, bit I am gbd to see him
prospering. ,
The fellow I would like to kill . ,.'
By boiling In a vat,
Is the gink who mixes all he says
With Whaddaya know 'bout tliut?
All bad enough , "
But the abominable lay
la the loud-mouthed bird
Who says "I say."
I'm an casy-go!ng prty,
But I'd like to take a knock
At the shoe clerk ,wlii exposes
iMy foot with the frazzled sock.
j04xr
1ST
j Wr-ll Coolldgo announces ho In
no .. .. ..
Miiiuii iur in t:niucni, IJUl u flllin I
qulto come as a bombshell.
What are the wild waves saving?
Ah, we have it. C. Schell lives at
Frankfort, Indiana.
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.now Finley says the things that'ro
easiest to ralne uro hardest to cat
Ilhiibnrb and parsnips, for In
stance. ,
MJlon announce)) paper money
designs will be changed. Let's hope
llio new bills last longer.
-- . .
: Congress shows 68 bald heads ln;
the house of representatives and
there. may be many more oson.
.
There are more autos tlmn houses
Iti , New Hampshire', Many pwple
Wo o d
To Burn
Bad weather is clo
sing down the mills
and slowing: the deli
veries. Winter prices will
soon be on. We have
a good stock of dry
wood at fair prices.
We are still deliver
ing Green Slab and if
yau care for this good
fuel at a cheap price,,
order quick, ,
We have the ',!.
BEST AND LARG
EST Stock of wood In'
town come to us ' for
SERVICE-
1 1 0. Peyton
&Co.
Phono 535 419 Main
The
Crowning
Gift of All
A Beautiful New EDISON
VUt USIC to meet every mood; not -at holiday-time.
iV only, biit through years to come music Re
created in the actual tones of famous artists that
is what the New Edison Phonograph will bring to
your home. ',
Through bur Edison Christinas Club you can
have this wonderful instrument on terms that
enable you to play as you pay.
Stop in to-day and talk over this convenient plan
of purchase. .
Klamath Falls Music House;
Geo L. Wirtz, Proprietor
122 S. 6th St V Phone 125
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CHRISTMAS
aothtwom
m urn
. It's the gift thfB most useful that ii
welcomed the most and remembered tho
longest. ! ,
This Christmas' why not let electricity
do' the work? At your electrical dealer's
thero are gifts for everyone gifta you
know will afford years of useful enjoy
ment. '
Before you wear yourself out shopping
see theco gifts at your dealer's today. .
: Gifts that do the WORK.
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EUctilc StwIpK Machlnt
Wuhlng Machlna
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EftricTostr. Something fvry
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