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THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Page Thirteen
T
WAS
LAUGHING
FIRST CAR CHUG
INTO
PEACEFUL
At firm gluiicu ii perspective of tin) curly history of the iiuto
inobllo In Kliiniulli county pri'sents h ii ospuul predominantly IniniuruuH.
Tliu Irnto f uriitora who vlowd thu bucking, spilling contraption a
menace to tho country, tho eminent citizen who pusseil aftlltiu hro
'that tho apuud limit In Klamath Fall should hut bo In excess of five
mites an hour, and tho manner in which automobllo owners it nnd
II yara aio er auuJuoUtl to threat voryltif from culplng to
booting, causa thoi who now llva In an enlightened world to alt
baok aailly In thalr arm chain, and vlaw the pat with a tolorant
amuaemsnt and wonderment of tho Ignorance that could havo brought
about auch animosity to the automobile.
Caused Many I.unulia.
The olumsy machlno of tho early
day, few of which now exist, causou
many a, laugh from hou who JudK"
them from tho present standard of
perfection.
Out on aocond. glance, the Im
mense: trdde' that tho automobile
hi made becomea of primary con
sideration. Few reiUJio what part the
automobile baa taken In the upbuild
ing of thla county. Tho farmer, at
one ,lmo the gtrpaooet enomy the
automobile had, may now come to
town In a few hour to haul hi prod
uct or (o vlilt hit nolghbors. They
are indispensable to Induiilry or n
builneaa of any aort. Oommorce ha
been facilitated, general health of
tho people haa been Improved, and
In all other line of progress the auto
mobile ha takon en Important part.
TrMln Follows! Auto,
I'erbap a coincidence of perhap
a natural couroe of evsint, out the
fact remain, that with the advent of
the automoblU In 1907, the pros
porlty of JCloimnli Kali took an up
ward trend and evor lno ha livid
thai con r no. Bovvral jxmr after the
flrl automobile wna driven over tho
Green Spring mountain, the firei
locomotive arrived, Tho automobile
and the railroad wtddod tho link of
an efficient transportation scheme
that neeeMltated more production
and hence wa the mean of more et
Iter coming Into thla country.
, Automobile and the railroad have
rendered thla county considered at
- one time an Isolated backwash ac-
ooMlblo to the w-orld. Fifteen yenrs
ego Klamath Fall wae but a nnm-s
Us t tie ouuslde world, living in thin
city for year and year wero old fam
ine who, becauao of lack of now
hlnAt wat rmvlm atml. Wrflh the
- auto came a itream of live bnitnoM
men who now dominate thl city ami
Influenco the county for tho good,
Hurry I'elta I'lonccr.
The pioneer of plouoar of Klam
ath county 1 I Carry .B. l"olt, whole,
ale tobacco dealer. Early In the
year of 1807, I'olU hearing of tho
now moan of conveyanco known a
an automobllo, Jounioyed to Port
land for the purpoae of buying one.
Uut a few caw wero on tho nurket
at the time. tho Oldsniou.Uo. the
Ford, tho Cadillac, tho Pope Tribune
: and othor. Poll went Into tho mat
' tor thoroughly and finally concluded
that a I'opo Trtbuno, ntudo In Tarry
town, mould eult hltu about right.
At that tlmo Ihero waa not u ga
rago between i'ortlund and Modford,
but without mishap ho reached tho
latter town.
Then tho proposition of getting
over thu Croon Sprinirs moutiluin
' Into Klamath Falls prottoiHod dltri
cultloa. Thoso who now uro Inclined
to cubs ut Uio rond would huvo lout
tholr minds 17 yours ago. Hut 1'idu
procoedod on hi tortuous wny over
tho hill and down tho stoop gtftdes,
and finally after ninny stops for re
pair and replenishment of tho gas
tank, ho approached Kin mm th Fulls.
Tho Home CiimsimI.
Reaction of tho ritut horso I lint
wiw him bumping along over tho
road hetwoon Keno and Klutnnth
Fall wae mark staring with anmo
mont. If thuru had been present an
interpreter of tho oiiulno luiiguuge It
would havo probably linen found
that tho horso wild:
"Woll, I'll ho 1- - d!"
illut whon tho chitg-it-chug of tlie
two-cylinder motor wae heard .imnle
ovortook him, nnd his li'nto master
peering up tho rond ut a eloiul of
iliint ihnt wus kicked up by tho
horse'' hoofs as ho lore on his way
to Klamath Fnllrt, shook his tint us
Pelt passed hint on the road.
Tho trip of the first automobile
down Main street was n momentous
arralr. l'ui'lol(y and resentment
bullied for preeeileiieo In the mind
of most r l'!i popiilnco. Horses
uiili.d dims scurried behind the
houses, men stood open - mouthed nt
the mechunlcul marvel hofo o their
,.vm. nnd olhers told each other
ilmt "noiiiethlna ought to l done
about It."
Ihinliuni Second lliiyer.
M. A. Dunlinm, proprietor of tho
llunliom Karaite, lint at Hint tlnva the
owner of n eon feet loitery Htoro, waa
the second peiwon to purelwisn an
nntomoblle. Marly In tho spring of
I 07 he lottrneiviil to I'oMtliintl and
i' inn-.'hBsert n two- I oil, fottr-cylln
MATTER
- CHUGED ITS WAY
dor Ford, tlKl first that Henry Ford
placed on the market.
"(Low wa over mado the trip from
I'ortlund to Medford I u mysiory to
me," ho Bltl. "There wasn't even n
(arugn botwuen Portland ond Med
ford and wo cnivalnly hud eoine time
In making any progress. Over tho
Oroen Spring mountain It wn a
nlghtmuro, but ovontually. we drew
near Klamath Folle.
"Tho Interest among Hie peoptoof
tho town wu nmatlng," ho contin
ued, "Mm would offer mo f 5 to tnke
them for a ride of n fir blocks.
There were ulso ninny who consid
ered lit auto a. terrible thing. I
could namo about a doion old Minora
now driving car, by the way wo
actually threatoned to do me bodily
barm If I did not cease driving my
machine on the city street. One man
whoee homo wa particular scored,
threatened hn would shoot me and
the cr, too, If I didn't keep envny
from hi horse.
"I wa tho first to erar make the
trip around tipper Klamath take, and
I ahull never forgot how tho farmer
regarded me. They painted the
air red."
The next two to purcnaso cars
wero Major Wrjrdon and V. T. Shlvo.
Shiva mme-ono day, In tho year
90S, to a pnoudo-ropulr ahop owned
by a man named Cronviulllvr, now
a resident of Uikwlow. HI wa a
tale of dlie d 1st reus the car would
not run.
"How aro tho purk plugs," Shlvo
wa asked,
"Cleaned 'cm, cloan n a whlallo."
After aovernl hour of work the
ninn working on the oar decided to
fix the plug despite fililvo's asser
tion.
It developed that Shlvo had taken
a rag and without unscrewing the
Plugs had asldouly wiped off the
porcelain of the plug and consid
ered the job well done.
Juetlco of the Poaco Kmniltt tolls
of i ho visit of Senator Fulton and
how, when the enntr asked If
ha would like to rldo to Merrill, ho
replied;
"N'ot a chance. 1 havo walked
too many mile to tho next town to
take a chance on one of thoso rigs."
. This, from a 1'nltcd State senator.
Indicated that tire distaste for auto
mobiles, then prevalent In this com
munity, wax not cntlroly local.
Knlcrcd: Itiiccs,
Will lltildwin tolls of thu vIhIi of
two automobllo men to KlamntU
Fall in 1007 to tako part in Ilia
county fair. Horse, race woro faded
by tlxi new-fangled machines that
wero going to stage a rucc.
"It wu tho tunnlost thing I evor
saw," Dulilw.in tuilri, "Tho two cur
would start out togothoron tho (rack
and half wmy around one would
coukIi. sputter and atop Then I hoy
would return and siyrl over oguln.
Half way uround tho othor car would
glvo up tho ghmt. If there had been
a ruco between tho horse ami the
automobiles tho horses would have
boon In their stalls nnd fed by the
time tho n ut os arrived ut the finish
lino."
From 11)07 to 1010 thu utitomobila
wu ivgurded us a freak. Hut whon
tho railroad ciuiie In and tho vuluo
of rapid traiiKporlution wna appro
clutnd, n doiiMtiid wu created utid es
tablishment of tho first guruges took
pluce. Will Buhl win and 10. A. Dun
hum both started giutnges In trft)
spring of 1910 and shortly ofter
wurd the flint two carloads of unto
mobile arrived.
UllfdneHS Took Kpill t.
From that point to tho present
lime thu automobllo bmtlnobs has In
creased by leaps ami bounds. People
of th,' cotiniy found that they could
not gel along without motor trans
portation, tlurngo nfter gurugo was
established until nt thu prosont tlmo
there are 10. The antipathy to
wni'ds the utitomohllo clucrtMised and
people woro brought to realize tho
Important bearing they hud upon tho
pitigress of the county.
. In conjunction with tho rapid In
I'liw.' of uiiiomohllus enmo a iloiiiund
for good ronds. Illgliwn woro
built by the stute, county nnd tho
government that spread out llko a
net nnd topped nil tho fnntllo ec
liions of thl county. With good roads
TOino the tourist and henoo the new
settlor. ' ' '
Closed curs now have a definite
lead In popularity over npon.
KLAMATH
COUNTY
IIKAITKV (JIMnVTH OF
AUTO lll.'HINKHH 1H
Pltl;l)I( TKIi IIY HCIIWAII
NEW YOItK, Fob. 20. Thut
thu automobllu btislncs a well
a tho itool buslnos should
show a healthy growth thl
year ovor lust year, wa the
opinion expressed hore by
Charles M. Bchwab, chairman
of Ilethlehem Steel Corpora-
Hon und guiding head of tho
Htulz, upon hi return on tho
Mujonilo from u four-week trip
to Europe, which wu begun
January 12.
L.
Rock Creek Road Will
, Open New Country And
Give Route to Crater L.
Completion of the Rock Creek
crossing, 20 mile from Klamath
Fall, will bo one of the principal
factor In the 1921 county road
construction road program, accord
ing to the county aunreyor'a of
fice. The Rock Creek road Is now
completed to a point known as
Dear Wallow, 13 miles northwest
of Klamath Falls. An engineer
was to bo sent today to the pres
ent terminus of tho road to lay
tentative plans for construction
work In tho aprlng. It Is predict
ed that the road will bo complet
ed to Rock crossing by summer.
To ConUuuo Iload
Tbo road skirts the west sldo
or Klamath lake. Futuro plans are
to continue the road along tho lake
through Odessa and to have It run
Into tho Crater Lake highway near
Fort Klumutn. While one of the
purposes of tbo proposed road Is
to open up tho country It Is also
being regarded as a route to Cra
ter luko. Motorists driving from
Klamath FallB to Crater Lako
could 'umlw the trip up to the lake
along the eastern sido of Klamath
WEST KLAMATH
HIGHWAY
1 924 PROGRAM
luko, Itoturnlng thoy would bo iibln
to drive uloug the western side of
tho lake.
Market llosds
Other county rond projects In
view nro completion of tho Poo
A
See The New
At The Auto
Buy
DUNHAM AUTO CO.
6th and
valley uiurket rond and construc
tion of a new inurkot rond leading
from Kliiiniitli Acniry to (.'hilo(Uln
; and Williamson river bridge,
j On the I'oe Valley mnrket rond
I grading and the Inylnif of the base
Go to the Auto Show
And See Our Ditplay
Direct from the
San Francisco Auto Show
Seven Passenger Buick,
Balloon Tires and
Also other models of
BUICK GARAGE
Opposite White Pelican Hotel
A bigger motor with power to
spare. With the biggest and stout
est rear axle of any car selling un
der $1000.00. This car has a mult
iple disc clutch and is equipped
throughout with Timken roller and
angular ball bearings. There is not
a single cup and cone ball bearing
in the whole car, and the radiator
won't leak if frozen up solid, num
erous times. At the show, let the
salesman show you its superior qua
lity and make him prove to you
that it is the best light car on the
market.
an Overland and Realize the
Difference
Oak Sts.
Phone
rock lias boon completed. All that
remains is to Iny ths top layer.
This will bo dono this spring.
The Agency, ('hlloquln, William
son Illver road has been clearod
and partially surveyed. It is hoped
equipped with Firestone
4 Wheel Brakes
the Most Popular Car
Overland
Show
52 - W
to commence grading at an early
duto. Rnrvoylng haa been oompteU'
ed from Chlloquln to Williamson
river, Surveying from Chllnqtiltk
to Klamath Agency will bo AnUbed
this spring.