.-WEDNESDAY, tittf 26, 'ifeg
EVENING nERALD, KLAMATn FALLS, OREGON
TACE FOUR
Issued Dally, except Sunday, by The Herald Publishing
Conipany. Office : -119 N. . Eighth Street, Klamath Falls, Ori.
E. J. MURRAY .
VV.- H. PERKINS
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Falls. Oregon, under act of March 3, 1879.
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WEDNESDAY,
K LET 'EM FIGHT
Charges made by the state university, accusing the
otate agricultural college of duplications of courses and
'' the reply of the latter, asserting that only an 18th cen
. tury conception of education would deprive the agri
, cultural college of duplicating such courses and that their
elimination would deprive the college of opportunity for
the development of human, interest, both confirm what
everyone who has studied the issue knows, that dupli
cation of courses in these two institutions exists all
along the line and that each institution, instead of be-ino-
rroiHiirter! as nart of one great state educational ma-
1 chine, functions as a rival educational institution, each
seeking dominance at the expense of the taxpayers.
The term agricultural college is a misnomer, for "but
a smau iracnon oi me u. a. o. aiienuanct; suunes
agriculture or its related subjects. The school is simply a
Sthool of elective technology, tfibugh the label agricul
tural college is maintained for political effect, farmers
of the state naturally supposing that agriculture is the
object of instruction. - v '
X Both institutions are rivals, in that each seeks to coyer
the entire educational field and there has been a mad
race for supremacy Every move of one is jealously
followed by the other with a counter move, with the
result that educational frills, fads and furbelows in
volving heavy overhead, are bringing a financial reck-
, oning to each institution.
Governor Pierce warns the, two institution? to cease
"quarreling .lest a disgusted people repeal the millage".
-'taxes arid spoil the educational -graft'. On the contrary
the controversy should be thoroughly aired, so that the
f people will learn the truth about higher education and
its' COStS. -
-. ' Here is an opportunity for Governor Pierce to formu
late a constructive program that will cut taxes more than
an income tax will increase them by forcing the merging
of the two institutions, together with the normal schools,
under one board of regents, thereby eliminating rivalry,
overhead and duplication, and making for economy and
efficiency. The millage bills should be repealed, the
oudget prepared by the single board of regents, revised
Viir fVlQ Vi 1 1 rl nm f V.oWl inl nnoc-o 1-tt lnrndlnfi-WA
mitting a taxepending body to control; expenditures
only makes for extravagence. : . . -
; The more the university
tne public wii know about them and the sooner will
come the readjustment necessary if they are to function
for the best interests of the state Salem Capital Journal.
-5T1UH0RII SELLS
. OUTTHIS CIIY
. , (Continued From Pago One)
J They want lo know if It was not
bis object to get this concession
from the city, on the basis of -what
uu luntiuu tt imnuersuiu wua me
.0. C .& E." and then use it in
bottling up the city and preventing
the Northern lines from gaining a
foothold in Klamath Falls?
They want to know if it is not a
fact that lie never intends to build
a "terminal depot" at Seventh and
Klamath, but was only seeking to
'prevent the Hill lines from doing
that very thing?
They want to know why bis line
cannot now use the Southern Pacific
depot, since it is part and parcel
of the Southern Pacific system? ,
Switching Omrges
They want to know why switch
ing charges of five dollars a car
are made for transferring cars from
the O. C. & E. if that line is owned
by the Southern Pacific?
; They wanf to know wh7 the
Southern Pacific does not come for
Wurd nnd buy the worthless bonds
Hint the city holds in lieu of the
6300,000 interest it has In the. O.
C. & E., if it expects the peoplo of
this city to have any faith what
ever ' in the statements and prom
ises of himself and the Southern
Pndtict. i, :. "::-'..-
Those and many other questions
jpj bo nsked'' later the peoplo of
, f
Publisher
......... News Editor
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One Year
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MAY 20, 1925
and college fight, the more
Klamath Falls and Klamath coun
ty want answered by Mr. Strahorn
and the Southern Pacific.
Smoked Out!
The people of Klamath Falls can
now understand why The Evening
Herald has taken the determined
stand it has against granting Mr.
Strahorn any concession whatever.
It wag convinced he was not acting
in good faith with the people of the
city and the announcement made
elsewhere in this paper proves its
suspicions to be well founded. If
it had not been for the stand taken
by this paper and the courage of
Mayor Goddard in vetoing every
effort to bottle up the city, Klam
ath Falls would be' today in the
firm grip of the Southern Pacific
and It would be still skulking be
hind the glittering generealities of
Mr. Strahorn. But The Herald
smoked them out and they now
have to stand In the full glare of
the spotlight of publicity, a public
ity that will be continuous and
pitiless until the rights of the
people of Klamath Falls and Klam
ath county are protected- from the
designing schemes of the men who
have been working Indefatlgably to
prevent the entrance of the Hill
lines Into Klamath county.
('odiliird Protects City
Fortunate it ' was ' that Mayor
Goddard had the foresight to ask
the council for permission to ap
peal to the Interstate Commerce
com mission for help to protect its
$.100,000. U the- Southern Pacific
Beta the O. C. & E. it must pay the
city back Us money. Otherwise,
Mayor Goddard, in behalf of the
taxpayers, should Immediately apply
for a receivership tor the lino, for
only through such a wove can the
rights of Kltuuntli Falls bo pro
tected. The time is ut lininl when every
organisation In tli city and county
must go on record for or against the
lilll lines. The Chamber of Com
merce, which has been pursuing n
oouiKu that Justly arouses the sus
picions of the people, must eomo out
unequivocally for the entrance of
tho Hill linos nnd pass a memorial
to the Interstate Commerce com
mission asking that the right to
build in here, nnd common-user of
tho Southern Pacific line from Udell,
he granted. If it does not do so,
then Its usefulness to the commun
ity Is nt an cud, and an organiza
tion that will function in tho inter
ests of the whole community should
be organised.
People Should Act
The city council should go on rec
ord along the same line, and it the
members of the council do not fee
their way to do so, then they should
resign and make way for men who
really represent the will and wishes
of the people.
The Klamath county court should
also go on record and tho record
should be forwarded to tho Inter
state Commerce commission.
.Mass meetings should bo- held in
this city nnd throughout the coun
ty at which similar resolutions
should be pnssed nnd wo should
solicit the help and cooperation of
the counties of .Modoc and Siskiyou.
Spreading throughout tho stnte. we
should appeal to our neighboring
cities nnd the great City of Port
land for the help we must now have
to defeat the schemes of the men
who for years have been quietly
working to kill tho City of Klamath
Falls.
S. 1. Hurts City .
Klamath Fulls owes the Southern
Pacific nothing. For fifteen years
we have existed hero on the stub
end of a branch lino that, while one
of the most remunerative filejes of
properties owned by the Southern
Pacific, Is a pitiable excuse as an
outlet to one of the richest sections
In Oregon. It has refused stead-fnstc-dly.to
build the M6dpc North
ern, which is essential to our fnll
development and never would have
constructed the Natron cut-off if It
had not been forced, to do so by the
public service commission. For
months jthe city has been trying to
secure from it an expression as to
the location of the division point
and has met only with evasion,
when it is a known fact that Fuego
has been selected as the point where
the division and shops will be lo
cated. It this plan is changed it
will only be because of the coming
of the Hill lines and fear of the re
sentment of tho people at its treach
ery and deceit.
More Knipty Promises
It now comes forward, through
the man who assumes to act as its
mouthpiece, and says that it will
build lines as fast as the develop
ment of the country will Justify, and
expects the people to believe that
that means the Immediate extension
of the O. C. & E. to Sliver Lake and
Lakeview. and a connection with the
X. C. & O. Coupled with this is
the intimation of the construction of
the Modoc Northern, when it Is a ;
fact that already a contract has been I
awarded to the Utah Construction
ocmpany for the building of the ex
tension from Grass Lake. The only
reason actual work on this construc
tion Js not now proceeding was the
announcement of the Hill lines that
they intended to come, to Klamath
Falls. Only In case the Hill lines
come will the Modoc Northern be
built. If the Southern Pacific can
stop the coming of tho Hill lines,
the connection to Dietz will proceed
and the O. C- & E. will never be ex
tended to connect with the N. C. &
O. ,
The time is at hand when the peo
ple of this city must awaken to their
interests and help the Hill lines or
forever remain under the withering
control of the Southern Pacific.
Where do you stand?
Robert E. Strahorn, before the
chamber of commerce board of di
rectors In special session last night,
outlined . in detail bis opinions of
the city, the possibility of railroad
development in- tbe Klamath coun
try and the Strahorn Interpretation
of the history of the O. C. Sc. E.
Ho told of the support of the city
of the O. C. & E. and of the .in
difference later shown by cities
which were tapped and which would
have been tapped by the road con
struction. .
"The burden to 'carry on' became
mine alone," he said In describing
the war period.
He mentioned briefly his unsuc
cessful efforts to secure spur lines
throughout 'the city and scored the
opposition factors which defeated
him In his attempt to get the
grants without common user clause,
Mr. Strahorn took occasion to
laud the Southern Pacific compapy
to tho skies, pointing out that it
was now spending $20,000,000 In
the construction of a line north
from Kirk. N ,
Ho said that ho would retain
ownership of tho 0. C. & E. and
rciunln as Motive malinger, of (he
company,
The en 1 1 ion d president tended to
Bcnff nl .possible cohstt'itctlOtl Of Hill
lines ittlo tho Klivmath' territory.
He pointed out, however, that when
business warranted It, the railways
all ready serving this district would
lie extended tn meet tho business
demands,
"Fur economic 'reasons nud
other reasons, there Is no hopo of
spectacular railroad development lu
tho Klamath district, " ho suld.
In closing, Mr. Strahoru pleaded
for support of tho existing railroads
instead of chasing phantoms that
would never uiuterlnlUe.
S.P.
(Continued From Pago One)
give tho Southern pacific company
a substantial stock In the' Oregon,
California and Eastern railway,
which now extends forty miles from
point of connection with the South
ern iPaclfic at Klamnlh Falls easter
ly to SpraguO River, Ore.
A New Artery
"The completion of tho' Oregon
California and Eastern, which Is a
standard gauged line, coupled with
the conversion of the Nevada-Call-fomia-Oregon
to a standard gunge
line, will provldo a new . artery
through southern and central Ore
gon, for through traffic between
Oregon and the eastern states.
"Application will be made in duo
course for permission and authority
to put these plans into effect.
"These transactions are in accord
with tho general policy of the Sou
thern Pacific company, which looks
tj the development of the territory
It serves, as already shown by the
transportation facilities it hits pro
vided in Oregon and those under
construction, to which these new
additions come in natural sequence."
SOV 1IORV
Mr. and Mrs. Louis E-spin Oingrulu
luted on Arrival of Hoy
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Espln, of
Klamath Falls, are receiving the
congratulations of their friends upon
the birth of a son, born at 1:30
a. m. Wednesday morning at the
Private sanitarium. Mr. and Mrs.
Espin make their home on Worden
avenue.
you
mm.
STRAHORN ROAD
IS
v (Continued From Pimo One)
Water Duumuos. Lauds
ruling the growing season, when
livestock should bnvo been grating
on tho fertile lands of the company
the witter of tho. lake, backed up
by Hid Link river diim, would over
flow the holdings of the ronipuuy,
damuKiug to a coiiipriOicuslvo sys
tem of levees, runiils and ditches
built by the company. Tho irriga
tion system wna constructed ut a
cost of :too,ouo to the Fort Klnm
ulh Meadows company nud Its ef
fectiveness has been seriously Ini
palrud by the continual overflow of
tho lake. Also tho land is seriously
damaged by being wuter logged.
The Fort Klnmiilli Meadows com
pany claims that its holdings vulued
at 11.000.000, havu been damaged
In the exteut of J'.'GO.OOU.
Second Claim
For a second cause of action tho
Fort Klamath Meadows company
claims that through the control or
the power company of the mitiirnl
reservoir of Klnniatli lake, It htm
lowervd the lake below tho natural
low water level of that body nnd
as a result has rendered navigation
on the hike an Impossibility. Thus
tho Fort. Ktttmath Meadows com
pany, through tho Illegal nrtloa of
the power compuuy. ,lias been un
ubla to utilize the lake waters, oil
which it has a littoral right, for
navigation purposes. -
On tho second cuuso of action
the Fort Klumnth Meadows com
pany cliilms ilu mil ko of K'SO.OOO.
News from London. Itnlnbow
shoes are tho fad. Hot dogs!
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The Spot!
YOU'VE "been in a theatre when the stage was dark, and a
spotlight suddenly focused upon the thing you wanted most
to see. Advertisements are like spotlights. ' They focus at
tention upon the goods that interest you most.
You could wander in and out a dozen stores and, in the con
fusion of many objects, overlook what, would please you best.
Yet by reading the advertisements, without leaving your home
you can tell definitely where the desired wares are, their
prices, how they will serve you. You can know actual values
long, before you buy. . ' .
Advertisements throw" ligfil on new comforts and improve
ments, too, you might like to own. They let you see conven
iences other folks' are enjoying bring them within esay reach.
Let these spotlights guide you to standard goods. They'll help
save. Kead the advertisements regularly.
Advertisements light the way to
. wise buying
TODAY'S CROSSWORD PUZZLE j
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3- "HfH iHnT " Ij .
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Motorists should bo especially Into
to them and ut tho sumo time tests
HOltlZONT.U,
1. What rich niiiu, poor man, beg
Kr mini, thief possesses, son
picture, (pi.),
10. What every car Is supposed lo
do.
11. Niilther's affinity.
I I. (told finger liiuid.
15. To surround.
IT. Fairy.
19. MeitHiiro of ii r 1'it.
20. Alternuto lo nud fro motions
peculiar to sotun rnrs ruining
sea sickness.
21. Morlndlu dye.
22. I'nused. , .
21. To mimic.
25. Kxi'liiuiullon of Juy.
27. Variation of "u."
2S. Evening.
20. Writing fluid.
21. Ilulf an em
.12. Molnncholy nolo.
H. Aged.
14. Conirtellutlon.
.IS. Second note In scale.
30. Makes tho car go I pi.). .
it. Sun god.
45. Granted fuels.
IT. Cult.
18. Those defenseless nrgnns Hint
listen to a motorist's cussing.
50. .A dolt.
52. To nick (a mudguard).
53. What young folks never look
nt and old peoplo liuliltuully
glniico at (see picture).
ight 1
rested in this purrl". Ill dndlcntod
their knowledge nnd Ingenuity,
VKItTIC.ti,
2. Pitcher used fur cremation. I'1
II. Piills. , ' !
i. Preposition. '
5, Is In debt (for car. I'iitl: find
sumo on who Isn't.)
0. Within.
7. Cuts off.
n
. Heron.
9.
12.
II.
15.
10.
is:
Arm of cur used to start motor
of the driver.
5280 ft. (pi.).
Wrath.
Mnsc'ullue pronoun. ,'
l.nst member of the family to
get a car.
To knock.
23. Signaled.
H. Itecord of a Iiir1o event.
20. Married chicken.
27. To be lrk.
30. Popular make of car (pi ).
33. To drive down hill without m.
35. Meadow.
37. To sin.
39. To relieve. t-
ttf. To depart or to run. ',
41. Within.
43. Point of coni)ass."
4 3. Upholstered' portion 01 tho car.
4 6. To rap lightly.
4 9. Part of verb to be.
51. Point of compass.
52. Mystilf.
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