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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1925)
Patre Six EVENING HERTA I.n. TvLAMATft t, Att3Sj' OH EG ON Vnltv:(!;ir. Nn nubCr IS, l.)2r -rr '- i. - . ssucd Daih. except Sunday, by -ornpany Office: 119 N. Eighth Stroot. Klamath Falls, Oregon. E ) MURRAY " Publisher W. H. PERKINS News Editor 4 V 9 could not find employment in any business organization in the world. ' The commissioner shows very bad taste in undertaking rh, n,,.u p.iMuiiiniT to defend the October statement. In his letter he admits Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Klamath Falls, Oregon, under act of March 3, 1879. hat several misstatements were made. If he were as sinctyc as he wants the people to believe, he would frankly have disavowed the whole statement as a tissue of falsehoods and publicly reprimanded and removed from the service the person responsible for the publi cation. Then we would have hopes as to the future. As it is now, we cannot but feel that he. is just a link in the chain of official incompetency incompetency that has cost the farmers of the west tens of millions of dol- of the entire system of Member of the Associated Wess The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use of rc- rAhrientir.n of all news dispatches credited to it or not other-: ,UKJ m.j(J0 a absolute faliure sms- credited in this paper and also the local nws published i reclamation therein All rights of republication of special dispatches hereht i t.' ,K',rarrrah seven. the commissioner attain injects the venom characteristic of the reclamation service, when !;o intimates that the names of delinquents are withheld Prom publication and that failure to exercise the hght of . foreclosure may jeapordi.e the interests of the district, i He failed to point out that when the present board gain ed control, the delinquencies amounted to some $9S,000; that the present board has collected $48,000 of these: that it evolved one of the most constructive plans for also reserved f.he Evening Hrrald is the official paper of Klamath County Wednesday, November 18, 1$26 COMMISSIONER MEAD'S "SOLICITUDE" There appeared in the columns of this morning's is-, the liquidation of the remaining payments that has been sue of the Copeo mouthpiece, The Klamath News, a let-; brought forth in the history of reclamation, a plan that ter from Ehvood Mead, commissioner of reclamation, in j has the approval of the president of the federal land answer to a news story published in the Evening Herald bank : that in all of this his bureau refused to lend any on October 29. Notwithstanding we were not extended aid or cooperation, but by its attitude sought to handi the courtesv of a copy of this tetter for publication, we; cap the work of the board in every way. I he lament eproduee it for the" information of the farmers; that! able financial condition of the district is due entirely to they mav more fully understand our answer to the com-'the reclamation service board of directors that was in mfraipaer- of reclamation. control for-seven years, and whose subserviency to the The commissioner's answer is a belated one. Follow-i service aad special interests brought the district to the ing the appearance of the statement last October, a de-; verge of bankruptcy, a bankruptcy that was only avoided mand was made for a denial, but though offer was by the present board. - - made to meet the expense of a telegraphic reply, Mr. As to his charge about the contract, it is of like char- Mead was silent, prefering, perhaps, to let the poison ot acter to the otliers maue in nis leuet. ut v the statement get in its work in the election and then i directors has done everything in its power to secure an equitable contract, but the reclamation service nas w in held action, hoping that it could again secure control ot 'he board of directors and thus bo able to consummate its plans to surrender to the California Oregon Power 'omnanv the water rights that belong to the fanners. It was onlv after the commissioner's man Friday, Dent, .ut his finger in the election pie that any telegrams or letters were published by the directors, and then only to Mm snow mat tne rex-Kuiwinu" disclaim the responsibilitv afterwards. No one will seriously accept his excuse that "the re porter made a mistake regarding some of the facts." It is a cowardly trick resorted to by political tricksters and we are surprised that the commissioner makes use of such an instrument. In the third paragraph of his statement the commis sioner intimates that the widest publicity was not given .4- nnfAn -P U",n IT, O Vll lid 1TI CT tllO TT. f" AlTVr 1 iP lu uic dtuiuii ui 1.1 iu uuaiu ' iLtv.... -1' j 5011 uhwt. v.. . , . , . land. The dishonest statement issued from the bureau ; seeking to deceive tne tanners into uflCai...B was not necessary to acquaint the farmers with what was going on. Ample publicity was given to the pro ceedings and we doubt if there were any fanners who did not know the facts. At least none interested enough "to seek knowledge were ignorant of what was being done. z In the fourth paragraph of his statement one will j find an inkling of the malice that actuates tne bureau iri its attitude towrads the the directors, of the district and . Charles Wood Eberlein. No one ever denied that the taxes were remitted and recommendation made that the land be excluded from the district. This was done because the directors recognized that the government " had failed in its obligation to the Enterprise company and if Mr. Mead were honest in his protestations of fairness, he would have been the first one to have re commended that the land be excluded. When he and Mr. Work were here, both refused to make an honest investigation, they refused to hear evidence that would justify the action 'taken by the board cf directors. They preferred to listen to the dishonest statements of the sycophants that surround them, even though the rights of individuals are trampled under foot. who had the honesty and courage to stand up and fight for, the rights of 'the farmers. We want Commissioner Mead to know that he never .an secure tranquility on the Klamath project by follow ing the course he has mapped out. He must meet the farmers on an equal footing. He must learn now and for all time 'that he is not their master and never will be. rTo mid pIpmi-Iv- understand that the farmers are not working for him, nor for the government; that they are under no obligations to the government, except to pay back what thev justly owe; and that they never will consider any contract that fails to recognize these prin ciples and that does not give to them absolute home rule in, the management of their affairs, consistent with per fect security to the government, so far as payments are concerned. When the commissioner of reclamation and secretary of the interior get these facts solidly embedded in their'heads and govern themselves accordingly, then, and not till then, will the people of the Klamath project meet with them on terms of mutual good will. 1 And since the commissioneY has graciously permitted the superintendent of the Klamath project to give public ity to his letter, we also condescend to permit of his If Commissioner Mead secured any "legal advice"' to I transmitting to his superior our answer to his explana the effect that the Enterprise land should net have been tion ox the charges made in our article of October 29. .excluded, then there should be no place in the reclama tion service for the individual giving it and even a cur sory investigation will prove, this to be true. But it seems that it is not the policy of the service to do jjus- tice, where anyone who has ever opposed the service ;is affected. The commissioner's statement that the board is trying to do indirectly what it could not do directly, is offered as proof of our charge. He should know better, and if he does not, then he is the wrong man for the place he occupies. It is our observation that it is the policy of the bureau to do "by indirection some thing which cannot be done by directors." The issuance of the October statement was a clear effort to influence the election for directors of the Klamath Irrigation dis trict. The commissioner or his subordinates did not dare to come out directly for those who would do their bid ding if elected, so by indirection it was sought, through the issuance of a lying statement, to prejudice the land owners of the district against the men who had striven by every "ossible means to protect the district against the reclamation phmderbund, hoping thereby to bring about their defeat and reestablish the service in the con trol of the district. But the deep solicitude of the commissioner is tear fully expressed in paragraph six of his letter. The can 'cellatiqn in question, and which was justified by every law of justice and honesty, cost the farmers of the dis trict slightly over two cents an acre, provided the classi i fication made under the fact finders' report is not re cognized by the government. If it is recognized, then the government will have to stand the loss. But how does the commissioner square his solicitude for the farm ers in this instance, where two cents an acre is involved, with the increase of the cost of reclamation from $18.50 an acre to $42.50 and on up to $90 an acre? Is this not grasping at the mote and overlooking the beam? If the commissioner will look around him, if he will remove the smoked glasses of bureaucracy and replace them with the crystal lenses of honest investigation and business administration, he will find that the bureau of which he thinks he is the head, is dominated, and run. by i coterie of drones, drones so incompetent that they And in the meantime, and while all negotiations are pending, the reclamation service must not forget that "the water is ours and we "will keep it." Letters From The People Following is a tpttcr written by; toil, whereas thin statement applies Or. Elv.ood Mead, owymlasioncr of j only to noma SG acres. I'ro.v.imubly reclamation, to Herbert it. Newell, j ,hn m,a!K f: the district do not deny that the sheriff was directed lite tirrc belli law the din be I superintendent of the. Klamath irri gation district: Wash tag tan, n. c. Viovember 7, 1925 From: Commissioner To: Superintendent, Klamath Falls. Ore. "I thank you for your letter of October 3D. transmitting clipping from, the Evening Herald of Oc tober 2, relating lo Hie remission of taxes by the Klamath Irrigation district aghtnst lands of the Enter prise Lftid & Investment, company, tod to the oMier action which hail been the Miiiject or (fbrislQYrablc dis fcuptdpsj. J ljn.vo Milt you a copy of my letter of November's to Mr. Slnnott, In- which I i :; plain that inure was no Interview i;i ' ii liy nfe, and that (he reporter lu hm attempt to re state some of the far u cullud' from ih rjtcptds, inadii a mistake regard In some of them. "I did, however, Sanction publi cation of the fads At i.hown by the record, belieWng that the action of tin. hoard va:i unfair to the small land owners of th" district who have paid their ta.c. 1 then believed, and I adhere to the heller, that the landowners are entitled to know what has been done, and to det'r mino for themselves whether such action meets with their approval. "The reporter stated, or Implied that nil of the luutogsfnenti ngalnsl U1UU. ,Ol.UU; Jiilwl (...- J.UUU o: 11.-4 . . I had been reuiil- lo by offtcldlli ei' Ills dhilrict,. errone ously stuied thai mime Hid Uljd" ownora were delinquent In Ihslr pity- IIIMltl lo the n el Ultlcnt The fact In thiil II Is their pa; incuts to the dial del thai fuieh landowners nrn ilelltniueni. While hi (tftlamoul wm technically Ineorftct, the effect hi th.' aamo upon the liiiid owner.i ot uie '.''ttrloi who have paid their pfoportloutttti shni'es of tin' 6harB0i mill who in ndiUtlpn mwiil uaki hp lor the dellleiueii"!, s ef elhrs, tl mlghi ! of liKcresI lo the (oiul owner.- le asc itlllli 1 win i he' i ec mil . liie Weni'ly ol I he nin.ii riiir i-i.Hi d. linqin'nrlfi.uii.l liujiilro In to Ilic ivst:uni for fjjich ilellnuneu. cy. puril. ula.ly j(Wllh reference i i whotller Ihe nju'- V. action Inn been, and Is heliij, tivltoli by (lie uropnr offlchvla', in ciiiorcc collec lion and u prevent the asseMineu'H hotM barred by limitation. "The district board In Its tele grams relating lo the delay In ee cutloo ot i"v contrgcl pplythi the terms of Ihe so-called fuel linden' law. Is muKiianlinoiiH eiiouitb to in tribute the olame entirely in this office, detplti Ihe record which clearly .shows that the delay Ijj to be attributed mainly to the failure of the board to icarry out, ihe under itshdtni had in protMuttlBi the mut ter to this office and to the ilepuri Unt. This is dlacusMd in the act .(. contintaalaner'a letter of octobor it. The teliiraUi are so out of huryiony wilh the tucU, und so dls ingeuuoiis In- (one us to siikk'osI Ihe pofslhllity that they tuny have been intended primarily for broadcasting purposci. Their publication In the local papers lends color to this view. "To Ihe end that those Interested may he fully Informed, you are U thorttod "to give publicity to this letter.' v .. , I (siirnea) BLwbbt) mead, Seek New Head At Deaf School OlreMerBMmKr surpasses evi ;raJmous Buickin performance duality-in and in sales 1 r in m beauty-in value r '. I-. -V i no other motor car pro vides all these advantages 75 Horsepower Air Cleaner Controllable Beam Headlights Mechanical 4 Wheel Brakes Automatic Heat Control Sedans at Coach Prices Duotone Duco Colors Sealed Chassis Gas Filter , Oil Filter Today as for 21 years Buick is the acknowledged Standard of Comparison among motor cars BUICK MOTOR CO., FLINT, MICH. Pii iii.i,. 0 (jrnrrul Meor Corporation WIIIKN DETTKR. AUIOUOUIIM ARt UUILT. BUICK WILL nOtLI TIICXI ! Buick and Star Garage Opposite White Pelican Hotel JILP Till J SAI.KM. Ore. Nov lv Over l dozen deaf inhool i xpertii are be InK considered by Ihe state hoard of control for the Quperlnte'ndency of ihe Oregon school for the deaf when the resignation of O. 1,. Mr Intyre becomes effective the last ol' this month. Most of ihe applica tion:! are not voluntary, however, ihe hoard havini; found It necessary to solicit applications, and noil of them nrn willing to come to Ore gon only on the condition that a higher salary he paid. The salary In only $15011 a year, hut residence and living cxpens.-i are furnished. Among these willing to come If the salary Is Increased is K. S. Tllllnghast, who for many years was superintendent of the Oregon school. He Is tiow head of the South Dakota school at Hloux Palls. For Years The Medical Profession bus advised people to tnko pro pay care of their teeth and prut.nt many body uilitu tttti that are Incidental to nelcci. B us for free examination of your teeth R. D. COR, DENTISTS (I'Alnlosa of oOlrff) Itopka Illtlft. : t nad Mt'n Phone S3 GET AT THE CAUSE! vcumeiit company to cncel tas on this area. "I oppottcr! the exclusion from illslrht boundaries of the SO of the Enterprise lands In thr f that such at iion violated lie and provision? of contract with l.-nlted Stales. This belief i, sher d by my legal advisers. Tilt unit used exclusion of. the lnndn In q ion was abandoned, preaqin af a result of protest Inter ne: .d by the bureau. The action t I t ie board in directing the can cii. iinn of a sa sr-menlH agalnnl tie OS ; erea of ihe Knlerprlse lands Is an nbvious attempt t(i do by la- tlon Botnething which cruinoi gaily done- directly. ' .. ,; "I am advn.cil that the i'tilted Hlatea is without effective UfKtf remedy to prevent i ancnllatlon of Dm particular assessments In iiies tlon, aln.ctffjthe charges due Ihe rail ed Ktatea for bbotie years have, been paid by Ihe olhef land owners, whose :e . . snieiits were necqfcMrliy ln eren ed In. make up Ihe deficit. 1 concelvp that an Injustice ha" been done lo the landowners of the Uls 1 1 i , i at lafRe. IT such landowners themselves, after being apprised of Hi" action taken and of Us effect, do not share wilh me the belief thai an Injustice has been wrought, I feci at loon thhl my duly linn been n, iiarttad itwcalllng attention to the . :i nation. iMv iU'iWiu. ll04'Ut0Ul ItWibUwiUn hlcli pXCOptlOn has been taken The Advice of n Resblest of Tills horiillty Nlious n Way There's nothing moru nnuoylng than kidney weakness or luubl'.lly to properly control the kidney se cretions. Night and day nllke, llin sufferer Is tormented and what wilh the burning and scalding, thu attendant backache, headache and dizziness, life Is Indued a burden. Pono'a Bula a allmulnnt diuretic to the kidneys! have brought peace ni.d comfort to many Klamath Falls people. Profit by I his .Medford resident's experience: J. 11. Atwel, painter. 129 W. Elevonth gt,, Medford, Ore., sayn: "Onan's Tills are ull that Is claimed for them. G have taken Dnan's on different occasions when suffering from backache and kidney weak ness and they have always gl-nn me splendid relief.'' KOUK VKAIl.S I.ATF.rt, Mr. At oreH said; "l gladly confirm all 1 said In my former statement, ns If when you have lire trouble you i want your tires reparled na good as new have them vul canized In the best eiiiilppcl shop in Klamath Kails. Our Ilelntz Mlectrlc Hleain Vulcnii izera and expert r. pair ilea im liui e you of I lie lietlt possible results. ' r.'l rioiiti '!l ' I V If ."Xll! '('I 111 ti'if't .a. i,y "It : . Reed Auto rj f i Supply Co. S. 11th Near Main Phone 298 i R0KCHITIS At hedtimo tub tin tliro.it ami durst thnrotiKhly yith- , CS Per IT Mlllhn Jnrj U,,J Yiarly M KLAMATH POTATO CENTER (Continued From I ie-- ()un) the most effective way to create S . market nnd rnnilnnous duinand fori ihe high grade pntulncs that can be! grown In this atale. To thin end he: markets all 1'. 8. No. 1 spuds in new ' bTtUjtdOd Imicn. A special Klamath , COtLUty brand Identifies every sack i niarkeied from here. Mr. Orufton has choMn K In inn th ! as an fmporlaut unit In his whlosale poiato OpeMttlona in 'he t.inte, bettor- i lug that with through trausporiitll'iii. ' Klamnlb win establish a najjodol r : ptitallon at. n potftto center, lie ats among Its man) advantAgeS, Itn ' nearness to large ehnsumlni: markctal "The t.i;iNI of poialoett (ffotrhl hen Ik unsurpassed in Ihe in m n qept by Deschutes tubers. Which have more urightqaat of color," If Mr. flrafton. "One drawback tr.flrfn in marketing local polaloei rhloe. tonin, or 'black scurf detracts from Ihe appearance and rnduceti fhd ylold; thl. i disease Is easily ehc Ued l.y treaties; the seed With hot (Orib.Br Hit or corrosive subllttlate. jVomlorfal ipirorl null v "A wonderful opportunity exists In KlajtiatU for the production ol u ur ban li type seed pofnlocti Tor Ihe Cali fornia markdt. htoro oxphrlniental diilu are neetled, however, before any large acreage Is planted to other limit ihe Netted Hem variety. ".Much valuable service in devel oping the potulo Industry here hits ii i rendered by eouny agents und O. A. ('. even:iloii workcr'n." rT it J ' t 7,a Mr. Grafton expresBoa li tin his be lle! i imt one of ftpnmntb coufny'ic prliiclpnl handicap:, 'at nie-ami Is n inch bf proper fdorajfe (acljltlna, Ut l'eeln, lloweVoPi I hat twlllt.tlie pWtt pectlvo devolopinent lu thq poljilu in ilnslry, the titorUjge prohleln will he adjusted, " a V - fll'IN'I'IVA Klilplnyes of'leiigmi of nations ill tleneva ' are going lo have golf links und tennis courts. For Ibis purpose Viscount LJccll has given bite fifth 'or a $&4000 prr,0 he roeelvetl from the VyoftdroW Wil son foiintlnllon. (WW ( vtiriMH it ih. JffWi At eye- prlrr of n gleet, Yon can depend upon our optometrist, You nan, have pertiaol ebntldeoeo In regard io lils nxantlhatlOh and his prej aorlptlop. We iintlm tho glasses Dr. H. J. Winters Eyesight fipcclulitu KlamaiH F.illts Ore. we grind mil' own glasses. NORM ANDY. pLL RINGERS T Elk's Tuupli' Tomon'ow Niht Startinj' 8 p. in. ' Daneinir Fo.ltWs ' Prpgram SfiE IS PiCTURl T c.'liuipt nlvo Tattl tc tttti ninny tli.inks, I tlt'iUtiln liticl. in K liralli mat iiLriiiiiith apw.evel j ihHig i In. flM, ntnl nearly itll lP Sitting Vrrtl bad lift, inn." Is Urn Kf(ilcftlllati'flli'Hl n( An. Saralt I nc Li l t fftHinnicii until, ieit,;i , j. MfflW YOIIK. Ilnvlng resigned lis senior ninjor or artillery in Japan, Tokuglp Fiikuhti hint been peeling potatOOl nnd doing oilier menial tilings In Ihe Waldorf for 11 luunUis. .Now Jib's going liouiu U Aiuei lcanlzi; Japah holel . . in hail net a nrii'llitvin i aliening uie ,l,nvn I'uf 'Jll . AglNlaa I acll.il .11 (hit. cettlil ilnl, Villi, Itdthlnli Ml.i lifoK . 0i.il fi ll Inn . nli In KM nut of n il.tilf, ih,.,.,, aa tilnuiit (int. of ilin itioMtlli iinrl I nits ncrvutw, dU eduraged and doipoailertt, "Whon I hcKiiti (iiliiiig 'I'anlae I was flown to I 'JO ll.ii. hut I iintv weigh inn and haven't an Bllmont In thg world. Thla Is what Tanlau tllil fnr nit- r.oic j etnvt ttgn aii.l allien th. a j kavajtavcr been Hithnnt, n in tint hnll, I lain. .. buttlu new anil Ihen oial nveryono nj' I inn the picture of health," i .. rt, IVh.it 'i'anlae boa .lime r.,r (Hilars, It Can aim tin f.tr you. Far sale by all i (Irng- lilftjl. Ac.-.'lit tin ...I, i,. Tatilac V. ictabla Pill ror ra.istlpstlon, inttUo tin. I r nnieii.led hy thu inantlfac- tnrersnf Taulae, TAN LAC ron YOVit HEALTH.
