Patre Six
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E ) MURRAY " Publisher
W. H. PERKINS News Editor
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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
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Buickin performance
duality-in
and in sales
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beauty-in value
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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
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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. '
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Supply Co.
S. 11th Near Main
Phone 298
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R0KCHITIS
At hedtimo tub tin tliro.it ami
durst thnrotiKhly yith- ,
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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.