TITR F.VENINft TTEKAT.n
THURSDAY, MAY 10. 102
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Huge Sum
Spent on
Building
Sum of $5,463 Spent on
Construction Each Day
Of Pat Five Year.
Western Union
Growth Reveals
Growth of Basin
Con.ltlnrlug the volume of binil
ies handled by thn Western
''tiluii, llm Pacific Telephone und
THi'Kniin iiiii iiuiiy u lid lh Call
(in lilu-Oi i'Uiiii I'ower company In
KlnmiUh Kullx luiluy, II lit diffi
cult In believe that In 1909, when
ihn Southern I'mlflc llrl entered
IhU torrlt ir', llm power, light,
Icli-photis nml telegraph hUHiucsa
of Hi" I'lillrn section wu hun '1 ! I
folil riKiim, In I heir direct but!1"' """ '"'"". """I '
..,,.. ,. Telephone mill Telegraph
uliat Is rottcedcit in lie one if llic
most remarkable IiiiIIiIImu; ilcvcl.
ill m III (lie . lilMitry .of the
I lu . IiiiIIiIIiiii of Klnmulli
Falls In five Jcars from a, Hliilt
rnil-i'iillrfMiil Iohii lai one of Hip
foremost rllle In the iiorltiHuml.
A f"W years n Klamnlh Putin
i omiKiiiy.
'I hn pin it 11 ml light I'Mil was
noon Uki'ii over by the California
Ormon I'ower company, t'litll
1921 Mo Western t'nlon huil no
direct wires Into Kliiiuulh Full,
hill In taut yi'ur Installed II own
fH'lllilcs. in 1912 III" Western
I'nlun opened an Independent of
fice horn, lull depended Upon the
Chiloquin Gymnasium
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0. C. & E. Opens p 1 a arin dc
Up Large Stand V 1 C arUlgS
of Yellow Pine C U T:
OllUW Dig
Increase
Recently completed, III" n"W school gymnasium In the thriving
illy of Chllo'iuln ha ulrcuily proved to ho 111" in "linn of promotion
amutcur sports on thn reservation.
was a nonenlty In thn eres of iho tn,.p,lon. rlnBally fr communl-
'rullon oh fan im Weed, California.
William J. Smith, now aiiperiii
Jtcn'lcni fur Din Western t'nlon In
' Scuttle, was Ihn flrat brunch man
lager f ir Klamath Falls In thn year
1909. At I ha t I mm. acionlliig to
Mr. Hmllh, Ihn form of thn mm-
i puny iliern consisted of nn oper-
west; today It lu thn city of prom
In tosards which every n In
focused.
In flvo years from 1 923 to
1927. both yesrs Inclusive lb"
gigantic Kum of t M . 2 9 3 . H :i ! hun
been eipemleil on bnllcllnm In
Kl'imulh Kull". 1 ill erery phune I
of bullillnx thin rlrvum of ilollam
nnureil. Ilciliim by Ihn liiinilrivln :
rn bnlll; x-ore of bimlii"
hulMlnKn replaced runmhurkle
mriM'tureii; u "cool'' million went
Into the Hmihern l'n UK' riillnr.i.l
,,..,.; ..... . "-. . , , thn lompaliy In Did
.t itn riiiiifiieri'iul Ml rurl uren. Ill- 1 ' '
iluitrlnl iiiiiiilx, waniioune uiul
PROSPERITY OF CITY,
TRACED BY FIGURES
A factor III growth of tlrnbar
ih! mcrlculluml Induntrloii alike,
I lh On ion, California II Kantcrn
I railroad, mail" pomtllilu by ther
1)1 It lul I vp of Hob"rt K. Htruhorn,
for year lilenttfied wlih Norlh
wimI development, aervea a vaHt
potent lully Kreut "(ilon of Klam
ath county.
I extending; frim Klamath Fulln
I to Itn prewnt ttrmlnua at Kpraxue
Hiver, nortbeantorn Klamaih liim-
l.A. - - II.A 1 M. L' r.i
I n,i.... 01 n.. f'.,H,H ...!'" population
j railroad.
I 1'robably 20 mllea of till ruin
jthrouKh name of the rlchent farm
In If oectlona In .the county. Klvlnit
I producers of (tralnn. potatoes, bay '
and dairy products ronrenlent '
transportation. In addition the
Miort line annually carries tnou-
Tale of Development Con
tained in Bank Figure
of Pat Five Year
You may talk of a rapidly In-
of natural
resources, of transportation,
scenery. Industries, aorlculture,
power facilities, good roads, good
citizens, boomers, all of which
Klamath ha to the nth doiree.
until you are, as the old saylnx
has U, "black In the face;" but
the canny Individual who la plan-
Kami, of head of sheep and cattle n,ln f make
two inesnenKers.
Klumath Kails, according to
Kdwnnl I. l.lvinKston. manager
f.ir the pat three years, la coiihIiI
ered iienl in Portland In runk of
the like.
t W n lay
Ilttrint t.ion eri of bee
hive acitvlly In lbe."clly of dn.
tiny" 245 new structures were
ralsej, of which approximately
180t) mere new' homes. Kadi
working day of that lialf-dccadv
saw Dm completion f una home
and half of another; each work
ing day saw an average expendi
ture of ta463.
The lutier purl of the year 1923
the "building ball
lii In of Orefton.
The faith of thn company In the
future ol this ae'tlon Is sham by
'their new office, which Is said to
be second t none In facilities for
Ihn rapid and efficient handling
of tclcaruphic communication.
Ynr those w hnsn runny buiilnnss May
principle,, lend them mora openJune
to conviction through fo medl-:July
ii in of f I cures ruther than glowing ' August
tilescrlptlva phrases, thn following September
table of bank clearings In Klam-1 October ....
lath Fulls forthepast five years 'November .
jfrotn April 192.1, to April, 1928 December .
Is prime!.
A tale of prosperity Is traced ' Total
by theso figures, w'llch show
neurly a 1 00 per cent Increase In
clearings from 1924 to 192(1. I
Following Is thn table; peruse1
It well:
1923 '
April 733.071.82 '
May 8I..H9 19
l,2ri7.729.2.1
1.468.009.79
1.378.186.97
lo Klamath range lands, most of
this business originating
Kin math county.
A barometer on logging
northeastern Klamath, the an
nouncement of N. II. Ilogue, gen
eral manager of thn line, that the
1 493 737.70 'O' ( doubling It trains
1.4H0.86D 05 1 ,or hauling this summer, in
1 643 990 44 i a(' ,ne rapidity with which
1 485 862 27 i"1' section Is being opened.
1,403,160.67
Hon his future borne will listen
n politely and then take a look at
.the bank clearings for the past
jn ' few years.
l o such ooinr ana sensuiie gen
tlemen, Klamath county has a
ready answer, and feels the pride
of a small boy nvho knows the
answer to a knotty problem which
the schoolmaster Is oing It ask
blm. Hank clearances for the
year 1928 slow an Increase of
19,149.321.30 over those of the
June
9f.9.971.87
1926
Januury .
February
March .....
April
May
Juno
July
From the table In another col
umn of this page It may be seen
that the yearly percentages of In
crease are as follows: 1924 to
1925. 20 percent; 1925 to 1926.
32 per.ent; 1926 to 1927, 7 per
il urn of approximately 153 1 5. CO.
III'JO llnnner Vrur.
Then camo the banner yesr.
1926. when f2.775.96H was spent
building 613 mis- wrurturcs un
svenwe dnlly working day cxpen-
slarle l roll- lillture of lint 2.30
July 1.131,123.67 1
August
September
October
November ...'...
Iiecember
I I August
1.0116.565.49
1.1 18.189.86
1.227.706.61
1.191.604.10
1.13.1.01 1.22
19,362.563.82
lug. Official city liall recur. 1 And l.naliy ine year u;i.
show a total for the first year of which shuns a tol l) building rx
tlie new era of 1379.333 which ; p"iidlture . of 11.823,809 for f94
was expended In l!io ern llon of 'slru lures, of wilca 47 1 were re
199 new structures an averagu ltdencet an averagn working day
dally working day expenditure of (expenditure of 15910.45.
1 1235.50. Thus. In Irreluiahln figures. Is
Tim next year. 1921. she bull to d the tale of a remorkobln and
not only rollml but bounded. A romantic growth of a city. During
total of II. 682.679 was expenled.the past four years Klamath Falls
on 437 new structure and nv-inylhaa stood from second to fourth
additions-dally working day ex-iln building activity, lis principal
pendltures for this year Jumped rivals were Salem and F.iuene
lo 15481 7". I Month ufter mouth Kugene and
The building activity maintained J Klamnlh were on practically even
aboirt lb same pace during 1925;lerms until Mo year 1927. ishen
1 1.631.847 on 6 new structure Kismslh Fails forged ahead ron
and many ad.lltlons-or an aver- jalstently, acordlng lo the month
l age Jally working diy expend-, 1 reports of 8. W. Straus & Co.
Tjtal
! 1924
iJanuary t 756.191.40
February 770.u21.27
March 843.681.70
! April j 1.005.842.24
jMay 1.020.683.80
I June 1.142.431.27
July 1.237.071.61
'August 1.222.422.10
September 1.165.388.91
O-tober 1.646.720.69
November 1.132.445.53
December l.."0.76.04
September
October ....
November
December ,
Total ,
1927
Junuary ....
t 1.459.999.66'
February 1.204. 948. S5 ,
March 1.347.937125
April
Mar
June 1.949.676.21
July 1.806.077.99
August 1.911.697.77
September 2.269.310.63
October
2.227.151.02-
Non-ember 2.614.740.7.7 i
Original I'lan.
Strahorn's orlclnal nlan for bis
Oregon railroad was a survey r 1Z4. clearances tor Jz
Ifrom ItcnH Ore. 150 miles north , totaled IlZ.J,lilB.i.; lor JSiS,
!of Klamath Falls, through to i 22,032.887.89, or an increase of
$ 1.I0.1.999 .46 Icruno In eastern Harney county.! 71 percent In four years.
1.130, 25S. 78 with a connection for Hums.
1.412.687.39 Ore., slightly north of this pro
1.507,257.38 ijected right-of-way. Investiga
tion of Klamath resources, how
ever, convinced the builder of the
advantages of a line through the
timbered areas of Klamath and In cent.
2.010.907.36ll914'he began plans for flnanc-j Figures for thbl year nhow
2.063.968.66 ! lug and constructing along this! January clearances to be $84.-
survey. 359.97 ahead of the same month
Klnnuilh Falls AM. of 1927. February, an unusually
Wltlt thn aid of the municipal-1 bad mouth for the entire -coast.
(20.538.485.86 j ity of Klamath Falls, which In-1 fell short of last year's total, but
I vested 1300.000 in the line, 8tra- March more than redeemed Itself
i horn started the engineering with an increase of $215,906.11
work on the O. C & E in 1915. over Me same month in 1927.
Actual construction was under- From these figures it can be
I way two years later, when the seen that Klamath is not only
depression of war became an ob- gros-ing in size, it Is growing in
stacle in the path ot the builder. 'prosperity, and. with it. the Indl-
From then on construction wasivldual citizen is growing in pros
Jslow. but the financier and blsperity.
j associates persevered. At times 1 i
work stopped completely when LAND PIU'F.S.I.OV
$15,691,200.26
1. 638.009. 34
1.829.016.75
1.859.894.63
1.943.658.21
2,208.136.08 I
1.828.801.93 !
1.523.087.05
1.888,153.53
December
1.930.209.11
engulf the project in its wave of1
$22,032,837.89
1 Total
1925
Januurr $
February ...
.March
i April :
I 12.883.5C6 59
925.803.54
819.652 87
1.009,256.24
1.244.503.99
Total ....
1928
January $ 1.544.359.63
February 1.112.492.97
March 1.563,843.36
i wartime commercial and indus-
".".; trlal failures, only to be renewed
wlih fresh vigor.
Then in 1923 came completion
(Contlnuetl nn Paa Her en)
location. Improvements., etc. In
general, good Irrigated land can
be secured at $75 to $200 per
acre, land at the latter figure,
of course, being close in and
highly improved.
The
SIXTH STREET
LUMBER CO.
Congratulates
and
Welcomes
The Northern Lines
upon their entrance into
Klamath Falls
Yards at Klamath Falls
and Merrill
Tolal" !io April). '.'$4. 220,695. 96
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ELECTRICITY
and
INDUSTRY
Electricity, the driving power of industry, is only eco
nomical and useful when properly harnessed to the
right kind of tools.
This firm has many years of successful business deal
ings with the largest users of electrical equipment and
is in a position to advise regarding any electrical in
stallation from the smallest household electric appar
atus to the largest factory equipment. '
Our service men arc always on call for emergencies.
132 S. Seventh St.
Telephone 171
THE KLAMATH VALLEY
SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N.
A PIONEER IN IT'S FIELD
Extends Its Heartiest Congratulations and
Best Wishes to the Great Northern
Railway Company
The Klamath Valley Savings & Loan Association is
the only savings and loan association in Klamath county
that offers to the people of Klamath county a method of
savings equal to any savings and loan association on the
Pacific Coast. It's services are always open to the public
and it offers a method of saving that is not found in any
bank.
The Association guarantees 6 per cent interest on
savings secured by first mortgages on residential and
business property in Klamath county.
You will find us at home at 626J2 Main Street where
we will be glad to explain to you the advantages of a
savings account in our Institution.
If you are needing a little money on your home we
will be glad to loan it to you upon our usual reasonable
rates and fair valuation.
6 Interest on Savings
OUR SLOGAN: , ;
'Its Not What You Make
But What You Save'
PHONE 666
6262 MAIN