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THE EVENIXG- HERALD.-KLAMATn- FALLS, OREf.ON
Monday, November fi; 192rt
AL SMITH FEELS
ii
ILL RIGHT BUT
NOTHING
WILLIAMS SAYS
HOOVER TO WIN
(Continued from One)
IM-rliy anil tho In) porta nrc nf tin'
Ihhuoh liofort1 tli clniMorat.
l.y rm Ai(lt
With hl campaign cbcIpU tl'
1 roinibUiniv standard hnrcr m
'pearcd lo have laid Ills rar
aldo, mid yosirrdnv enjoyd hi
' n f ' J Ti r 'flrHt ,a' of relaxation In
Relieved 1 hat Campaign mun). m(in,hs n,, mvh of
I Over, Declines To jllio duy in hi private oar rcail-
!' Give "Dope" 81 ,h0 p"1"1 ''"" i"1"
m j tine where he aret-tt'd largo
("NEW YORK, Nov. 5. (A!) crodWH. Ills maiinir Indicated ti
Covernnr Sniilh fttela, "all-rlKhl" ! freedom from concern over polltl-
'nbntit I he outcome of tomorrow 'n
, iironideliliiil election,. Ittil in mak
ing no predictions its lo what
eal matter.
II.' chatted inrorntally wit It
IK'oiile who vrowi'-d iiroimd the
mate will he found In Inn or roar platform of his car. re
the oupOHltlon columns. I marking on the ";:orneoii tfeath-
The democratic presidential hli h he encountered in
nominee made this clear today In j r;ah. mid ImiuirinR about the
li in laat press conference before f populations and the differ
election, and Just before leaving jpnl industries of the comnumi-
for a broadcasting studio lo make tjos. At one stop on the edisci
an elevonth hour appeal to tlio;f t1(. .wvada mining region.
farmers. I however, his interest was divert-1
"How do yiiu feel about 11. , d lo n,e tariff hy a bliie-shtrtcd
Coventor?" was the first flues-, milu.r. who remarked: "Mr.
linn put to him In Ilia suite at Hoover, there's a lot nf people
Ihn lllltmore hotel. (,, mis country who would like
I feel all right about it, lo K(N. thai tariff on lead, and
was the quick response. Iwe w0,ild like to Ret a higher one
Are you glad it's over!" wasjon 9uver If we could."
eilf "lhal the drift toward Mr.
Hoover lu WiscottHtu, .lnrylaud
mid North Carolina will carry
him over those states, making a
total nf .IDS. without any con
sideration of the males, where I
have personally nuulo no survey,
but which should itivo nn mlill-
jtlenal to Mitt olectoroj voles."
J Tasking over the Sierras dur
j lug the night. Hoover s train
came into California darter the
early morning hours todu7 and
was due at Palo Alto at I;. Hi
o'clock Ibis afternoon. Hetore
reaching that station it had only
two scheduled stops, the first at
lioxoville and the second at
Tracy.
lint the poor tt'oiilil'in bave
any more children than the rich
if ihey wire maile to iutv n,..
rich are.
CHICAGO ILL
GUARO POLLS
CIIICAIIO, Nov. r ' I ATI V-Trt
pretonl a repetition of the frand,
vlolcnce and terrorism which
marked the April primaries,
i)ot) polls watchers will guard
Chicago's ballot boxes tomorrow.
Till, ihe largest array of elec
tion day watchers in the history
of the city has been enrolled
despite officials' confident pre
dictions that the elecllou will lie
free from disorder of political
terrorists.
The violence mid terrorism of
last primary election day. April
I a, havctccu followed by months
of Investigation hy special grand
Juries whoso work Is yet iinfln
ished. Tomorrow special courts will he
opened lo hear fresh evidence lu
all cases. It any, or Irregular vot
ing, terrtirlHlIc met hods or what
ever Irregularities may he dis
covered. Ten thousand watchers bin.'
been recruited hy the I'll lions'
Nun Partisan association, A city
policeman will gourd each poling
place Detectives, flint nf them,
will cruise the streets In automo
biles, Kroni the Chicago bur as
sociation there wlH be Mill watch
ers. Special policemen and lino
university students will assist
wherever needed.
A New York lady who punched
In I 'liu-biMid In Ihe eye probably
was only cvetelsliiK her tnatii
moiiiat rluht.
the next .query,
"Well," the governor replied.
"It's been a long, hard Job. The
traveling and sneeohniaklng isn't
"Well, I hope we'll Ret it.'
the candidate responded with a
broad smile.
The confidence of iho randl
easy. I feel a little relieved that !date wag reflected by ihe other
I bav the job done. I feel . members of his party. Ralph
satisfied with the campaign tbatE Williams, of Portland. Ore , i
I made. vice chairmaa of the republican
Asked what stales he "con- j national committee Issued a
ceded the republicans, if any." statement saying lhat his ohser
tho nominee replied that he wasjvation nm to believe that
"milking no predictions about I Hoover would receive a total
that, and added: i electoral vote of between 5T5 ,
i "I have been making the.an() 4oo, as against the 266 nee
. speeches. We'll let the figurers ,cssary for njs election.
and statisticians- eivo vou that I ,. iH o,.o.,i.i;n
inrA-H,niiAM .i..! . : .' - I
.,....,,...,.,. . , .,- , ..v,y ,urv,y m me last lour
't,M ' j weeks," Williams said, "shows
t Tho nominee said lie had made!,nal jf lm, ,.0ple in the country
o plana to visit the east ide-an(l maii towns go lo the noils.
ag has been custom In past state r Hoover will carrv the elec-i
campaigns. ,ion ny tne western, mid-western.!
.. e also was unaeewea wnere an(j mj,idle Atlantic states alone.:
he would spend tomorrow night with an electoral vote of at1
to receive the election returns. ieast 3no against the necessary)
50-CENT BOXES l: "From other sources of infor
j . SPUDS ON SALE ma"on- 1 am convinced he will
. ii .secure an additional . 10U elec-j
V Tive hundred miniature boxes tora votes from other states,
of Klamath Netted Gem U. S. which I have not survived, and j
No. 1 potatoes, each box eon- : that his total electoral vote will i
tainlng 15 pounds. , have been between 375 and 4d'ont of'
rrated for sale during the annual the fiSl in the electoral college."'
'potato show In Klamath county, i JAxt Stall's j
n- i 'n ...ia i t AVlHtnms sntit that more than
iThe American National bank, j 300 votes would come from
the First National bank and the Washington. Oregon. California.
chamber of commerce. Idaho, Montana. Wyoming, Vtah. ,
i:acn OOX Will ne SOia lor ail oiwiaow. nrtauo. niKHu. coiLii
cents and will be shipped to any (and South Dakota, Minnesota.:
point,- providing the purchaser Oklahoma. Tennessee. Kansas.:
prepays the express or parcel (Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois. : Missouri. '
post charge. Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Ken-;
Already tho demand for thejtueky. West Virginia. Pcnnsyl-'
potatoes in tlio miniature i raies 1 vania. New J.-rsey and Di'laware. i
Is proving popular. ' "Adrl.es also .show," he add-
A THREE DAYS' COUGH IS :
YOUR DANGER SIGNAL
Coughs from colds nuy IciH to se
rious trouble. ou can 6toj t!ir-n
Saw scitb lcomuixinnt on tmuUifirJ
creosote : h it is -plrnant to take.
CreomuUion is a medical ilt-coieiy
with two-Mil action; it buoUim and
beala the inflamed nicinhranes and in
hibits germ gnlli.
1 Of all knoKn drups creosote, is rec
ogoized bjr high medical authorities
a one of the greatest lieulir- agencies
for coughs from colds and hrnncliiul
Irritations. Crcomuhion cotitjm, in
addition tn crenfotc, n(!icr liculinc
clments wl'ich soothe, and heJ tlie
iiifljme! m-mbnines and stop the ir
ritation, while the creosote, goes on to
t!e sl(nuicli absorbed into the
Mood, attacks the seat of the troublo
and check tlx growth of the germs.
Crc-omuUion is guaranteed satisfac
tory in tlie treatment of coaphs from
cold?, bronchitis and minor forms of
brocchtjl irritations, and is excellent
fin building up the system after colds
or flu. Money refunded if not rtS
lieved after taking according to direc
tions. JL-ek Tour drujrsi'i. fodv.) '
CREOMULSION
-FOR THE COUGH FROM COLDS 7HA THANG ON
Modern conveniences
HOMES!
Home life today reflects comforts and con-
" vehiences not obtainable in other years.
' Enough Telephones, convenient
Yy placed, arc among the true signs of a
thoughtfully equipped home. -
The cost is so small and the convenience
so great, just call our Business Office and '
say, "I want an extension telephone."
RESPONSIBILITY
Our duly It to prm lde you ulth oilruiitr,
(ieptiiiublritiui ati$fat'tory telephone service
Ml u redMiiidble rust. Tfn's respuntibjllty u
utvept as a ftuMje triiir.
Tfa People off
Tomorrow will be the most important election to this city that
has occurred in many years. You are to choose a mayor for the
next two years. You have as your choice T. B. Watters, the pres
ent incumbent, and Fred H. Cofer. Mr. Watters has given this,
city an administration during the past two years and merits his
retention in office. Not only has he served you efficiently, but
his administration has been singularly free from charges of graft,
mismanagement and waste. You have secured more for your
money than has been the usual custom in this city. He has
played no favorites, he has served no clique, and he has been
a party to no deals. If Klamath Falls is given two years more of
such service, it will owe an everlasting debt of gratitude to Mr.
Watters. . '
In the record of his opponent I can find no such commend
able features. While he was a member of the City Council he
never missed an opportunity to line himself up with the Southern
Ptcific railroad company in the desperate fight that corporation
made to keep out the Northern lines. He knew that the Southern
Pacific has never co-operated in the development of Klamath
Falls; he knew that that railroad company had done everything
it could to scatter the milling operations throughout the county
for the deliberate purpose, as stated by Willkm Sproul, president
of the Southern Pacific, at the railroad hearing in Portland, of
-preventing the concentration of manufacturing operations at this
point; he knew that if the Southern Pacific succeeded" in shutting
out the Northern lines, it would take its division point to a point
twenty miles north of Kirk, and thus continue its campaign of '
over fifteen year to do everything it could to 'kill" Klamath
Falls. Yet Mr. Cofer's every vote was on the side of the Southern
Pacific and against the Northern lines., . '
If he should be elected, what would be his attitude in case a
railroad from the south should seek entrance to this city? We
all know that sooner or ktcr the Western Pacific wjll come north.
How soon that will happen, no one knows... Where will Mr. Cofer
stand then? This is a fair question in view of where he stood
when the Northern lines tried to get in here. . No one need ask
Mr. Watters this question. His record tells you that he will be
for keeping the city widd open for all railroads.
Mr. Cofer was a member of the council when tlie "Strahorn
railroad" was bended over to Robert E Strahorn, and he made
no effort to guard the city's interests in the transaction. What
will he do towards securing the return to the city treasury of the
$300,000 Klamath Falls has invested in that line? Will he stand
with the Southern Pacific in, that case as he stood with it in the
fight to keep out the Northern lines? His campaign managers
tell you that the time to have collected the bond money was when
the Northern lines sought. a crossing over Sixth street. That waa
no time to block the Northern lints. Doubtcdiess Mr. Cofer, if he
had been mayor, would have used the bonds as an excuse to shut
that railroad out of the industrial section of the city, the very
thing the Southern Pacific has been trying to do. The bonds and
the expansion of the Northern lines must not be tied together.
They ire two entirely distinct questions. But that is just what
Mr. Cofer will probably do if he gejs a chance.. Don't ever think
that the Southern Pacific has stopped its fight against railroad
expansion in Klamath Falls. It has not commenced yet, and we
must be on our guard.
Mr. Watters has mz.de. satisfactory progress towards the set
tlement of the Strahorn bonds. '' The matter is ,in such shape
where we can confidently look forward to the recovery of the
money. Do you want to halt that program? A vote against Mr.
Watters is a vote against the collection of the $300,000 due this
city from the Strahorn railroad. 1
Why didn't Mr. Cofer, as a member of the Council, see that
the Southern Pacific placed culverts in its, dike around the lake
front to care for the storm waters that flooded that section of the
city? Why did he leave lhat job for Mayor Wttters?
- Why was he willing to grant to the Southern Pacific rights of
wty across streets without requiring the common-user clause?
Why did he leave it to Mayor Watters to sign a permit for street
crossings that contained the only restrictions ever inserted in a
privilege of this character the permit lhat was granted to the
Northern lines across Sixth street? '
'. ' ' '
These are all pertinent questions, and go to show to the '
people of Klamtth Falls what will happen if they "swap horses"
while crossing the present development stream. Mr.' Cofer is a
good citizen, but he was a mighty poor councilman, and on that
record I believe he would be a mighty poor mayor.
Re-elect T. B. Wallers, and let us continue ihe progressive,
clean, honest government fhat we have enjoyed for the past two
years. ..' , ' ; ''''
T ttHne JPeopHe o
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Mr. Short. used over half a page in Saturday's Herald to
' tell the people of this county what the thought of E. J. Murray,
but he failed to tell them THE ONE THING THEY WANTED
TO KNOW-WHY DID HE APPROVE OF A CONTRACT TO
EDGAR & CULLISON FOR CRUISING TIMBER AT 20
CENTS AN ACRE, WHEN HE COULD HAVE HAD THE
WORK DONE FOR A PRICE AS LOW AS EIGHT CENTS
AN ACRE?
Why did he contract for this cruising at a price that yielded ,
to the contractors a profit of approximately $70,000 out of the
$95,000 already paid thcr.i by Klamath county? -
H. H. 'Ogle tells Mr. Short elsewhere in this newspaper
today that lie (Mr. Ogle) put in a bid of 8 cents for this cruising,
and says that "anyman who says that my bid was a timberman'i
bid is either a fool or a liar." "Hal" Ogle is a Klamath county
boy whose integrity and honesty has never been questioned.
Why didn't Mr. Short give this cruising job to "Hal" Ogle, one
of Klamath county's residents and taxpayers? . , ' ,
Mr. Short was asked the following questions in the Chilo
quin Review and the Klamath County Courier:
Was not a Yuba tractor, county property, on the
randi of your brother-in-law for t long time? Mr.
Short's answer: Yes, stored without charge. '
Please explain .why Roadmaster Dixon used
$4,464.19 worth of gasoline in 1926, and Roadmaster
Spidell only $1,508.26 in 1927. Mr. Short's answer:
Because Mr. Dixon from his gasoline books, serviced
all county trucks, while Spidell does not service county
- trucks, but instead hired Ford trucks at $2.50 per hour
when the county had seven setting in the shop, which
charge docs not appear in the gasoline account.
Elsewhere in this newspaper today is published an affidavit
by Mr. Spidell flatly contradicting these answers of Mr.'Short.
The issue in this campaign for county commissioners, aside
from county machinery and the gasoline record, is the damage
that will follow Short's success at the polls. ' His election is a
straight-out notice to those who may wish to come to Klamath
county and invest in the development of its timber resources
that if they do they must expect to be treated unfairly. There
is no other construction to be placed upon it.
In this timber cruise there will have been squandered over
$130,000 of the taxpayers money. It has produced nothing but
trouble. It has driven out of the county one big mill and it will
drive out two more if it is indorsed by the people. The same
r mount of taxes could have been raised without the expenditure
of one cent. The cruise is imperfect in numerous instances
where it has been tested out. It will involve the county in endless
litigation and will produce a condition far worse than that
arising out of the court house fight.
If Mr. Short had a leg to stand on, if this cruise were neces
sary, if it had been impossible to secure honest cruisers for less
money; if the cruise were accurate, there would be no opposition
to Mr. Short and he would have the unanimous support of the
people of the county.
You hc.ve before you all of the facts as far as it was pos
sible to secure them. On the one hand you have Mr. Short's
evasion and silence; you have an inexcusable waste of the
people's money; you have his record about the county gaso
line and machinery; you have the loss to this county of a milling
operation that would give to the workers over one million and
c half dollars a year; you have the prospects of the loss of two
more of about the same size.
' On the other you have Silas Obenchain and Charles R.
Williams, two of the best, cleanest and most upright citizens
you can find in the county; you have the opportunity of show
ing that Klamath county will give a square deal to every investor
and that it welcomes those who want to develop its timber
'resources; you have a chance lo save two big milling operations
and you have a chance' to help make Klamath Falls a bigger
and more prosperous city. 1
Your vote tomorrow will tell the story. Cast your ballot for
Silas Obenchain and Charles R. Williams.
E. J. MURRAY
Now, if Mr. Short or anyone else wants to make some
money, I will pay them $5,000 if they can show where I have
been a partner with any road contractor, or any other kind of a
contractor engaged in public or private work, or l member of
any firm contracting for.public or private work, or where I have
ever received one cent from any private or public work of this
character; or lhat I have had anything to do with or been owner
of any interest in a sand or gravel business since 1919, when
I sold niy holdings to A. F. Grahi.m. I am hot a candidate for
office nor am I an issue in this campaign. 1 have simply ex
ercised the right of any citizen or taxpayer to ask a public
servant to explain why he squandered the people's money.
These questions Mr. Short has dodged, or entirely refused to
answer, and ihere can be but one conclusion that he dared not
face his constituents and tell Ihcm the facts.
E. J. M.
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E. J, MURRAY.