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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1948)
PACE TWELVE HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SATURDAY, JAM. 10, 1948 Photographic Hisiory Where Are The Falls? Right Here --- '10 t V . . ,T. ' n iiniiaiiainm-iiai ifl mr iumi m wti n if n mii ""i I'iiwtMi mwilmMfciMiiM mi iiiiim niiii riiiif irti iiA r! 'T " -- .- -. - r - - - Calling ALL Car Owners! We Offer PROMPT, COMPLETE SERYICE For ALL Makes! LINK RIVER FALLS, ONCE A GOOD SIZED SPLASH, GAVE NAME TO TOWN ON RIVER BANK Where ore the falls? That oft-heard question by newcomers and visitors is answered today by this excellent picture from the Maude Baldwin collection of early-day photographs. But it will be necessary to show questioners the picture,. because the falls, as they are seen above and as they were when they inspired a local booster to propose the name . Klamath Falls for the town, aren't that way today. Dynamit ing the reef above, and construction of a reclamation-power dam, changed the character of Link river and there are no falls of consequence today. Link river falls, however, was quite a splash of white water when Miss Baldwin, early-doy photographer and mem ber of a well-known Klamath family, took the picture. Those ! were the days when salmon fought their way up Klamath j and Link rivers and even into Upper Klamath lake and its tributaries and in the picture you can see the lone figure I of a fisherman standing on a rock with his line in the boiling water below. ' The salmon runs stopped when a power dam was built j on Klamath river many miles downstream. 1 The name of Klamath Falls was given to the little town ! of Linkville in 189' , when the place was only about 25 years old. In the late 'eighties, the town began looking to incorpora tion, and at the same time, some of the folks began talking about a new name. Linkville was not generally disliked, ex cept for the diminutive termination, but folks with big ideas for the future thought something else would be better. But before anything was done about it, the legislature adopted a law incorporating the place as Linkville. In the Klamath Star, April 10, 1891, there appeared the following notation: "Ira Leskard, who has been in Portland most of the time since last summer, thinks the name of this town should be Klamath Falls. That name advertises the fact there are falls here, and thus gives the town an advantage fully recognized os such by other towns similarly situated, though provided by names of the falls at which they stand. 'There is,' he says, 'a great deal in the name of a town situated by a heavy cata ract.' and we (the editor) are inclined to think so, too." Lpsknrri was county nurvevor t the time. In December, 1H91, a peti tion was nddreftscd to the poftt office department, Riving objections to the name of Mnkville. In that month the Star commented that there were some "dry-mouthed old settlers" who thought Linkville wan good enough, as a name, but the "more spirited" wanted Klamath Falls. The "more spirited" won out. The post office department granted the petition, and on April 1, 1892, the name of the post office was changed from I.inkrille to Klamath Falls. In 1803, the legislature granted a new charter with the new name substituted. On the stroke of midnight, Mon day, Feb. 6, 1893, Linkville eeased to exist and Klamath Falls was born. We're Ford spcciallnU but we have men who are factory trained on all other makes, and our equipment and faclMtir are the finest Trent journclf to KKAL service! BALSIGER MOTOR CO. Bring your Ford HOME for Service! Main at Esplanade I'h. 3121 You do n I iiikil uioim'v You ii''l ItOS! Home Base For Klamath Basin Transportation MOTOR (SO WHEN IT'S CAR OR TRUCK REPAIR TIME When your car's hod a crash and you're short on cash, don't be in a dollar dither. Rose repairs the rumpled radiators, folded fenders whips ALL damage with the trouble-ending touch of expert repair, and credit does it. You end cash concern with easy, immediate credit. No fuss no quiz. It's quick, convenient and friendly. And remember, Rose Motors Budget Payment gives you money-saving Dollar Diplomat prices time-saving repairs by the basin's best experts. For car or truck repair, why count your cash when you can count on Rose Motors. REPAIR TODAY ON TOMORROW'S PAY .CORNER FOURTH & KLAMATH. jj
