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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1959)
l HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls. Ore. Fridav. Julv 24. 1059 PAGE 3 A Railroad Captured Fancy Of The Basin, Fifty Years Ago If tV' ' IT'S A WONDERFUL STOftl Saturday THE FIRST TRAIN TO KLAMATH FALLS, Southern Pacific ! Engine 2251 end nine cars, was mobbed by dwellers of the Klamath Basin when it arrived over brand new tracks SO years ago. Seldom has the community's atmosphere been so testiv. In the words of then Mayor' Fred T. Sanderson, Klamath County was suddenly "annexed" to-the rest of the world. About 2,000 people attended the arrival nearly double the town's population. Throngs of them are visible in the lower panoramic photograph shot by an unknown but expert photographer and loaned to the Herald and News by Hal Ogle, a topnotch Klamath County historian. So wild was the celebration that it attracted six automobiles which drove in a big perade. Mostly, though, the celebrants came in surreys and on horseback. In the lower picture the train is a faint caterpillar on the horizon. Pennants of a circus tent are barely visible at right. ; By NORM CARDOZV People of Klamath Counly were '. having a wonderful time 50 years - ego this year. I Nearly all good things people ever dreamed would happen to ithe Klamath Basin were happen ing, just like everyone always , knew they would. ' ' In that year two major develop ments that would change the area's economic picture complete ly took place. The first Southern Pacific train tootled into town. And in the same breath, the fed eral government launched its $4, 500,000 reclamation project that would release more than 300,000 fertile acres for farming. The railroad captured the fancy Lawyer Denies Implication Teamster Submitted Bribe ;. WASHINGTON (AP) - Bartley C. Crum says he did not mean to imply in sworn testimony that 'Edward Bennett Williams, a Teamsters Union attorney, had of fered him a bribe. Holdup Seen On Gl Bill 7- WASHINGTON (AP) The GI ;jtill for peacetime veterans, pass ed Tuesday by the Senate, may have to wait until next year for '-House consideration. ! The chairman of the House Vet erans' Affairs Committee, Rep. lOrlin Teague (D-Tex), said in an interview today that he opposes its passage now. To get House approval, Teague said his committee would have to hold hearings on the legislation. . He added: "I don't propose to hold hearings this year. I don't want 'to be a party to sending a GI -Bill to the White House which is r almost certain to be vetoed by he President." '.' Teague said the proposal should be held over until next year when 'he said political considerations will make a veto less likely. Next year is a presidential election ' year. : The GI Bill as passed by the Senate would provide two major benefits to men who entered mili--tary service after Jan. 31, 1955, or will be entering service before July 1, 1963. They are: 1. An education and (raining program, similar to that provided Korean War veterans, except that the government allowances to help "pay for the schooling in some cases would be made as interest J free loans rather than as cash " gifts. ; ; 2. A GI loan program similar io those for. World War II and Korean veterans. Teague said he opposes putting 'education allowances on a loan -basis in place of outright gifts Crum, a New York lawyer, filed a statement Thursday with the Senate Labor-Management Com mittee saying his relations with Williams had been on the highest professional level. In testimony to the committee July 13, Crum said Williams told him the Teamsters would pay the fees of Godfrey P. Schmidt as a court-appointed monitor for the union if Crum did not testify to the committee. But in his statement Thursday Crum said he wanted the record to show that no inference should be drawn from his testimony about conversation with Williams that the payment of Schmidt's fees hinged on Crum's not testifying. Crum said there was no founda tion whatsoever for an inference that Williams in effect offered a bribe. Crum has represented Schmidt in Schmidt's efforts to collect $28,- 000 in fees from the union for his monitor services. Schmidt recent ly resigned as one of the three Teamsters monitors. Williams told the committee July 13 that Crum's statements about him were completely false. Thursday Williams told a report er Crum s testimony "was false and this is his way of conceding it, as far as I am concerned." Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark) committee chairman, said Crum's new statement emphasizes the necessity for the Justice Depart ment "to pursue the matter with a view of determining who com milted perjury and to prosecute the guilty and vindicate the inno cent. of people who lived in the Basin then. For several years they suf- lered through one disappointment after another waiting for rails to pan the mountains between Klamath Falls and Weed. When the big project was completed. hey staged one of the biggest and wildest celebrations the town has ever seen. They felt reprieved from exile and ready to make the Basin the garden spot of the nation. They honored the man who brought the railroad by exalting him only slightly less than God. E. H. Harriman, president of Southern' Pacific, had streets and landmarks named for him, and the mayor in a welcome speech called him "Brother Harriman." A new era was born and an old one was dying during the cel ebration. Throngs of people board ed the steamer Klamath and rode to Ady, a few miles down the Klamath River on the passenger boat's last run. There they board ed the first northbound train and rode triumphantly back into town. The Klamath used to steam passengers and freight to Laird's Landing, 50 miles below Klamath Falls on Lower Klamath Lake From there the payload was transported to Bartlos, 45 miles further southwest, to make con sections with the McCloud River Railroad and finally the SP line SAVE UP TO 80 ON RUG CLEANING DO-IT-TOtmSEI.F RUO CLEANING FOR RENT. A& B K int r. Mala TU 4" RUBBER RING SEWER PIPE MmU Specifications For South Suburban Sawtr Conntctioni. ONLY ire Per ft. ' 4h Ring Included USE 4" RUBBER RING PIPE THE PROVEN PRODUCT THAT COSTS YOU LESS AT PEYTON & CO. 135 Market St. TU 4-5149 WELFARE DECLINES WASHINGTON tUPI) - The number of Americans on public welfare rolls dropped more sharp y in May than in any month since October 1950, a Social Se curity administration report showed today. Commissioner Wil liam L. Mitchell reported that during May the number of per sons receiving general welfare as. sistance dropped to 1,112,000, a decline of 1),000 from April. running between San Francisco and Portland. At the same time, rumblings of range wars between cattlemen and sheepmen still were circulat ing. Rumors had it that men were shooting at each other, but news paper accounts of the period in dicated sheep dozens of them were the only casualties. Big lumber companies were buying large tracts of timber, pre viously considered worth some thing, but not much. The city was building a library, a high school and other public works. The official celebration herald ing the arrival of the railroad was saved for June 14, 1909, just under a month since the first train arrived. Said one newspaper writer: "Nature in all its beauty clothed in glorious sunshine and kissed by the gentle breeze from off the snow-capped peaks and shimmer ing lakes gave cordial welcome to Klamath's greatest day, and by its gentle, touch gave stimulus to the enthusiasm that has been held in bay for this occasion." , About 2,000 people attended. That was nearly double -the popu lation of Klamath Falls. Dignitar ies from Sacramento and San Francisco were present. 'The only delegation missing," the reporter snickered, "was from poor old Portland." It would be another 17 years before the Southern Pacific com pleted the circuit from Klamath Falls to Portland. In his speech to the assembly Mayor Fred T. Sanderson said. "Today marks the passing for all time, so far as Klamath Falls is concerned, of the stagecoach and freight team." "It is as though' we had today been annexed to and made a part of the great commonwealth of Oregon. "My friends, we are grateful to Brother Harriman for his efforts to eliminate the beautiful dis tances that have for years inter vened between us and civilization. "Let us not forget that today they (nearby counties and com munities without railroad) in their isolation and deprivation, are re joicing with us, confident that Brother Harriman has heard their prayers for deliverance." Here are statements by Judge J. B. Griffiths who prophesied: "The marshes that are richer than anything you ever saw will someday grow the finest celery you ever saw. 'Klamath County will soon be supplying the East with lumber and cattle." Previously. W. H. HnlahirrI n key instrument in finagling that won for SP a clear track into Klamath Falls, foretold that Klamath County contained enough room for 100,000 people, and that Klamath Falls would become a community of 20,000. Latest estimates bv the Klam ath County Chamber of Commerce (which was. formed in 1906 to sub scribe 1100,000 to lure the rail road) places county noDulation at 51,112, the city's at 20,200, and the S o u t h Suburban area at 16. 000, excluding approximately 5, 000 at Kingsley Field and Cane hart Housing. Michigan requires a special li cense for hunting with a slingshot. Want Something Delivered or Moved? Phone TU 2-3737 CITY DELIVERY SERVICE 5K'i!TWjr' ;r5 r- ' 1 7 Jj III II TU I J FOOD DAHWS -HtS I I fi. , -.sMrJ 4used cars I I fcr-KEm.. jWdBWta.'' wv vow A Niw I I i -ml,''. . . 41 V.-1 - : . mr jj WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE TO BUV A USED CAR? AT VOWR FOOD DCALCR'S - MtS 7USED CARS give you a new KIND Of POOTECDOM . when vow Bwyl Every A-l Uaed Car is impected, reconditioned if i nry, and road -tented. And they're warranted in writing by the exclusive new Perrormam Protection Policy! See cars with the A-l sticker at your Ford Dealer's Used Car Shopping Center. ' SEE PAGE 7-B FOR USED CARS INSPECTED e MCONOmONEO IOAD-TKTIO s WAItAtfKO To celebrate the occasion, schools were recessed and busi ness ceased. The Klamath Falls Military Band and the Peterson Brothers Band, which was travel ing with a circus brought to town for the celebration, played. Railroad excursions to Ady and back cost 55 cents. There were trapshoots, an old settlers' reun ion, a baseball game between Klamath Falls and Lakeview, a tennis tourney, a "bronco bust ing contest, a "Calithumpian" parade, and a water carnival on Lake Ewauna. So began an era for the Basin, and the railroad lived up to just about all the fond dreams of the "isolated and depraved" Klamath residents. At the New Morion in SALEM... Good Food Fun ond Relaxation Hotel or Metal Gaul Aooantmaaallaas HeaUe Iwlmmiaf Paal lllh Cent. Antiqua Ihaa Conventlan Faellillaa r4WMARIO!S A HOTEL 200 ft. 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