thf. TCT.AMATH DAILY NEWS
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR
CITY OF KLAMATH FALLS
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An Independent Republican Keeper Conducted in the Interests of All Klamalk County: mihout Guile. SubslJy or Perfidy
I'erfldy . .
"Let ua haw faith that right makes might, and in
that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we
understand it." Abraham Lincoln.
The New Game Hog
New Forest Mill
What Keeps the Wheels Turning
Near Chiloquin today will be heard the
whirr of a new sawmill owned by the Forest
Lumber company. Depletion of timber areas
in ether sections of the country brought the
Forest interests into the great Klamath coun
try. Back of this new Klamath enterprise
there is a story replete with human interest.
It is no uncommon record for the Forest
people to have men in their employ for twenty
years. They have had many men with them
for much longer periods have raised men
from boyhood in the industry.
. During the winters they make it a point to
keep their mills running, chiefly to furnish
steady employment for their men. They do
not believe it pays to hire a new crew each sea
son. They see to it that their employees have
opportunity to enjoy model living accommo
dations. This element of care in handling the or
ganization extends from sawmill to selling
force. The sales end is said to be a marvel of
efficiency. Building contractors and lumber
yards have been steady customers of the For
est concern for thirty years and more.
The patience, foresight and judgment
necesssary to create such an enviable organ- i
ization needs no eulogy other than the known
result. It has been the life work of many men
men who have enjoyed their work.
Railroad Lands in Klamath
This County Once Had Its Share ofO.&C. Grant
It may surprise many citizens who com
plain of taxes in Klamath county to learn that
prior to the act of Congress in 1915, restoring
to the government railroad lands known as
the 0. & C. land grant some of these lands
were taxable in Klamath county.
In fact County Assessor Lee was una
ware that euch vas the case. President Gore
of the Medford National bank yesterday came
to Klamath Falls to tell those at the chamber
of commerce forum that they were vitally in
terested. Gore said it is not surprising that
local officials did not know they had been
taxing railroad lands, nor that they had ceased
to tax them when Congress abrogated the
patents under which the lands were held. He
says' assessors in counties more greatly affect
ed than Klamath professed ignorance of the
fact.
Gore is backing an effort to secure from
Congress appropriations covering such sums
as were lost to the various counties in taxes
when the federal government took back the
railroad lands. The Southern Pacific paid
taxes on 43, 1 00 acres it held in Klamath coun
ty. This acreage is not now taxable and the
burden has been distributed over such lands as
are taxable that small proportion not held in
reservations and reserves by the federal government.
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Klamath Advent
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Compiled by K. w. HaruTT
Copyright by Klamath PublUhini tL '
(All RlKhU ReservedV
EPISODE III.
A Battle of Wilt
Immedintely following the expressed d tl
Merrill to secure n nourby flour mill n ordw.ft!
derive some profit from n bnnner crop 0f ?
AiliimM wont to work tn irt n mill it.. . . '
nn infrequent condition with him. -No one
Adam of hoarding. Hut neither did Merrill M
other farmer in tho dUtrict have any money id
Sunny Dick Says
Dinner Stories
A professorship of p'.umblrig,
the first In any university, has
ben initiated at Carnegie Tech
In Pittsburg. They are encour
aging boilermakers to enroll. It
is whispered that Carnegie Tech
la taking desperate measures to
recapture her proud position as
one of the hardest hitting fooiliall
universities In the East.
Abd-el-Krlm ha dug himself in
for the winter at Targulst In the
Atlas mountains of northern Af
rica. Ills automobile and his staff
officers are housed in the exten
sive underground excavations. It
Is reported that the Fnnch are
praying for a mine explosion at
that point of the most deadly na
ture. Smokers Too Strong for Old
Abstainer on 48-Milu Hiking
Match. Tho wife sagaciously ob
serves that a pipe strong enough
to knock a borso down oughtn't
to hare much trouble dragging a
mere man across the finish line In
fast time.
Enterprising youtffs of Los An
geles are hoping for tho parage
by the city council of the Mil for
abolishing the professional 1135-a-month
ratch catchers and giving
the kids H for each rodent scalp.
Many of the youngsters have
raised whlto rats for pets, and
would do well with common rats
at $1 aploco.
Many colleges have courses for
farmers' boys commencing after
harvest. Red Grange, however,
attends college first and has his
harvest afterwards. He has gar
nered 1400,000 in real money dur
ing the short time since his col
lege football course closed.
Cinder Ordinance to Come lie
fore Council Again .Monday Night.
This bill may he popular with
a certain element, but It is C0P.
talnly a cinder In the eye of the
city council.
Garbage Disposal Ordinance
Finally Adopted by City Fathers.
Good. Another odious subject
disposed of. - f
A m.in uron ien'n"! n r.'-Uu-rent
chancid to t.t!ie by mlr.take
an umW.IIi b?lor.glnr. to a wo
.sian. Not realizing his iuLMl:
until she hud overtaken him, and
brought it la his attention rather
sharply, ho ninje profuse apolo
gies and then, somewhat embar
rassed, walked nrjj. 1 r-
Leaving his cjflco later in the
day he stopped to get three um
brellas which he had loft to bo
repaired on his woy down town In
tho morning. I'pon .boarding a
car he roon cm a seat, only to
find himself opposite tho Inciy
' Children's Pictorial T5t
Cross Word Fuzzlc
whose umbrella he had taken
earlier la the dny. He nudded
pleasantly In recognition, but was
sor.tewhnt nonplussed by the
hcughty stare that met hla. She
haughty s'.are that met his. She
umbrellas In his hand, and said
lelly:'
"You seem to have had a very
successful day. sir."
The, world's deepest oil wull,
"till befog drilled near Laramie.
W'yo., has exceeded a depth of
7,200 feet.
Running Across.
'Word 1. The name of the little
boy in the fairy tale about the
Snow Queen,
Word 6. A narrow arm of the
lea. .
Word 0. A female sheep. i3k
Running Down. ,
Word 2. A weapon which the
Indians used. .
Word 3. Away, apart, opposite
of on. .
.Word 4. Timid, retiring. 4
YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE 11
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company, depose and say that the
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The Klamath News Publishing
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Interested In any manner whatso
ever; that no person other than
those named above, no corpora
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Idunl or individuals have any fi
nancial Interest In any manner In
The Klamath News Publishing
company. Further that no cor
ponitlon. no company, nor any
Individual other than those above
named hss any control over the
policies of this newspaper In any
manner whatsoever. Any state
menis to the contrary, either lm-
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Scr.t,,ry, Klamath News Pub-
liHhing company.
Attest: .
W"f.,rriiWe"1, nol"ry "M'! I" n
'or Klamath county, Oregon.
2 ri?,'"il'Ml"n KXVir,-t February
A certnln revivalist preacher
was at all times, to say the least,
fan-etui in his language. Above
ail things, he objected to a prac
tice of super-ealntllnesa, his re
ligion being something on the
"shirt sleeve" order. On one oc
casion he had taken for his text.
"Vanity," and to point his moral,
said:
"Nnw If thero la a woman In
the congregation lhl morning who
didn't look Into the mirror before,
coming to the meeting, I want to
see her: I want her lo stand up!"
A slnglo woman aroso and stood
with meekly downcast eyes. To
describe her In a kindly way one
would sny homoly. Tho preacher
rented his earnest eyes upon her.
"Well, God bless you, sister,"
ho said. "It certainly la a pity
th.it you didn't.
There was a mill at Knu, run
by Charlie Woodaril. Why a mill
had been established there no one
seems to recall. The old-l liners
rum em her there was llttlu or no
wheat growa within many miles.
The mill that was doing all the
business was located at Klamalh
Falls. It was owned by Thomas
Martin, father of Martlu llrolliers,
who manage the present flour
mill and are prominent In other
enterprises.
Adams wanted to get the Kouo
mill moved down Into his sacllon
of the country. News, although it
travelled by buckhonrd or horse,
back, seemed to travel fast enough.
Tom Martin heard of the designs
on the Keno mill. It was good
business for him to defeat any
such move. He purchased the
Keno mill for a sung from Wood
ard before Woodard learned Ihere
was about to be some activity In
the flour mill market.
Martin knew the farmers had
no money to build a mill. He
wanted no Interference with his
Klamath Falls mill business. He
was aked to build In their dis
trict, but refnsed.
Adsma had set out to establish
d mill and was a long ways from
being stopped. Also, be wanted
that Keno mill.
One morning he started out
, with some paper and a pencil,
lie went first tn Dan Van Prim
mer, a big itockmau. and also
owner of an Irrigation project.
The chief difference between Van
llrlmmer and the other residents
of the district was that Van (trim
mer was known always to hreve
some cash on hand.
Adama secured Van llrlmmer's
signature for a $300 subscription
toward building a flour mill. Ev
eryone was willing that Martin,
the Klnmalh Falls' miller, be
shown a few things.
Iisn Van llrlmmer's name nt
the top of the list was magic.
Five additional signatures for
1300 wero secured. Theee heavy
subscribers were Adams. Merrill.
W. C. "Ran" Crawford, Clint Van
llrlmmer and Henry Anderson.
The figure was based on what It
would cost them In time and mon
ey lo haul their wheat to town.
Thore wore many contributors for
smaller sums.
Adams did a lot of hard riding
that day.
"What does It cont you to haul
your wheat to town?" ho would
ask. hailing a farmer. The reply,
whatever It might be, brought
ono iiulck-flro rejoinder.
"Put your namo down for that
much and we'll build a mill right
here," On Adams would hurry to
the next man.
"I got $3,500 signed up that
first day," he related, adding:
"There was not a cent nf It any
good except Dan Van llrlmmer's
first $.100. Hut we had to have
a mill."
Adams was no flour mill man.
He and everyone else knew It, So
lo lend atmosphere to his enter
prise and perhapa to nssure him
self, as welt as his friends, that
he really meant business, Adams
got Woodard lo come down to his
place to live. Adams let Woodard
ride around with ' him, but he
wouldn't let the miller have a
word lo any. Too much conversa
tion would have ruined things.
Woodard was satisfied with prom
ises of a jui, muter. And all
j Adams wnnled was (o hnvo a dus-
it
1
Ttl
K
on
v..
n and tuns J
li the hllli u wJ
no Umber or ,
lion. The alt.
and his snlll-balbliJ
tas located ,
went data new m,,
old stuns bridge.
was ("lag well i
wan of raailrsclloi.
Noon, hassrer,
begsn to eom t, ,J
presslons of doibt
cess of lh.tr nwrJ
were hints tltt
build for then If
ahrsd.
"t'sni step tot,
reply. , bacJ
sleeve. "If ,
only hue out," at nJ
Further prniin
to bear to auk Adial
abandon the plu.
tlnued to Ual Us
Merrill cams Is Uti
deavored le tit
that the firnm
Martin build the fta-
Merrill i4 Hue
heir heads lesrtta
to give Mtnls ana
10 acre trict W hi
himself to sir ha
Martin would WMi
Continued oppatiu
mill aruie sasu lb
KrrnlmlHirt ,
build the Btstui
II costir; taeniae
Ised la lire (he I
generous tksrt if tu
bran. It csiinnil
fer. The UrrsenH
fight, sail all of las
had not lined iM
A mass tneelrgni
the plans for ttelM
bark and forts. Ie4
own fairly wells
hut when It'cisss
was another atorr.
' All thoae Is !
'tln-Mcrrlll pl "
' ntaces nn one list 4
and lhe la hi
Ibelr, own mill the
were lo tsks
Thrro was s iiW
boots and Adsmi I"'
-standing si
neighbors glarlsi
arross Hie roots,
situation struts ft
lliey veiled l I1'
ronclmln Hie ""
they tried to ll
forcibly, llulns""1'4
lis It known lost
miller, did stfr f
was nothing el. W "A
"Then I ma "i
milled A.lani J W
inrv.
It seemed " the A-!
.. of Woortsrd, oil '
A ...h.d ' 1
cruwu.
"W. here obllM"1 1
.i.m.n." hs told M
ever we do abotit j
Woodard here foe sU "j
Ai..,..ther tne
.mnnteil to "Iw"1
i:tno signers, nd '
.i. f.th.ws. Kf""
defray their prolyl"
debtednes".
you know. "
...l.n.M of "
tinned thsl"""
- rernlnW A"1
wouldn't h.v.
I
" "1 had he..
hint 'D
til'
4
keeping
rif
(Contln'"!d
1 ly miller about.
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