THE KLAMATH DAILY NEWS 1
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR
CITY OF KLAMATH FALLS
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An Independent Republican Hempaper Conducted in the Interests of All AlamatH Loumy: ihwpw
"Lei us have faith that right make might, and ia
that faith let ui to the end dare to do our duty as wa
understand it" Abraham Lincoln.
Not All Cal's "Haymaking" Done on Farm
Klamath Adventure
A Fool There Was
And He Tried to Sell to a Corporation
An unsolicited letter comes to The News.
After it is read The News has just a few words
to say.
Here's the letter:
December 3, 1 925.
Mr. J. J. Miller,
Dist. Frt. & Pass. Agent, S. P. Co.,
Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Dear Mr. Miller:
Referring to the editorial of Nov. 12th
in the Klamath Evening Herald, captioned
"Let Them Pay the Bill :
The Southern Pacific Co. has no in
terest directly or indirectly in The Klamath
News and has not had at any time. The
Southern Pacific company has not extended
any support directly or indirectly to The
Klamath News except payment for such ad
i vertising as may appear in that paper for
: the Southern Pacific from time to time at
regular rates. Incidentally, it may not be
". out of place to remark that the Southern
Pacific company does not own any interest .
in any newspaper anywhere. We are not in
the newspaper business.
No attempt has been made at any time by
the Southern Pacific, or any of i3 officers,
to dictate the policy of The Klamath News.
If The News has supported our-projects-for . J
establishment of district terminals at Klam-
ath Falls, with large payrolls, to give Klam
ath Falls and neighboring sections a direct
line to the east with through service, and to
build development lines necessary to main
tain and increase the industries of Klamath :
Falls and vicinity, it has no doubt done so
because it felt that Klamath Falls would be
greatly benefited by the constructive na
ture of these projects and the permanent
gain to Klamath Falls that would result
from their being carried through.
The Herald has done all it could to dis
courage us from making any investments
in railway facilities serving Klamath Falls,
by its attitude, which of course, reflects its
conclusions as to what it deems to be a
proper public policy. It should, however,
concede The News the right at the same
time to have a different viewpoint, and to
express it if it feels that the interests of
Klamath Falls are best to be served thereby.
Yours truly,
(Signed) PAUL SHOUP.
Far frcm being concerned over the fre
quent false statement that the Southern Pa
cific, or any corporation, has subsidized this
newspaper, its humble publishers might at
times, when they face payrolls, wish that it
might be true.
But it isn't true. And none know it so
well as those who have tried to sell out to cor
porations and have been rebuked. Corpora
tions are not buying newspapers nowadays.
After failing to sell out the next thing a
ifoolish publisher tries to do is to blackjack a
corporation through his columns. '
A publisher these days must play the game
without a sap publishing a newspaper is the
game, not blackjacking and blackmailing.
o
Farmers in the great Klamath 'country are
now referring to the humble 3pud as Mr.
Potato. '
AGAIN , v
Heart & Home
; Problems
- ,v 1
By Mm. Elizabeth Thompson
. AOOKH IIY INVALID MOTHER
Dear Mr. Thompson: What
shall I do? My mother Is ill and
I do all the work, yet am nagged
at continually by her. She says 1
do not cook her food decent. Nov,
Mrs. Thompson, I do. My father
takes my part and this makes her
mad again. I am IT years old and
and surely wish I were 18.
DORA.
You must remember, Dora, that
illness roughens the disposition,
snd that your mother la not her
self. If she were well, she prob
ably would not complain about
your cookery. Just keep in mind
that she is sick and needs ail your
loving consideration, and bear her
nagging without letting It hurt.
Ask your father not to take your
part in her presence. In Irritat
ing your mother by unkind words
with her, you are only retarding
her recorery. When she Is well
again, you will not regret being
patient with her.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
married woman with one child
and I am considered attractive.
My husband has a large salary but
gives, me enough only to bny
things for the table. If I want
money for anything extra I must
ask for It, and he wants to know
what I want with it and makes me
feel like a beggar. He has several
girls working for him whom he
Invites to the movies and to our
home. I do not rare to associate
with them, but that makes no dif
ference to him, he thinks what he
wants is all right. Do you think
I should refuse to go out with
them and let him see he has no
right to take these girls out? One
Is a married woman. Please help
nip. MRS. M. B. .1.
Your hushund, like mnny other
husbands, has no consideration
for you and needs to be taught
proper respect for his wife an,i
home. However, It Is a xituation
you must hnndle carefully if y0M
love lilm and don't want to wreck
your marriage. Insist on having
a regular allowance, even If you
must account fo the expenditure.
After be gets used to the practice,
be probably will not be strict
about the accounting. His invita
tions to the women probably are
due to his desire for company In
his home, and the fact that he In
vites them there to meet you Indi
cates that he Is not taking advant
age of you. Arrange for him to j
meet other Interesting people, and j
plan little entertaining evenings 1
for just the two of you. With oth- j
er interests at hand he probably
will not caro about having the wo-
men visit yqur home. You should !
enjoy this contaet with other per- ;
sons. too. And It Is up to you to
make the home Interesting.
.
H. T.: I am not very good at
naming dogs but for your German
police puppy I suggest: "Victor."
"Kaiser." Radio." "Pretiel," or
"Busy."
Mrs. Thompson Is always anx
ious to give as much assistance as
possible to persons who need her
help, but certain rules are neces
sary. Names of correspondents
cannot be divulged to others Ques
tions relating to beauty prepara
tions and health cannot he consid
ered. The more pressing questions
are answered first, of course, but
the samo Impartial attention la
given to every letter. Don't be
Impatient if your questions aren't
answered Immediately. There may
be many others ahead of you.J
Dinner Stories
him purposely. The faster he went
the faster the man followed, until
they ramo to a cemetery.
"Now," ha said to himsulf. "I'll
find out If he's after me," and he
entered the cemetery. The man
followed him. He circled a grave
and bis pursuer Jogged after him.
He ducked around a family vault.
Still the man was after him. At
last he turned and faced the fel
low. '
"What do you want? What are
you following ma mor?"
"Well, sir It's like this: I'm
going up to Mr. Brown's house
with a parcel, and the station
agent told me if I followed you I
should find the place, as you lived
next door. Do you alwsys go home
like this?"
A lamp of 800,000 candle-power
has been mounted In s famous
Kngllsh lighthouse.
Compiled by H. V. HAKWtJOD
(Copyright by Klamath Publishing- CompJ
(ah Kignw Koserved)
EPISODE IX.
Van Brimmer Trio
Sumo time in tho '60m three rouuh-bunrdid m
in the .Mct.louu country. iney wore Dan, Hen
Van Brimmer, brothers, who hailed from Mimou
ancentry seemed to be indicated by the name and
the. Van Hrlmmere were short, und stout.
While on tho McCloud they mude periodica
wutron to Hull bonr oil, jerked venison und skins.
waKon they stretched u skin to give their num
hunting dogs a place In which to
rest wbea they became footsore.
As dogs will, they fought,
growled snd snapped continuous
ly under the wagon sll day long.
Thus that were In the skin did
not wsnt II lo become over
crowded. Those on fool wanted
the place of those lo the perch,
and so on. In nevor-ctuing mon
otony. It la said that dogs lake on the
nature of their masters. And It
Is related thst the Van Ilrlmmsrs
were constantly quarrollng nmong
themselves over penny splitting
transaction. On the whole they
seemed lo hate gotten on very
well ttgether as brothers will.
Dsn was lbs guiding spirit among
them.
They moved onto a place on
Willow Creek sad spent several
years there, cresting a little oasis.
Hero II wss they made money.
Troops ramped there during lbs
Modoc troubles snd Ihe thrifty
Van Brimmers became pro
fiteers, clesnlng-up about 110.000
through ssls of supplies to Ilia
government.
Later, wanting more land, they
moved over lo Iost River. Old
tlmtfts who knew thorn then re
call that they lacked the hospit
able spirit of the West. Travel
era through the country In those
dsys were welcome lo the best
the country afforded. More often
Ihe diet consisted of bread snd
"with It," which was meat or
besns, usually, together wltb cof
fee. But always It wss bread.
At sny of lbs Van Brimmer
placea Ihe traveler wss ususlly
met with the excuse that there
was no bread. It la oven told
that In order not to have to
bother with hungry callers a
practice was made at the Van
Urlmmer establishments of feed
Ins whsl bread was left ovor from
a meal to Ihe dogs.
It did not tako long for the
characters of the i
wise lo Ih bread dulJ
"No bread!" they
"Welt now you're aarl
uv a tlx, ain't you?
lo bake up a bslcl
What else you got to J
And In the house thJ
to cook up a msal.
One time flen stayn
st Clint's. When Iks
to depart an allerrail
them was overheard
"I didn't charge
for Ihe pasture or
think you had osihil
15 cents for supper
fast." said Clint to
These Incidents '
than Ihe mere fail if
Brimmers were cl
They lend lo a bsllsi
Ing of subsequent ei
other settlers were tM
Vsn Ilrlmmsrs had
which lo develop
and the Van IlrlDBrij
lo Ihe country fir aoi
took.
Along about Its,
Rrlmtner brothin
structlon of a, snill
ply water for 4t0t al
adjacent to the Cslii
line between Uwsr a
Tula Iskes, soilk
River.
The success attsad
Ml of lbs Van Brut
has been, snd. Is todil
csuses of dlsconttet oi
with the operations
clamstlon service o
Back of Ih cob;!
Van Brimmer ditch
mora of that liutaie
ory of man's Ursula.
Klamath, of schutvsni
face) of apparent It
against heavy odd.
(Continued! tsmd
Csnsds now to obuil
000 horsepower.' from
courses It bav hsrneii
A small boy who had recently
paused his fifth birthday was rid
ing In a suburban car with his
mother, when they were ssked the
customary question, "How old is
the boy?" After being told the
correct age. which did not require
a fare, the conductor passed on
to the next person.
The boy sat quits still as If
pondering over some question,
and then, concluding that full In
formation had not been given,
called loudly to ths conductor,
then at the other end of the car:
"And mother's thirty-one!"
He was going home, and It was
growing dark. Ills road from the
station! was a lonely one, and he
was getting along as fast as ho
could when he suddenly suspected
Hint a man behind was following
Some Pages from
B VICTOR
TWO IM.lSTItlOUH WO.MKX
The names of two women occur
again and again In the Norse sagas,
as the oral historical records are
railed.
These two women or known as
Freydisa and Oudrida. They were
either daughtors or dstightors-ln-law
of Eric tho Rod, who discovered
Greenland, snd who wss the father
of heir the liicky, who Is credited
with havln discovered the main
land or America. .
Both Freydisa and Oudrida were
members or expeditions made to
America In the tenth or eleventh
centuries, according to the sagas.
Oudrida Is fnmed as the mother of
the first white child born in America
This child was named Hnorrl.
GuHrlda died In Iceland, where
she lived with her son Bnorrl.
There are men alive today In
Scandinavian countries who claim to
be direct descendants of Hunrri.
Freydisa Is renowned In song and
story as the heroine or a battle be
tween Norsemen and natives whose
description suggests the Eskimos.
The natives hud attacked the
Norsemen In consldornhlo numbers.
The Norsemen were fleeing. Freyl
disa called to them:
"If I had a weapon I could fight
better lhan any of you."
'hen Kho-seized a sword from tho
American History
MORGAN
body of a fallen Norseman and
turned upon the pursuing natives,
creaming, gesticulating and boating
herself with tho weapon. Sue waa
fury personified.
The superstitious nstlves. startled
at the strange sight, stopped In their
trsrka.
This gave heart , to the rieelng
Norsemen, who turned and put the
natives to rout.
Froydisa and Oudrida appear lo
have played Jointly a sort of role of
Queen Isabella of Spain, who rasilo
possible Columbus' first voyage.
.They were Ihe Inspiration which
resulted In the most pretentious ex
pedition mndo lo the American con
tinent In Uint period. This expedi
tion consisted of three ships and
nboiit 140 persons, among them Oud
rida and Freydisa.
It Is a singular fact that 40 years
later Columbus encountered far
greater difficulties In gelling his ex
pedition undor wsy Uisn those do
scribed In the sagas concerning the
Norsemen's mnln expedition. Appsr
sntly, with the support of Oudrida
and Freydisa, this expedition was
organised snd equipped with Hills
difficulty or delay. Columbus bad
to well seven years to hsvs his plsns
scceptod.
The next installment deal
Willi fnetors Hint aided
Columbus