The Klamath news., December 19, 1925, Image 4

OFFICIAL PAPER FOR
CITY OF KLAMATH FALLS
"Let ui hare faith that right makes might, and in
chat faith let ut to the end dare to do our duty at we
understand it."- Abraham Lincoln.
THE KLAMATH DAILY NEWS satK
An Independent Republican Nexcspaper Conducted In the Interests of All Klamath County; Without Guile, Subsidy or Perfidy 'I
"1 Klamath ArlvnnfJ3
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Our Friend, the Enemy
Railroad Whistles in the Klamath Country
It is with intense satisfaction that this
newspaper is able to quote for the first time in
its somewhat tumultuous existence a distinct
tribute from the camp of our friend, the ene
my. Accustomed as is this newspaper to
knocks, intermingled, now and then, with im
plied rather than direct compliments, it does
not always appear becoming that The News
should make acknowledgment in either in
stance. j3ut this time gratitude knows no bounds.
The News is accorded a very high place in the
field of publishing. At some future date it
had hoped to achieve a measure of such recog
nition for integrity and devotion to the public
weal, in order that it might prosper with the
community it serves. Early accomplishment
, of this aim, which should be that of every
worthy publisher, arouses these profound
emotions of gratitude.
And now, lest the meaning be obscured,
let the following quotation be put into the
record: 1
"If the Klamath News took its stand
upon its own initiative, without 'urging v
it occupies a. unique, place in American .
newspaperdom." ... - -" r
The stand referred to is the position of this
newspaper on prospective transportation for
the great Klamath country. That stand wa3
taken fearlessly, after a thorough study of
every factor involved, and without any apol
ogy it remains the stand of The News. It is
sincerely felt that future events will justify
this stand.
)ft 3 3fr 3
There is, however, a fly in the ointment of
our pardonable pride. It is the fear that the
public will not receive kindly the tacit admis
sion that other newspapers are guided solely
in their stand on public questions by "urgings"
that will not bear the light of day. The pub
lic will, surely be dismayed, and conclude that
such an intolerable state of affairs should be
corrected. And will be for circumstances
are not what they were on the Klamath.
Let us forget this minor deterrent to our
complete gratitude for having been placed in
the topmost niche fame can offer a reputa
tion for honesty. The spirit of Christmas is
in the air. It is time to draw the curtain of
sweet charity over the shortcomings of men.
o '
A reporter had an idea. Always, during
the holiday season he had been bored, as had
the rest' of the staff, with constant repetition of
the Christmas theme the joy of giving.
"Folks know all about that," he said. "It's
only the opulent that get any huge self-satisfaction
out of donations to a newspaper's
Christmas fund. Let's give everybody a
chance let's have a "Four-Bit Day."
Today will prove out his idea. This is
"Four-Bit Day"
In His Father's Footsteps!
fi RASCAL IU- j&V SV''A:"
1 TO SCARE ME J - jS , ; ...d AM:
"EPISODE XI. '
"I .and Crabbing"
The ilienm of wealth through unnlvlno- ..
but nrlil 8:tjfo bruHh land of, tho Klumnth cousin,
Van lirimmi-r brother and J. Frank Adams ti.
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HiMnu-nu u iiiuuiui iiv lor a gravity Uitth, nnd
to make the most of it. '
A ai'ttlcr could file on CIO acre, of public de'avi
lie couiu uihe out a lou-acre nomontead. AnothJ
acres couiu oo rum uiwer una or pre-emption, f
or cresting a umucr cur
Heart & Home
Problems
By Mr. Elisabeth Thompson
parlor. suyKTsjioit .nvu
Dear Mrs. 'Thompson: I m 19
years old and very much In love'
with a young man of 22. He comes
three and sometimes four times a
week, and as I'm not Tory well,
wo don't go out much. I would
appreciate suggestions for spend
ing pleasant evenings at home. Or
things we could do If we did go
out, besides tfhows or movies. We
hare a radio and we play games,
but one gets tired of that. There
la always a question of "what to
do." BKOWN EYES.
I know a young couple who
find many an enjoyable evening In
the joint reading of plays. They
get two volumes of the same play
from the library' or buy ono and
rent one, and after dividing the
parts, "produce" the play for
themselves. Double solitaire snd
flussian Bank are two Interesting
card games for two; rules for
playing them are In Hoyle's. Can
dy making Is an enjoyable sport,
especially if It Is taffy and there
la pulling to do. Joint hobbles,
such as stamp and coin collecting,
are as fascinating to grown-ups as
to children. There Is more fun
than you would think In organiz
ing a harmonica duo.
READER: A silvery gray prob
ably would be a good trimming
for your purple dress, and if yon
are young, gold. On a straight
cut dress, (he collars and cuffs aro
about the only trimming.
W. N. Y.: It was rather tact
less of you to ask the girl bluntly
If the stories you heard, about her
were true. No wonder she was
offended. Unless you have belter
proof than hearsay, continue go
ing with her. It will endear you
to her If you ninko this expres
sion of your confidence.
NICKY: I gave a list of appro
priate Christmas presents In the
inliin.n the other day. An excel
' lont quality of white linen, In no
weird. Irregular share. Is the best
stationery to use. It is the young
man's pluce to suggest the moils
of entertainment, but he should
obtain her nppret.il t his p'ans:
and even allow 'her to stiKgtsl the
ent-ouraKcd. til president said:
"You understand now how It Is,
don't you. Mr. Schmidt?"
"I fink I do," admitted Mr.
firhmldt. "It's like dls, alndt It?
Yen my baby rukes up at night
show, II it Is a -sheulr limy aroo- and vanls-somemilk. I git him -a'
going to. Autos that park in dark
places usually are Investigated by
patrol officers.
MISS ANXIOUS: You should
not ask him for'yout letters un
less you are ready to return his
pictures. The fact that he no
longer calls on you, but' devotes
himself to another girl, should !
sufficient Indication of his feel
ings. GLORIA: A girl of 1 should
be thinking of completing her ed
ucation, and not of getting mar
ried. I would wait a while If I
were you. r
uillk ticket." r v'
Once upon a time a deacon who
did not favor church baiaars was
going along a dark street when a
footpad suddenly appeared, and
pointing his pistol began to re
lievo his victim of his money.
The thief, however, apparently
suffered some pangs of remorse.
"It's pretty roUKh t lie gono
through liko this, uln'l II, sir?"
he inquired.
"Oh, that's all right, my man,"
the hcld-up one answered cheer
fully. "I was on my way to a
bazaar. You're first, and there's
an end of It."
pose
lurs Iho government would grant
title to yet another 1(0. Vacant
school land lo III lune of (10
acres could be acquired.
Adams took advantage of -alt
these opportunist to the limit
with the exception of the school
land of which there was not a
full (40 acres obtainable. After
a settler had filed to the limit he
could gel relatives and friends lo
do some more filing, and Adams
even had his rook file on one
tract. Tht three Van llrlinmers
were doing likewise.
Hut these four friends had
method bark of their moves. It
was control of ditch right of ways
they wanted. They' knew that oth
er settlers might Iry to block their
plan of Irrigation and wished to
forestall any such possibility.
True, the Van llrlinmers did not
feel under obligations lo other
settlers who bad refused lo shnre
In the expense of surveys, but un
hampered control was at least a
secondary motive.
When th.-y had filed lo the lim
it, and a little bit over, possibly,
there were still a few strips of
land that were necessary to their
plans. Adutns and the Van llrlm
mere talked It over and discussed
Individuals whom they could gel
to do additional filing. The Van
flrluimera still abjured Adams In
secrecy, but consented to his en
deavoring to Interest one or two
of his friends.
"AnVrt Whltne' was ' (ink of
F'tlose! i.Jr"l. t Ho worked for
Adams and supported bis mother
on the princely stipend of It a
day. Adumsv branched the subject.
"There's ICO acres you can have
over there, llert. Why don't you
file on II."
Whitney laughed.
"Costa money to file I haven't
got nny ISuo," he said.
"I'll let you have the money,"
Adams told him.
Whitney's eyes popped wide
open. Here was his opportunity
to get a good piece of land. That
night he and his mother tnlkod
It over.
"T'nln't no good going lo come
of It. That Frank Adst,,
watching." she advised k
Th. 1 i . . .
. ,.w n,u isur naa troj
suspicion. She and her J
that Adams had no mom
lhy readily surmised
u iirimmers were lu
whatever cash h rolj!
Without knowledge of tht
rumatancet they wr ar
ney allowed he wouldn't J
chances on bla Inability
the borrowed filing money
Bomewhal grieved Adaiq
in w. r. ("Han") Crl
"lion" was widely know
ro puncher. In a literary i
h!a parents bad nsmed hi;
nam sasnisnr alter IH
fumed In poetry, who. era
smuse. essayed to rrauld
fuming deck from which
rrs but' lira had wisely i
themselves, "lion." tht ki
Itrudn derivation. f ih. bJ
cognomen, stuck fast.
The "Han" of Kl.m.
waa not at all dismayed
smoke screen with bleb
waa forced to enshroud
fer of 1500 for filing oa
rholce land. Ills feel i
even blistered, lis gladly
rd, and later paid bark
without really knowing
had done II, he said.'
Long aflerward an hm.
. waa made of Adams' sail
Iirimmers' holdings. Thj
llrlinmers have departed
Cher west, end (hers Is tiJ
of any'dlalniu beteeta ill
the Investigators.
Adam's fraahty told
Humphreys, project eailn
tails of the transactions.
"I think you're somewlu
land-grabber," ssld llumpl
"No, no: I've merely
the ground snd Is ken Ju
Hie government n i
give me and no more,
told III in with a quiet dm
Other settlers knew soni
was af.tol bark In the e
when all the filing was
place. Hut as yst they
Inkling as lo the facts.
(Continued tomorrow
Mi
Dinner Stories
Telephone girls r-ometlmes glory
In their mistakes If 'ihere Is a
Joke In consequenre. The story Is
told by a telephone operator In
one of'the Boston exchanges about
a man who asked for the number
of a local theatre.
He got the wrong number and.
without asking to whom ho was
talking, he said, "flan I get a box
for two tonight?"
A startled voire answered him
at the other end of tho line. "Wo
don't have boxes for two."
"Isn't Ibis tho theatre?"
he called crossly.
"Why, no," was the answer,
"this is on undertaking shop."
Ha canceled his ordor for a
"bog for two." . .
During a financial panic, a
German farmer went to a bank
for some money. He was told
that the bank was not paying out
money, but was using cashier's
chocks. Ho could not understand
this, anil instated on money.
The officers took hlrrrln hand,
one nftor another, with llftlo ef
fect. At last the president tried
his hand, and after long nnd mi
nute explanation, some Inkling of
the situation seemed to be dawn
ing on tho farmer's mind. Much
Some Pages from
liy VIC'IOC
Cdl.lMIHH HKKOItU IHAIIII.I.A
Columbus wss not the only man
In Europe who believed that the
world was round. The theory was
coming to be pretty largely accepted
by learned men of bis time.
But Columbus was tho only man
who attempted to muko effectlvo a
plan for a demonstration thnt the
w.irld was round and Hint Asia
could be reached by sailing west
ward as well as eastward. Colum
bus was a sailor fairly wefl educat
ed for men of that time. He was
born In Genoa. Italy. Ills parents
were wool combers.
Ho is credited with having Joined
In somo explorations of the African
const under the Portuguese flag.
There Is also a more or less doubt
ful reenrd of a voyage lo Iceland.
Columbus first took the Idea that
tho rovetrd routo to India could ho
reached by sailing westward to tho
Portuguese king. Meeting with re
buff, ho wont to Spain and offered
tho plan to Kerdlnnnd nnd Isabella,
then tho reigning monarchs,
There ho was made promises only
iti hnvo them reculled, and was re
buffed Mine after tltno.
At length ho gave up hopo of In
leresllng Spain, and was about lo
American History
MORGAN
lake his project to EngUnd. Friends,
however, made a last offort with
the queen, and he was recslled.
There Is a pretty story that the
queen sold her Jewels to raise the
money necessary n flnsnce Colum
bus' expedition. However that may
be, on April 17," 1498, the papers
were signed by the king and queen,
which Rave Columbus warrant to
proceed with his plans.
As a reward Columbus waa to he
admiral of such regions as he might
discover, and was to he made ruler
under Spain of whatever countries
were acquired. L ' 1
Thn king nnd queen of Spain did
not finance the expedition In Its en
tirety. Columbus ulso received Im
portant nld from a family of Span
ish merchants tho. PlnzonsJ 'r
But Columbus' troubles wore not
over. He was willing to sail the
unknown seas, but the general run
of seamen were not.
Superstitious and .Ignorant, the
sailors believed that monsters of tho
doop or, worso still, "Iho foiling off
place" would be rohcliecl' once the
ships got beyond known waters.
The. next Inslnllment deals
Willi Columbus' m-Kimliuitl"n
of first expedition