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"Let u hare faith that right make might, and in
that faith let u to the end dare to do our duty' as we
understand it." Abraham Lincoln.
The Pleasure of Giving!
Jackpots and Cruising
A Came With the Ante at $20,000
' In a conscientious effort, apparently, to
fulfil an election promise, the county commis
sioners have gotten themselves into a jackpot.
A jackpot, be it known to the uninitiated, is a
place one puts money that rarely is returnable.
The commissioners, most of whom are
good farmers, were lured into the timber
men's game. They had heard that it was a
raw deal their predecessors were getting.
Another game, something like checkers,
was prcoosed by the county assessor to put
the tax properly on the timber men. But the
commissioners were no pikers. !
They demanded a new full deck, and put
the ante at $20,000 for the first deal. There
were no eye openers in the first hand, it seems,
and being sportively inclined the commission
ers were ready to ante another $20,000. They
intended, if necessary, to go the limit of their
stake $140,000, or more.
The timbermen promptly suggested that
the game be stopped. Maybe the county board
will let them quit. Maybe not.
Perhaps the county commissioners are
holding several aces up their sleeve after the
first deal. But just now it appears they"are in"
a jackpot.
Great Spirit Coming
May Be Needed Most As Mayor of Klamath
Modern methods are invoked by the latest
Messiah to announce his appearance on earth.
The News has been requested by the national
director of publicity for the Order of the Star
in trc East, to "attribute sanity to the publicity
director" until natural events justfy the nor
malcy of his preposterous announcement."
The point is that this new world teacher
deems a widespread publicity campaign is nec
essary. Fublicity and advertising are essen
tial to earthly men and institutions, very much
so. And books have been written around the
idea that if Christ, the real Christ, were to
come onto earth today that He would fail of
recognition. Any such idea is pure bunk. The
real Christ would make His presence felt on
this earth with the warmth of sunshine
through an overcast sky.
Those individuals bringing forth the an
nounced "Great Teacher" may be credited
with sincerity of purpose. That let's them out.
The News is inclined to view the proceedings
in much the same light as the publicity di
rector. But newspapers all over the country will
fall for the story like a ton of brickseven as
we.
A Eureka editor, jailed on, a contempt
charge, gets out his paper from the local bas
tile. Gosh! Isn't the smell of printer's ink
enough?
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Klamath Adventures
Compiled by R. V. HARWOOD
(Copyright by Klamath l'ubllHhing ComnnmJ
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EPISODE XII
"Scraper. What For?"
u wu.i nm biiiiiiiici vi o nnvii in van immme
ready to proceed with tho work of conntructing t
rigatioii project. Thoy had ordered sera per ani
Muppliva und Albert Whitney and Tom Weedon w
with tenmn to Redding to freight them Into tho K
Whitney wan one of Atlanta' hired men. lie hi
offered $500 of the Van Iirlmmen,' money by Ai
order that he nittrht file on u tract of lund for him
Heart & Home
Problems
Tiy"Mrs. YHlzaheth 'Thompson '
TVar Mm. Thompson: 1 am a
girl IS years 'old and tar from
pretty. I am coming to yon for
advice because my parents are
very mean to me. They do not
care how much I f ilter. I am the
oldest of three children. I have
a sister who Is not so mean to me
as my step-brother. Every time I
look at a young man they torture
me with all kinds of unkind
words. If my brother tells a lie
about me my mother beats me
within an Inch of my life until
my body is black and blue. When
I was only nine or ten years old I
suffered much disgrace from
then on. Now I hardly bear It.
I feel like doing something des
perate. Wo are very poor. Our
home Is never clean or In order.
There is nothing for me to do
but work when I get up in the
morning until 9 o'clock at night.
To me it seems as though there Is
nothing to do but work, work,
work, work. Sometimes we go
hungry for want of food, I never
go out at night, and I never get
some money from my mother's
friends who feel sorry for me, but
I have to give part of It to my
mother so that I may go to n
theater. I go to school and am
In tho eighth grade. My mother
Is -trying to take my education
from me. I am very eager for
knowledge and I love to go to
school. I have never fallen In
love yet, for I realize I am too
young to. know what It means.
Kvery night I pray to Cod to pull
me out of my misery nnd work
me into happiness. Just one un
kind word from my mother and I
am dull all day.' But in spite of
It alf I try to smilo and be happy.
Hut underneath It all I. am suf
fering. Last summer I met n
sheik, t never let my mother
know It. ' Somehow she found out
through my brother and she has
been scolding me ever since. She
promised mo a hard beating and
I am sure it is' coming. I know
this time I will either get killed
or badly heal on. Now, Mrs.
Thompson, what shall I do if she
beats me? I am sure I do not de
serve it. I only want friends
which I am not at all allowed to
have. 1 have no mother love nor
a decent home of my own. Now,
Mrs. Thompson, '1 want ymi 1o
tell me what to do. I am sick
and tired of this kind of life. My
mother does not want me to live
with her. I am unwanted.
AN UNWANTED 8UFFEREH.
Unfortunately, you did not send
mo your name and address. You
certainly need help, and I am
suggesting that yon go with your
story to the principal of your
school, he will bring your rase to
the attention of the proper au
thorities. Your mother can be
compelled to keep you In school
until you reach a certain age. And
authorities can prevent her from
beating you "black and ' blue."
Possibly their cruelty, though in
defensible. Is bused upon some
fault of yours. He sure there Is
no remedy within your power be
fore you ask others to help you.
A second shot.
"Miss," he repeated.
A third shot.
"Miss."
"Here, there! Hold on!" pro
tented the major. "What are you
trying to doT You're not shoot
ing for the target at all."
"Of course not," admitted the
lieutenant. "I'm firing for (hose
cigars." And he got them.
hat
"Johnny, tell your father
you saw at the seashore."
"Aw, gee, ma. what's the use?
He knows a lot more than you
think he does."
t
"Look hero," said the stage man
ager, "what the duco la all this
row about?" ,
"D'ye know the magician wbo
eats fire? Well, he's Just put the
wrong end of a cigar In hi
month."
had refused. Bo closely had the
secret of the difference In eleva
tion of Lower Klamath and Tulo
lakes been guarded by Adam and
the Van llrimmer that Whitney
know nothing about It when ha
arrived at Redding after lha ditch
building supplies. It w the dif
ference In elevation that mud
their plan feasible.
He looked over the unusual
pile of freight.
"What's Iheni?" be aked the
freight agent.
"8crapers.H he was told.
Srrapein! Hell what for!
We don't want no scrapers up
our way," he ejaculated.
And It was only aflrr consider
able persuasion that he loaded Ibe
slip scraper quit contrary la
his own best Judgment. He
couldn't understand why a lot of
scrapers should he shipped Into
a row country. It was before the
day of the Fresno type of scraper
that Is now generally nsrd.
When those scraper were de
livered and I lie work of construc
tion actually commenced other
settlers who had been kept In Ig
norance of the deal, were greatly
Incensed. Fires of rancor were
kindled that (mouldered for a
long time, and which si 111 burst
Into occasional flame.
The Van llrimmer went ahead
with the work. They built a
small ditch, a ditches go today,
to supply water for about 4,000
acre of land adjacent to the California-Oregon
line between Klam
ath and Tula lake. It waa four
year before tho ditch was finally
completed and water supplied for
Irrigation, according to the on
official history of Klamath Irri
gation projects.
It Is Interesting lo not her
that there la a diversity of opin
ion as to Just who built the first
Irrigation projects of any conse
quence on the Klamath. Mrs.
Frank Ward, daughter of James
Steele, claims that her father had
the first project. Kb supports
her claim by substantiating recol
lections, and her rlslat
supported by the official!
Hut Adam, bruthsr'.J
Mr. Ward, begins lrl,J
lly argument, with lbs i
that the Van llrlmmsrs i
d on their project bsfoi
ram Into the country,
that bis deed laklaf
Ilybro holding at ih
and the Van llrlmmsrs
nexlng n goodly share of I
Klamath country. cUirlj
the Van Brimmer to hj
the pioneers.
As near a the'humhltl
of these, records ran H
fact from various soari
contentions era rrasnnsti
' ate. The Van Rrlmnr
their work In lull, but
hav It completed ant
Kteel pushed UU project
pletlon I UM-M. sad a
tlnu to hoard as hi
first ditch. '"'"
While th Van' llrlaim
going ahead ''with the
Adams had also beiuo n
lie had acquired a
level and tripod, leaned I
ments of handling II, tnl
own ditch Uses.
II computed small I
mile long from Lost I
Adams point, itb lbs i
of neighbors, chief aaiii
was "fun" Crawford.
Th water far this rd
. from Wbits las throui
. llrimmer canal, sad
'ed on th west bank of I J
Tbl wa In accurdouc.il
.agreement between Add
th Van nrlmwers. wall
for delivery of tOOO
water for f SOU. , The '
carried acroe th river I
Hut Arfa'mi'hW wish
of trouble .on Wmwlt.
(Continued Tarsus
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A German designer b
ed an airplane polor on
Ing tram io
ny of access for Inspi
U"M '
repair.
Dinner Stories
.The friend had dropped In to
see D'Auber, the great animal
painter, put the finishing touches
on his latest painting. He was
mystified, however, when D'Auber
took some raw meat nnd rubbed It
vigorously over th painted rab
bit In the foreground.
"Why on earth did you do
that?" he asked.
"Why you see," explained
D'Auber, "Mrs. Millions Is coming
lo soa this picture today. When
sho sees her pet poodlo smell that
rabbit, and get excited ovor It,
she'll buy It -on the spot."
The officers' mess was dis
cussing, rifle shooting.
'TH hot anyono here," sold one
young lieutenant, "that I can flro
twenty shots nt two hundred
yards and call each shot correctly
without wnitlng for the marker.
I'll stako a box of cigars that I
can."
"Done!" cried n mnjor.
.The whole mess was on hand
early next morning to see the ex
periment tried. ' ''
The lieutenant fired.
"Miss," he calmly announced.
Some Pages from
! By VICTOR
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I ()I,I MIIIH HAILH.
It Is truly no wonder that fipsn.
Ish sailors of the Fifteenth Century
were afraid to Join th expedition
of discovery headed by Christopher
Columbus.
Tho sailing Interests of Palos. th
port from which tho ships were to
sail had mnps that showed curi
ous and terrible things beyond the
horizon monsters, griffins, chi
meras and on some there was even
a bloodthirsty Hatan lying In wait
for foolhardy mariner. The poor
aallors bad but one thought: Heaven
would ho angry nnd wreak ven
geance. At first It was thought that Ihe
ships could bo manned only by crim
inals from the Jails. Those were
promised no prosecution until two
months after tbolr return.
The I'lmson brothers, however
who were powerful cltlsens and nav
igators of Palos. exerted their Influ
ence and a crew was gotten together
a strange, motley crow, composed
or Spaniards, Moors, Jows, one or
two Irishmen and a Genoese.
The Pinion family provided one
, " Nlna! 11 '" '"ouHht that
tn I Inta was commandeered by the
government for the voyage. The
""city f ,,pa wa J"
nil ', ,k"p b m:ie '""
either of these wa foundan older
boat, but on whlclv Columbus pro!!
American History
MORGAN . ; '
nounced seaworthy, lnc to wait for -another
would mean more delay. H
called her the Santa Maria and mad
her hla flagship. . Each of the other
vessel wa In command of on of
th Pinion brothor.
Wa hive grown np In Ihe belief
that Columbus' ships wore small and
light as Indeed they would be for
our day. But thy wero large for
his time. i
A th tlmo for th deperlnr
drew near tho people of Palo be
came alarmed. They were a super
stitious folk who believed more In
the sign of th star than they did
In what little science was then
known. .'
Had It not been for their greed
for gold the sailors would probably
have deserted before ever th an
chor was weighed.
Rut each had been promised large
ahares of treasure. Rtorle of fabu
lous wealth had spread.
On th morning of August 3,
IHJ, Christopher Columbus, the
humble son of the wooleomber,
turned his back on Palos and th
rising sun and sailed due west, to
find n short route to India, the land
of spices
"Will they ever come back?" the
simple poopl of Palos asked one an
other. (Tomorrow: The Voyage Flllod With
Terror of the Unknown.)