KLAMATH FALLS. OR
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OFFICIAL PAPER FOR
CITY OF KLAMATH FALLS
An Independent Republican Newspaper Conducted In the Interests of All Klamath County: Without Culle. Subsidy or lerfidy
THE KLAMATH DAILY NEWS
"Let ui hare faith that right make might, and in
chat faith let u to the end dare to do our duty aa we
understand it." Abraham Lincoln.
Nine Times Out of Ten
Farmers Show Wisdom
Wish to Learn Who Ovns Their Water
During the Klamath irrigation distript elec
tion this fall one. side the majority adopted
a slogan. It was: "We own the water let's
keep it."
The thought back of that slogan was a sin
cere belief that the power company, with the
connivance of the reclamation service had
stolen water belonging to the project. Water
users were told, and many believed, that the
power company should be made to pay a great
share of the heavy cost of water to the farmer
and more. The farmers were told the
power company should be made to pay the
construction costs cf the project.
It is understood the farmers' advisory com
mittee hasMoId the district board to spend
$10,000 if necessary to determine the fact3.
Tl at is. to abrogate the power contract, if
possible. '
R. E. Bradbury, president of the board,
recently made a trip to Salem as a preliminary
move. What he learned there has not been
made public, but it is to be hoped he received
encouragement. He and the other members
of the board will fJie maU ;potatoes, indeed;;
and unworthy of further support from their
constitutents, if they allow this important mat
ter to lapse. y
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EPISODE XIII
Dry Year Trouble
It I roltityil an mi inlercHtintc fmt tlmj thu Vi
nuTH. when thr-y cut about a milu throujcti a hill
I Vt..i.i.ith 1,. 1.,. fmitl t,n I. 1 ii tt iitl ....II.... i
iut i niMiiiiiui mmi i'wiii nw tiiiiiiiiiii ikiiry. ill ro
inir their canal, with hoad In Whlto lake, unuurlhn
wan lu'licved to have been n very aniiont buriul
The pioneers were not lntorMtid In what a ui
would have irlonlctl over. J. Frank Adtimn did, hJ
preserve one upecimen the anklo bono of a horse
Heart & Home
Problems ,
By Mrs. Ftlnbeth Tlinnip.nn 1
First Prize Winner.
10 Year Old Boy Writes Good Roads Essay
Out our way we have a nice little gravel pit
from which we like to sell gravel to build
streets. Once we made concrete blocks to
build houses out of sand and gravel from our
pit. One time the school board almost built a
schoolhouse out of concrete blocks made from
sand and gravel our of our pit.
That is the only time we have liked con
crete. Since we have liked asphalt. Gravel
and asphalt makes nice wavy streets, full of
holes. If they make concrete streets they
would not use so much gravel We have no
crushed rock to sell. But we have a nice little
pit out our way from which we like to sell
gravel to build streets. For good roads week,
which is coming soon we "urge" more asphalt
streets.
"If the thirty pieces of silver which Judas
got for betraying Christ had been placed at
four per cent interest, assuming their value to
be half a dollar each, the Judas Foundation
today would claim a mass of gold equal to
345,000 globes the size of this earth," ssys the
Dearborn Independent. Apparently interest
has its limitations.
Alihcugh there aid three million more
persons in the city than in the country there
are two million more children under ten years
of age in the country than in the city. Farm
ers do their stuff.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: i read
your column daily' which gives
ndvice to old and younx. so I am
coming to you wllb my trouble.
To begin with. I am It years old.
The trouble Is with my step
father. I cannot lire under the
same roof as he. It makes It veYy
unpleasant for my wonderful
mother when he end I start our
dally quarrels. My stepfather tells
me I am good for nothing. tell
me I am crazy and things much
worse. I simply go to my bed
room and cry because I cannot
stand It. The quarre's begin as
soon as I step Inside the door,
lie has also told mo to leave
home, which I hnve threatened to
do It this keeps up. I am not of
age. so tell me of some way I can
create more happiness with my
stepfather. I halo to have mother
and my stepfather quarrel because
of me. I hope to find some com
fort in your answer. EXY.
" You really are too young to
leave homo and battle your way
alone, regardless of how difficult
It is for you to live there. I
would suggest, Eny, lliat you
practice a little forbearance with
your stepfather for your mother's
soke. No doubt you. In your
youthful Ire, retort to his remarks
and further Inflame him. Prac
tice hearing In silence whatever
he has to say to you, no matter
how It hurts. When yott are older,
and better able to nland alone,
you can leave such surroundings.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am
the mother of llirco children
boys and they are connldered
very beautiful. I've been told
many times to enter them for a
prise. I am poor and cannot af
ford to drops them very elabor
ately or the way I would like to
dress them. We have a lot of
expense on hemo and their daddy
does not make very much money,
unfortunately. Which mean I
and the little ones havo to do
without a lot of things we would
Ilka to hare. Is U too late in the
season now fur a baby show? ' I
am lypl qnlto busy at home as
my youngest Is otly seven months
old. jj do not Bl much time to
ro ouw,-about tbcuo thing. - Its
. ondjyjy ilnie f -ftn tnoruliii; UU
I night with uie. 4'":uru W Tlow-
i can a baby be entered? Would I
bare to fnss an uful lot owr the
i clothes problem o'r is health ami
! looks considered' more Import-
' ant? Is this an .unusual letter?
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j Most of the "perfect baby" ;
j shows arc. held in the summer-
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j time, at fairs, etc. Announcement j
' of forthcoming mntesti usually is
made In the newspapers. Mont
j babies are over-dressed, and it Is
looiisn tor mother to pay no
much attention to this matter.
Cleanliness Is the most Important
thing. And In Imliy shows no at-
tion Is paid to clothing: the In- !
(an to gut weary and wint out.
Others foon followed, greatly to
the annoyance of the minister.
. AugtUer porsotv started, where-,
tipou. the parwm stopped lu hU
sermon and said:, . .
"That's rlkht. gentlemen: as
fust as you are weighed pass out."
- . And the others watted until the
w rmon was ended.
The professor had atked lime
and again for the students to put
nioro personal touch In their
themes, so one of the papers
which he received ended thus:
"Well, protestor, how aro tho
wlfo and kiddies; und, by the
way, before I forget It. could you
lend me five dollars?"
An adjustable miter gauge has
been Invented to Insure that raft-
f.ints aro judged solely by their 'r timbers for roofn of any pitch
phynliiuo.
BUT". Y: Since the young man
Is only an acquaintance It would
not be proper for you to accept an
expensive gift from him. Ho
should know that a card Is enough,
but if he sends a small remem
brance, send him a letter of
thanks, but do not feel obligated
to give blm something In return.
Dinner Stories
urn rut at the correct angle.
fled, and dug out twenty feel be
low the surface. Water was what
the early ditch builders wanted,
not bones.
Was a time on the Klamath,
some thousands of years since,
when the Ihree-loi'd horse gal
loped over the plains of central
Oregon and the great Klamath
country. While Adams dues Dot
profess In believe that his pe'rl
(Ird bone belonged to a triple
toed grumnlrenu quadruped, he
would like In see geologists un
cover the burial ground hnt only
made the teamsters with their
Hp scrapers runs hen they ran
Into It.
What kept the pioneer ditch
builders guessing was a bona dry
year they encountered. An un
usually light rainfall In the wlu
ter of 7-S lowered the water
level ct White lake and left the
Adams and Van (trimmer's main
canal high and dry.
The ditch builders kail believed
there would be sufficient secji.
are through the ancient maun of
tutes lying between liwer Klam
ath and White lakes In provide
water.
Adams had a lovol shlch show
ed blm thsl the water In the
Uir.er Ktumaih was much hliihrr
at times when water was being
withdrawn from Whlfe'lnke. I
checked agalunl Ibis data with the
more prartlcal method of meas
uring the fall of both Inkes, and
was sure of hOnnelf.
Itrmoval of the tulo mass be
tween the two lakes presented a
problem. Tho Van llrlmmer were
very much disgusted and ready
to quit. Knits were threatened
because of the lack of water.
Adams hnd incorporated "The
Little Kl ninth lltcn company"
for 19,000, there Velng 4 500
shares at 12.00 each, In an effort
to raise construction funds, but
there was little cash entered tlio
trennuty. Ii was a close corpora
" lion, anyhow, I.-ra. Adams being
the treasurer, for Instance, and
the other formers couldn't see the
ene of that. Adams
once he lust control tl,
would result In the man
It was up to blm to d
ou the land and ht J
learned that til lei hi4
moved on a drainage atJ
In California by the aw
men with hayknlves. tJ
labor was about all prord
lhoe day for hard suit
kind. II ut the t hine,,
ant to route (u Klamt!
Adams set out to rst
with such help as wss id
In the country. It was I
hard wuik. lie relates
Van llrlmmer came err
how It was getting along
mischievously forced
knife deep into the tule
told Dan to try It. Dsn
budge tho knife.
let It was through tluU
tule formation that Allan
to rut a channel three
half miles long and ! ti
through from While
lake.
The lutes were rut I
,and llftrd out with a d
Men on tho Job thnutli
I wss rraiv. They did
work aa possible sail ill
itholr pny. tninuentl'. for
ison that they did sot
would hate the money
.Job was completed. All
i wanted a contract. Ail
It to them after having
iinan. the heit man la tl
Iwork a week to see "hat
jdo. and In this wir A
more nut of them thnn t
'been doing when paid by
I lint the white ntrn the
ranal would be litllle and
would be discovered h
completed that the water
blah In one lake aa In
While men. hrn emplo)
'tn f, I tbev are asconi
sonirth'ng. Adams had
dlns en the Job who msdi
as much money muter H
ItYnilnned on 1'nss Kll
An old Scotch lady had the
habit of driving to church. ' Her
coachman, when he considered the
sermon nearly at an ond, would
slip out quietly to have the car
riage ready. One Sunday John,
after hanging about tho door,
grew Impatient. Creeping down
the aisle toward his mistress, he
whispered: "Is he no near done
yet?"'
"Dune!" returned tho old lady
In high Indignation, for her pn
tlenco had long been oxhatisted,
"he's dune hair on hour since,
but he'll no stop!"
A clergyman who wns also a
wit, once preached rather a long
sermon from the text, "Thou art
weighed In tho balance and art
found wanting." , '
After bis congregation had lis
tened for about nn hour, some bo-
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TIIK I KOWN KK
Christopher Columbus, who set
out from Spain to find a new water
route to India, had had his share of
adventure.
Tho story goes that when ho wns
n young mun he shipped with aomn
(lenoeno who got Into a fight with a
Vessel of l.ouls XI of France, llotli '
ships caught fire and the crew Jump
cd Into tho sea. Columbus munuged
to keep afloat until be could hull a
pasalng boat that carried him to Lis
bon. That Is said to have been his
how-do-you-do to Portugal.
Hut bo had the grealent of deter
mination: a determination which
more than mado up for any luck of
aclenllflc knowledge.
Tho passage over tho then un
known Atlantic ocean wns plcanant
There wero no storms. A llltlo ship
trouble caused blm to put In at the
Canary Islands for a few days to
effect a repair.
There lu nn unproven story that
the Portuguese, having grown en
ylons now that Spain l,. netually
filled out nn expedition, sent a ft.,.t
to waylay the ships and force their
serren.ler: and that Col,,,,,,,,,,, ,op.
t.g the ships In tho distance, ,
haute lo bo upon his way
The very balmlnes, of i,0 weather
Itinde the seamen uneasy, r.y w
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certain now that phi's were afoot
and that some gnrgon or sea mole
ster would destroy them. They bad
plots of their own. They planned to
heave Columbus overboard, selrn tho
ship, turn about and make for home
ns fnst as their sails would carry
them.
Tho strain was almost at the "
breaking point.
A broken maltisnll floated past.
The seamen worn seized with panic.
"Tho wreck of i ship tht has
gone before," said fltoy, In conster-
nation. ',.'. .'
"Proof Hint wo are near land
where there aro human hi Ings like
ourselves." hinlnlnlned Coin in bus.
Two slicks fastened tngother un
tnlitakably by human hands were
seen on a wavo crost, llnpo revived.
Columbus promised a silk waist-,
cont to the man who should seo land
first. I
Two birds believed lo live close
In shore flow by. i
A meteor flashed. '
Keur stalked: that they could
never find the way homo again they
were sure. ' ' '
A fnlse scream of "Land! Land!"
A flicker of light.
A half Incredulous cry of "Land!"
A shout. A grent hurrah!
Und!
(Tomorrow, Land)