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CITY OF KLAMATH
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Rid of the Rear Seat Driver at Last
Klamath Adventures
"Let ua have faith that right makes might, and in
that faith let u to the end dare to do our dutj ai we
understand it." Abraham Lincoln.
Compiled by R. W. HARWOnn
(Copyrljfht by Klamnth rubllBhlnr Comnunv
"Hog Wi'd" Education.
Just "Where Is Education Getting Us
A Klamath Falls educator was a recent
speaker at the chamber of commerce on the
.subject of "The Spread in Education." He
pointed out that education in America had
taken a democratic turn and that opportunities
were now extended to hundreds of thousands.
All of which is true and interesting. It is
5 well that the public knows that the money it
is spending for education is well spent. There
is no doubt that a dollar is made to go farther
in educational fields than in any other manner
in which the taxpayer's money is spent twice
as far.
But where, is education getting us? Is it
not running "hog wild" as an interested per
son quaintly expressed it?
' How many good mechanics, carpenters,
farmers and grocery clerks has too much of
the ivrong kind of education spoiled? How
many carpenter apprentices are there in Klam
ath Falls today? What are boys with smatter-.
ings of higher educations going to do with it?
Doe3 our system of education genuinely meet
the economic needs of today? " 1
...,.Mt,... . 3 YSPT! lfAft$W tr JLJt
A famous technical school how has "more "
faculty members than students, but university
schools of finance and business are filled with
young men. The field of production is neglect
ed by those who wish to become stockbrokers
and bankers. Education seems lacking in the
power to indicate to them that wealth must
" first come -from the natural resources before
it can be juggled.
The world will continue to revolve. But
there will be more happiness on it when the
achievement of education is to teach humans
to accomplish useful things.
The Miraculous Kettle
Pours Out Good Deeds Forever
To what useful purpose do the lads and
lassies of the Salvation Army put their red
painted, old-fashioned iron kettles in the sum
mer time?
There must be thousands of these melting
pots into which the coins of cheerful giving are
dropped, and out of which is poured the gold
of kindness for need. Attention is unobtrus
ively called to the tripod swung pots by the sil
very jingle of bells throughout many climes.
Into them goes many small coins that make the
giver much richer for the thought of giving.
Appearance of the pots oh the street cor
ner serve warning that the holiday season is at
hand. And after Christmas? Ve'll let you in
on a secret. Most of them are put away in the
chest of happy thoughts for; next Christmas,
and the next. Those old-fashioned, red-painted
iron pots, like the good they typify, last
forever.
EPISODE XV
The Old Mill Stream
Al.nut 1877 IT.1..I.. f... XL. .
..M. wn.w v,vuiK .sursc, ioutUliT and
of the townaite of Unkvlllo, Induced W. C. Mnnr.
wright, who had conio over from Salem to build n J
t Urn Klamitth reservation noncy. to give connideJ
building a saw nun on i.inn river.
oiooro unereu irom a common affliction. l
tho idea, uui naa no money. in urn agreed to beur
peime of five or six hundred dollar. Tho millwrigl
brought nn lanuiy in ri. niim
Heart & Home
Problems
name thins, a well oh iho next
on?. I am a' married man. now
and have a hoy about Iwo fear
old and I believe an long ns my
wife anil I observe the few ritloii
your rhnirs cheaper than mo, fur,
In li'll yon Iho Irulli, I steal ai!
my raw mulerial.'
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TO lil.AMK IF THEY LOSK MEN
Dear Mrs. Tompaon: It Hem
that most all of. the letters I read
In your column aro from men,
women, boya and Kirls uhose
troubles usually are the result of
their losing someone's respect or
admiration. I hare noted In it
the case of wives with children
who havo trouulo with their hus
bands, relations; young girls who
lose their sweethearts; also young
men. Thero are cases of lack of
general popularity with school
mates and members of clubs and
business associates. While I ad
mit that some of these cases offer
peculiar circumstances and need
the advice ot a specialist like
yourself, my purpose in writing
is to see if you and your readers
agree with me on the major cause
of most ot these. One of the
most essential things In life la
good health and that's something
most of us can have If we will
work for It and observe common
sense rules of maintaining It. Do
yon ever see many good healthy
people In trouble? Or lonely?
The second essential Is cleanliness
and neatness. Fifty per cent of
people have an offensive breath.
If -this cannot be remedied with
mouth washes, then It's a case for
a physician. Men and women
should keep their nails clean and
polished. Clothing should bo
trim and clean. Don't yon hate
to see a man with soiled collar
and unprossed clothing? Married
women who lose their husband's
respect sometimes forget that it
is their unkempt personal appear
ance In home or. lack of Interest
In his outsldo affairs (both busi
ness and pleasure.) Third and
most Important of the essentials
Is that all of us should kep up
with the every day news, Hports,
advertising ' and entertainments.
This enables ono to at least keep
up an Interesting conversation.
It always In a great pain la mo
to take a girl to a game and have
to tell her all about it, nnd I II
but the last fellow had to iln iki
pluets in our home. Who dofin't
admire the "Past middle a"
man or woman who Is neat and
trim, healthy and conversational?
Soma of them are more populsr
than the younger set.
1)11.1, (Not "Ted I!l!l."(
A sensible li t lor, and I agree
with you In the main. Certainly
no boy or girl who Is healthy,
neat and clean, and up-to-date on
events, need be lonely.
i:i)TIC RKXKS I'KKTTY n.l, UK
AI'I'K.MtS TO THINK
Dear Mrs. Thompson: The men
most of them don't love the wo
men as whole-heartedly as the wo
men love ihe men.' L wouldn't
trust the bent one on enrlli. They
try to be so consummately Innoc
uous, and yet hejilnd 4taelr hack
Cod only knows what (hoy lo.
Why should a man try to regain
his wife's or swecthoart'a affec
tions after running around with
other men and smoking and drink
ing while he stays at homo or
works? I wouldn't run after the
best of them nneo I went with
them because they aren't worth
while. The moro they are sufficed
the better they like It, but they
are never sufficed. FRKI).
,'IIIIam
Whceberry, the veteran Inventor
of the mustache cup, at a Holly
wood luncheon, "are more peace
ful affairs than baby shows. This
Is natural. Maternity, you know.
"'Mrs. White and Mrs. Illaek.'
snid a young matron, 'don't speak
now. Knrh claimed that her baby
was the finest In lon.'
"'And which was right?
"The young matron laughed.
" "Why, neither, of course. My
baby la." "
Although Mexico began to pro
duce pctnteuin In 1901, about 90
per cent of Its oil hl 'jeun ob
tained since 1911.
nth with the esceptlnn of his son
Itufus. who cams later.
C'harlrs, another son, helped
his father build water power
mill ubore town on the west side
of the rlner. Down at Keno there
bad been a small mill run by
Newton I'rait. and later by
I'harlrs Wlthrow and Julia Con
nolly. Tha Keno mill boosted a
jig saw which If pushed would
cut perhaps 3.000 feet a day.
The first circular saw and plan
ing mill was built and operated
by the Monrea. They sold lum
ber for fifty miles around. To
furnloh power and also 10 Iluiun
In the logs from the upper lake
they built a ditch almost a thou
sand feet lone, and this was the
first ditch on the river. It was
completed In '"?.
Seven years later Thomas Mar
tin, a miller, mine over from the
Itogue rlv, r and was given a
piece of ground and Iho right lu
use water out of Ihe Moore ditch
for Ihe purpose of operating a
flour mill. Ho, In 'S4 Ihe pioneer
flour mill was established.
Out of Ihe Moore ditch with Its
pioneer saw and flour mills grew
Ihe West Sid Canal company,
when. In 1K91, Thomas Martin.
Churlrs Moor and Itiifos Moor
incorporated for t-0.oou. The
following ' year the ditch was
lengthened and enlarged..
In '91 Ibe lown was giveo lis
first electric lights with the or
ganltntlnn of the Klamuth Fulls
Light and Water company. II, II.
dates owned fifty-one per. cent
of Ihe stock and Ihe rest was di
vided among K. ft. Ilesmes and
Charles and Itufus Moor. At
III same limn reservoirs were
built 10 provide water. One was
located back of- the Mot Springs
addition, another near Ihe lllver
sido school, and a third on hill
above the high school. All were
on Iho same level and connected
so that the supply from one pump
suiflced.
Ily 190? the two Moores had
acquired control ot lbs flrj
lug plant, which was iJ
the east side of Link tit,
protended to ball! 1 Urge
plant on Ihe west side, m,
present unit owned by if
fornla Oregon Power rocJ
In the meantime, tigs.
reclamation aervlre hud
the territory and takoa
old Moore canal, which
came known as the Ktn
It was agreed that toftt
a few minor considers!
Moor plant and Mania
have JOS second feet
delivered In them.
When Cupeo came ale q
lln'a) old rights on lb.
ditch became mora valu
was agreed that he rou
In lieu of bis water rig
right to 12'-4 horM-puwer
trlclty, perpetually.
This old right 10 ws
Hi Moore ditch, acquire
In 'M Is still enjoyed by
llroa.' mill. The mill cs
21 H horsepnwsr motor
a day at the eene nf
Many more horsepower .11
used by Ihe mill, of con
Ihe old right still has li
When ihe Orrgoa publk
commission entered lata
J ' of corporation affslrs It inf
ruling thst no "free" po
to be glvet aarone. Tit
. company was lastrurted
the Martin brothers pew
The millers set the price
mill The serv r com
Mnt nartnit ins DOW
nitnv In tinv thai much
power Is still furnished
riurii iiAnr. still s
figure In Klamath's a
siiihorliv for 1 lili series
tnrleftl fneta ' l.lkS J
i.n,. II wn iin to IttlfU
In Itoire llie nractlcal end
veying. It seems that
111 nl.t I lin.f. WOUld -h
mtf nr tuck ir ihev hsd not
hw l run A line for ill
(Continued on Psge
Dinner Stories
Mortimer Hchiff said at a re
ception In Now York:
"Our communists would have
uh believe that all great enter
prises are crooked' as crooked
as well, It's like tho story.
"Two chair peddlers woro bit
ter rivals. They covered the same
territory every week, and, they
understood each other to mich an
extent that tho price of chairs
went down In nothing..
"Ono evening they happened to
meot In a pool room, and over a
Class of delicious soda water they
became very friendly and confi
dential. " 'It bents mo, (ieorge,' said tho
first peddlor, 'how yon can aell
Some Pages from
tit VlCiOr-
THK Ql'EMT I-Olt ;I.D
From Island to Island of tho West
Indies snlled Ihe ships of Christo
pher Columbus In tho full of H2.
After leaving Culm they emtio
upon an Island the sight of which
greatly alarmed the nutives that bad
been brought aboard to act as In
terpreters. Ily their signs they con
veyed to Columbus the Information
that the Island was Inhabited by
cnnnlbabt who would devour them
all.
It was llnytl, and Columbus steer
ed strulght Into Ihe beautiful harbor
of HI, Nicholas. A coaling sli.tlon
for the United stales wus establish
ed hern In 1K93,
l'nr from being ciinnlbnls, tha
natives wero very timid and fled lo
hldo themselves. Columbus sent out
aomo of his men to bring them back.
They caught one woman. Coliim
I'HH gave her silken dollies ,,
colored ornn montH. Him was In
dnccd to onen negotiation. -,m. 1....
" " HIT
people.
She
tho fore
Mill t
On I
gifts of
first called her husband, who
eu 10 see ner dressed In
Kn cioines given her,
icrn was no gold.
y went. At llm(, ,
Iho unlives were so generous
American History
11 !- a ft. I
MORGAN
that Columbus ordered Ills men lo
accept nothing unless , they gavo
something In return. . .
It was Christmas eve. The sea
was serene nnd Columbus nsloep.
The helmsman grew drowsy. The
ruhln boy, helping on deck, drooped.
No hand was at the rudder!
The wind drove the boat gently
on. Columbus awoke with a atari.
Them hud heon u heavy Jar. Tho
Santa Maria was aground.
A storm en 1110 up. Columbus and
his crew wero forced lo escape lo
Ihe Nina. Tho Santa Maria was
gaping at her seams and wholly un
seaworthy. Tho natives helped to removo her
treasures Iglfls from the natives of
Iho Islands) and to build a little
fort. Tho mast ot tho old Santa
Maria occupied a prominent plnco
on tho fort, the story goes.
Thoro wore nlmiit forty of the
crew who wanted lo slay and 'form
a colony,
So In Janunry, amid great cere
mony and exchnnge of gifts, Colum
bus set sail for Spain from Illspnn
lola (Utile Spain) for more funds
nnd equipment.
(Tomorrow 1 Columbus returns homo
nllh his ni'WK of new lands.)
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