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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1925)
THF KJ .A MA TFT DAILY NEWS T,!M nPTiriAI. PAPER FOR CITY OF KLAMATH FALLS . . . .' . ... j ... .l. r... ...- j; r,...,r r,uiniv Without Guile. Subsidy or Perfidy i independent Republican ieicspapcr ionauciea m me jmcruw m "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let ui to the end dare to do our duty a we understand it" Abraham Lincoln. 'Tin Though" , The System Vears Out tlx Best Men Every once in a while men of character and will power who have occupied public po sitions honestly and ably, give utterance to the expression, "I'm through." : There are such men in Klamath Falls. They will tell ycu that they have been worn out at the wheel; that the public is unapprec iative and deserves what it gets men whose ear is held to the underworld. There are such men in Washington. Sen-. ,ator George V. Norris of Nebraska, the man' who led the fight to unseat "Uncle Joe" Can non, announcing his intention to retire after twenty years of service, cried, "I'm through." In that cry may be sensed a cause of what some people say is the failure of democracy. Democracy shows continual signs of improve ment, however, and taken as a whole, is far from being through and must be improved constantly. Cities throughout the country are solving their problems of democracy by giving em ployment to trained men rather than to petty politicians. .They are electing representative men, not to handle the affairs of their city in their spare time, but that the elective men may select public employees to give all their time to the public affairs. It is the system of government in Klamath Falls that causes the fet men to say, "I'm through." Good men are never "through" with a vehicle that makes fcr progress. And before many months' the people may have op porlunity to change the system. Court Tinkerings A Decision Carried to the Ultimate "50 LONG YOUNG MAN WI5H YOU THE BEST OF LUCK." $t ' '''' Klamath Adventures Compilid by It. W. HARU'OOD (Copyright by Klamnth Publishing Comounv (All KighU Rwrvii) y) EPISODE XVIII Mounting Costs la n roc'diiig chaptvr It wm Indicated that tho trnmciit might hvo dclibcrntely mlglud thn firmri tho ultimnto coat of tho project. From all available ortla thin appears not to have Leon tho cane. On the trnry. it appears that the cniflnecra woro honest In Ix'lli'fN that tho cohU of tho projoct could bo kopt to J ?J0 an ncro. . In March. 1005, tho Klumuth Water Uner' auoc wa organised. U w regularly Incorporated under III law of I tin state of Oregon, with a rap Hal nark of I J. 000. ooo. The Incorporator wr N, K. Merrill, Jacob llueck. O. A. Hlearns, I". I.. I'ounlaln. W. K. Hill. II. II. Hum hum, Klmer I. Applogato, Thomaa l. I'rlur and W. t Dalton. on I ha m,,, fold, will be problem for die di rectors lo face, at their next meeting. y Th water ur hfllrra t!ilr iirectom liavo itikiln a ls movo F-.1.' BP'f ' f- emt,toyn)C KoW K. hnrobr- I-'M.-.fBniaaafl". I'.tToey -tot tho ''"liTH. 'anil tha Ulroclur.V a-Uh to The Political Gadfly Turbulent waters are apparent in matters of irrigation expenditures of the Imperial val ley irrigation district. The board of directors have been enjoined from paying the expenses of a lobbyist to Washington. This court decision grew cut of the suit of a taxpayer against the district. It was held that the district directors have no legal right to spend money in obtaining legislation a far reaching opinion, if press dispatches are cor rect. Carried to its illogical conclusion, the Klamath irrigation board could, for instance, be stopped from sending one of its officers to Salem. And that might pave the way for the spec tacle of Secretary Thomas out soliciting funds from the merchants when President Bradbury was to be sent on a legislative mission. Some thing of the kind happens each time a delega tion of Indians wants to go to Washington and is refused expenses from the tribal funds. Klamath Irrigation district, on Saturday, following the ' regular meeting of the board, speculation has been rife as to what action the board would take in replacing him. It has been generally ac cepted as a fact that the board would consider Carnahan'a ser vices Invaluabfo to the district, ai associate counsel at least. In view of pending litigation to abrogato the power company'a contract to operate the Link rlrcr dam. It is Interesting to note that Carnauan's resignation was hand ed to A. M. Thomas, secretary of the board. Between Thomas and Carnahan the love lost has been little. Thomas lost no moments In broadcar.ting the news of the resignation, despite, a resolution of tho board making for recrocy as to publication of news, par ticularly news of legal purport. The directors of the district learn ed of the resignation from the newspapers over their coffee cups on Sunday morning. To remark that they were sur prined says much, very much. While Carnahan Is not preclud ed from participation in the dis trict's suit against the power com pany by reason of his resignation, the name of another firm now takes precedence, momentarily at least. This firm is Irwin & O'Neill, the choice of Secretary Thomas. Judge O'Neill has been continually urged on the board as a working partner w ith . Car nahan for the power stilt. Judgo O'Neill was the attorney for E. J. Murray, publisher, in his unsuccessful stilt tO'itivalldato the contract for city printing held by The News, and has represented the publisher In various legal ac tions. And O'Neill was, of rottre, acceptable to Murray, and hence O'Neill's urging from this source through Thomas. Whether or no the board will accept tills nom ination of O'Neill, and whether or no the bon rd will endeavor to per suade Carnahan to return to the make an equally aalutnry iholro of trial attorneys. They are mov ing with great deirheratlon in thn matter, realising that now or novel"' the power contract is to be broken, and that it la too Import ant a, matter with which tu trifle. NEVKlt TOO OI.I TO I.KAIt.V It la your place to help depart ing callers with their wraps, not your wife's, although there Is no harm In li'r doing so If you tire occupied. It, J her place, as hoo- j t,.to Invito them, to come again, i It used lo be that a woman did J not offer her hand when being In- ! trodurrd to a man, but now It Is I an optional matter. A bow Is sufficient, however. When two persons are Introduced, they should endeavor to say smoothing pleasant to e.irh other, not just stand and staro. Dinner Stories The old lady from the country and her small ton were driving to town when a huge automobile bore down upon them. The Iiotki was badly frightened and .began to pranro, whereupon the old lady leaped down and waved wildly in the ch: jffcur. screaming at tho top of her voice. The chauffeur stopped the car and offered to help get the horne past. "That's all right." said the boy, who remained composedly In the carriage, "I can manage the horse. You Just lead mother patt." A motorist stopped at a filling station on, tho otitslrtrts of a vll luge on his way to visit one of his wife's relatives he had never seen. He had heard that the rela tive had a flourishing business, and he decided lo use the oppor tunity to learn something about hltn. "What kind of store does Joali Miller run at Toad ltock?" ho asked the service man. "Well, I don't know exactly how to describe It," was the slow reply. "He has motor car parts for sale; buys bntter, eggs and poultry; deals In' real estnte; paints houses, marries folks as Justice of tho pence; runs the postoffice, sells stamps, hams and molasses, and takes In boarders. I guess you'd rail It a drug store." Traveler (at ticket office In I.os Angeles) I want to go to Chi cago. Ticket Agent (enslnvcd by Cal ifornia climate) You're a liar you've (IOT to go to Chicago. ' UKSPHKATi:: Your disagree ment should not keep you from writing and telling him how sorry you were lo hear about Ills In jury. You might even send him some little girt, like a book, or a print, or something to brighten his sick-room. Two months :uter. In May, Hu persuing Knglueor J, !'. I.lppln rott, In a general report to this association. .tld that the secretary of thn Interior had adopted the Klamath projort. and authorised Its cnnitrui tioa under the recla mation set. I.lpplnrott sa.d further that the ro.t of ronatrurtlon was estima ted at fliu an acre or less, hut thtit the rliarg.i to t made to the landowners would be the actual coat, without Interest or profit, and 1 1ml It was entirely possible that future Investigation might modify these estimates, either to lower or Increase them. This from the record. Old t"iu ra in all. however, that T. II. Humphries, sent lo Invrs- I tigato conditions by l.ipplnrott In yj 1904, had said that construction rosta would not be over flS an acre. And further, lhal In urging the embracing of the offerings by tho reclamation service, he and others bad pointed out to the farmer how much more desirable rosta tinder the government would be than under the Adams anil Van Ilrlmiiicr ditches. The government would charge no Interest and payments would bo estended over a long number of years, tho farmer were assur ed, and Hint ultimately they would have a paid-up water right. No rights were assured Die farmer under the Adam ditch, for In stance, and anyone of them rnuld figure for themselves, on thn basis of Ihe dale furnished them by III government engineers that over a long period of years they would be much better ofr. Thero was the lure, also, of work for men and team project. It I rtrotleccuns sura a that stick In the rrtwt farmers, and which rsuw Ihl gulp every time the red, service Is mentioned. la defense or l.lppintJ should be tiled that ths ten total of lands within hs p originally planned, u 4 acre, (if this total , there Were llo,f7 its Homaih basin alnas. iuent Investigation the propriety, bacasM t!ie tit. lire of the eull io4 dnla. of materially redsclcj acreage. This stalemrnt course, suhjert to ennlr on several scores, bul lbs n aialn that lb area to I gated Were rbanged by a of engineers long before th was completed This bosrii of (agisters pi Led A. J. Wiley, I), C, i: (1. Ilopsna aad I). W. M lis sessions wers held In (. IS0. i was oa the bssis report that lb first rhar. the ronlemplatrd area of thol Jerl waa made, Mill II was oa Ihe flndlnj 1D0S of another board V Sounders. O. II. KdjIjd, J Jacob, and tlpplntoit sad I prey that preliminary U of cost were made. . Thess linillisrr estimate wer a Iowa: I'fper vnlleys. comprLlnn St. rri at a cost of t an acre. Kismalh basin, coniprlilai 797 acre al a cost of 1 acre. Tule lake bed. comprising 113 at a cost of I3.0I aa And It waa tbe Ssu llenny. Ilopson and Murphy .In l!i7 that first begsn to serious consideration la liiioiintlnff acre costs, bees d'ontlnued on Page Five Some Pages from Hi vieicji- THK '.M, OF AhVDNTI HK . News did not travel as fast In the fifteenth century as It dors In Ihe twentieth. Hut It traveled Just as surely. As soon as Christopher ColiiinbiH returned lo the streets of I'nlos nnd the court of fipaln, after his long ah aence in search of a water route to India by way of the western seas, people everywhere began talking of his Voyage, lie lind come home with tales of hitherto unknown lands. Ho had discovered the West Indies America. Over In Kngland, John fnhot ask ed permission to suit In western and northern seas and was grnnled do minion over whntever Innds ho tnlKht find. He landed upon the bleak shores or north-eastern Can Ada. It Is thought. Cabot was accompanied by his daring son. Hebastlan, who Inter made many voyages of his own. nnd , whose services were divided between ho courts of Kpnln nnd Kngland. Ho cr,, nng ,m (,mn nf North America as inr smith as North arollnn. from the Labrador region v.ic'"". "A"' ln,repl'' n'lventitror. X?r'n V"m""t 1" outh ' Z , " ' ?P Vf,r,ln ' fier rounding Ihe cnfl , , lope, sailed straight to India , Igbling ,,,e bear, of , vZlZ monureh under whose flag ho Kor a direct wnter route t lmUa American History MORGAN had been found. Of sea fights and rklrmlshrs there were a-plenty, even for tlnil battlc lovlng adventurer, Alotir-o do OJeda. Ill ship coasted along HoAih Am er.ra for the most part. A young Itnllun uy the name of Amerigo Vospurrl sailed forth and wrote home many lettera of such In terest Hint thoy were translated Into ninny tongues. From the inland country of (lerniany rame Ihe ug Kosllon that the new land bo named for Amerigo: America, ' ' '" Always on the lookout for a. stretch of sea beyond the Innd of the new world, lulling was the first to look upon the greut Pacific ocean. I'once tie Leon sallied forth to' discover III Florida the fabled foun tain of youth. Kor no story wns too hard to believe In those days. Magellon, the alotil-hearled mar iner who started to mill around tho world, died on the voyage, bul a chip of hla fleet ' completed tho Journey, , Then there wpre Ln f'asn and, , ('a beta tie Vnon, (initios not qulto fniiiilliir In these days, but names nevertheless of daring und brave ex plorer who helped lo make our country' development and rolonlta tlon possihlo, ' ' Let as glineo at Iho lorle of these mon. . (Toiniiinm i John ( iiltol of lliig'""1'. . sets Mill.) ' fen
