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"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."
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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.) '
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