THE KLAMATH DAILY NEWS
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON '
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY ,9, 1 926
Ah Independent Republican Newspaper Conducted In the Interests of- All .Klamath County: Without Guile, Subsidy or "Perfidy xi
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"Let ut Lt faith That right make plight,. and in
that faithtlet a t the, end -dare, to devour djjty'aa.W
understand it "Abraham Lincoln. f - -.-.'
Docs Absence Make the
Heart Gi'dw Fonder?
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR
CITY. OF KLAMATH FALLS
City Management
"Voter" Discovers It Might lie Good
Every now and then The Oregon Voter
carries some surprising utterances along with
its usual load of good things. For instance,
the following: 1 !
"' "Klamath Fails' city council has authorized
the formation of a special commission of five
to study the merits and demerits of the cityi
manager plan of government. If there is any
virtue in that plan of municipal administra
tion, let's know about it. Klamath Falls is
one of l.ie rapidly growing cities in the state.
It may be on the threshold of becoming the
Spokane of Oregon. If its present city gov
ernment is creaking under the strain of ex
pansion, a serious "study of the city manager
plan is timely. If that city's present form of
government is adequate, the study and report
of the special commission will at least serve a
valuable educational function." ' -
While we appreciate the compliment he
pays Klamath Falls, one expects such a man
as is the editor of the Voter to know some
thing of city management. And it would ap
pear that he had written the above while look
ing out the window. .
Bar Secrecy
New Policy of District Board
Instructions have been given the new sec
retary of the Klamath irrigation district by the
directors to give the public access to the min
utes of the board and such other matters as
have been considered by the board. In short,
the policy of secrecy is to be changed.
It has been the custom in the past to hide
the district activities, and this has been car
ried to the point of the ridiculous. Even the
budget, when published, was aborted for some
twisted reason and shorn of $4,000. This
was done, too, in a "co-operatively" owned
paper, supposed to be published in the inter
ests of the farmers, and the former secretary
of the district is a director and editor of that
paper.
When public bodies keep their records a
secret" from the public they do not inspire
confidence, and many things are possible that
are in the private rather than the public inter-
! est. That sadly corrupted budget as pub
jlished is an example. :The correct budget
j would have caused no comment, but the pub
lic must be kept in ignorance of what is going
j on, it is reasoned bj' those who would do such
j a thing. , '
The irrigation district will lose nothing by
'.the change of front, and the board of directors
'are to be commended. for their action. . ".:
J The Department of Agriculture has start
ed a drive to exterminate mistletoe which'
. means that some folks just won't get kissed
'even on Christmas.
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Where Eveiy One Must
Look for Happiness
The mun who formerly pub
lijshed seed catalogues seems to he
editing tourist inugazlnes now.
Flint Journal.
fly CUItK
To one man the world Is bar
ren, dull, nnd superficial; lo an
other rich, interesting, anil full of
meaning.
Happiness Is a thins to he prac
tised, like the, violin; and like
the violin, difficult to master
completely.
. There are many whose very
birth la a sentence of hard labor
for life.
But that does not apply to the
poor only. The rich now work
quite as hard, or even harder.
There are many whose very
money makes them miserable in
whose life there is no rest, no
calm, no peace.
There is a story about a Persian
king who being out of spirits con
sulted his astrologers,' and was
told that happiness could be found
by wearing the shirt of a perfect
ly happy man.
The court nnd all the prosper
ous classes in the world were
searched In vain. No such man
could be discovered.
KIV.VUHD.
At lust a lalmrcr coming from
his work ill the fields was found
to fulfill the condition; he was ab-.
solutely happy.
But, the remedy for the king's
melancholy was as far off as
ever.
The happy man owned no short.
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Happiness cannot be bought
with riches, neither can It be
grasped by power.
We ,arc told, ."Anthony sought
for hnppiness In love; Ilrtitus in
glory; Caesar in dominion; the
first found disgrace, the second
disgust, the last Ingratitude, and
each destruction." t
We do nqt need to look outside
of ourselves for the spring of hap
piness. If a man has not got the ele
ments of happiness in himself, not
all the beauty, the pleasures and
Interests of the world can give It
to him.
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It is our own fault If we do not
enjoy life.
, Among the heavy liabilities of
certain foreign nations Is no small
amount of borrowed trouble.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
After you've struggled for 30
minutes with tho range it's hard
to believe that a clgnrette ever
starts a fire. Konuoke World
News.
The old-time country editor will
have his doubts about Kdllor
Frank Munsey leaving an estate
of 140,000,000 Iluker Herald.
-Dinner Stories
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L A.travelex. who believed him
self to be sole survivor of a ship
wreck upon a cannibal isle hid for
three days in terror of his life.
Driven out by hunger, he discov
ered a thin wisp of smoke rising
from a clump of bushes Inland,
nnd crawled carefully to study the
type of savages about It. Just as
he reached Ilia clump ho heard a
voice say: "Why In hell did you
play that card?" He dropped on
his knees and, devoutly raising bis
hands, cried: "Thank Cod they
are Christians!"
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A tramp went to a farm house,
and sitting down In tho front yard
began lo eat the grass.
Tho housewife's heart went out
to him: "Poor man, you. must In
deed be hungry, Comn around to
the buck.'i
The tramp beamed and winked
at the hired man.
"There," said the housewife
wien the tramp hove In sight,
pointing to a circle of green gruss,
"try that; you will find that grass
so much longer."
The radio Industry Is In Its in
famy. That's why the darn thing
kicks up such a racket when ypu
haVe company. Ashland Tidings.
II) MHH. KI.I. WI
I doubt It It la true Hint "ab
sence makes tha heart grow
fonder," is often said.
This correspondent uNo doubts
It:
leur Mrs. Thompson: I am a
very nice girl of 20, nud thought
ruther good looking, 1 aui in love
with a young man about seven
years my senior. Ho dossn't live
here now. He went to where ho
uow works about seven months
ago. He hua always mituiiKcd lo
spend utl the bollduy with me.
Uut he neve; cuiiih the lust two
bolldsya to see me. lie nuld lt
was too rntd and stormy Hit
drives through In his cur. Now I
huven't heard f rum III ill for a
week and always before I got oil"
letter and often two or three a
week from him. I have written
him twtc sluce then.. It worries
me so ni'il tiinkes me heartsick
when 1 can't hear from him. We
are enguifd to be married, I
have gone with him year now.
We had gone together four and
one-half months when he said he
loved me and asked me to marry
blm. He gave me u diamond en
gagement ring. He always arts
like he loves me when we are to
gether, too. The reason we have
not married yet is my sweetie says
he thinks It la best to wail, and I
believe It la, too. Ho wan" to get
a start and have place to tako
me to before we get married.' Do
you think he means It and really
loves me? A party says tlmy, bet
he Is trying to put m off and that
he doesn't rare for me and doesn't
Intexd to marry me. Do you think
he is fooling- me? K. C. M.
It Is not fair of you to ques
tion tile young , man's fidelity
without bolter evidence Unit his
love for you is waning. H is
selfish of you to complain because
ho didn't come to see you on those
holidays, when Jie thought it was
too cold nnd stormy. And men
often are railed upon to work so
hard during a particular period
that they are too tired In the live
ning .to be In the mood to write
to even their loved ones. However,
It may be that the separation is
causing him to love you less. I'd
continue to write him cheery let
ters, making the scolding light,
until you ure sure be Las had a
change of heart.
KTII TIIOMI'HO!.
HKIl I.DVrllH MrTlli:il IMi:.H
not i.iki: in n.
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Dcur Mrs. Thompson: I nm 24
year old and buvu been going
aleady wltb a young mun for four
years. . One yenr ao this young
man asked nin to imirry blm anil
live with Ills people, to which I
did nut approve. I truthfully luld
blm that 1 knew I could not get .
along with bis mother aud no root
was large enough to rover two
families. Hlnre that ' time his
mother has disliked me nud says
her sun inn nuvvr marry me. Now
I love this young man and he says
be cares for mo in spite of all his
mother's talking about me, which
Is practically all the time. Herein
ly alio urged htm to go awny,
hoping that we would forget each
other, but be writes lo pie and
wants me to write to him. Now
don't you think If lie cares enough
for nm thut he would get a home
for me, and his inoibvr would al
ways be welcome to roine there?
My parents lull me I aiu foolish
and I should go with other young
men and forget him, because they
do not want n-.o to cause any
trouble with his mother. People
tell me that know her thut she Is
only jealous of me. Now, what
shall I do? prZ'l.KP.
You are right In your stand
about wanting n home of your
own, and you shouldn't budga an.
Inch. It may be that he feels he
Isn't able, to support a hi n rate,
establishment, but you ought to
be able to show him how by be
ginning III an liiopcnslve place
with simplo furnishings, you enn
save money until you're uble lo
afford something belter. Don't
force blm to choose between his
mother nnd you, but tactfully
make it easy for htm to endure
the criticisms his friendship fur
you bring from her. You are
old enough to know your own
heart anil deride for yourself, so
don't let your family worry you.
fMrs. Thompson Is ntwnys anx
ious to give as much assistance as
possible lo persons who need her
help, but certain rules are neces
sary. Names of correspondents
rnnnnt be divulged to others Ques
tions relating to beauty prepara
tions and heullh cannot be consid
ered: The more pressing questions
are nnswered first, ef m , !,at
the same Impartial utlentioii Is
given lo every letter. Don't be
Impatient If your questions aren't
answered 'Immediately. There may
be many others ahea4 of you
It is probable that mony queens
, of tho kitchen share that .senti
ment good-naturedly expressed by
a (Scandinavian servant, recently
taken into the service of a young
matron of Chicago.
Tho youthful assumer of house
hold cares was disposed lo bo n
trlflo patronizing.
"Now, Lena," she asked earn
estly, "are you a good cook?" .
"Ya-as. 'in, I tank so," said the
girl with perfect naivete, "If you
vlll not try to help me."
It's bard to tell the day of the
week since tho housewives have
taken to banging the clothes In
doors. Columbia Mlssotirlnn.
Some Pages from
9y VICfOR
A XHW COLONY IS PI,.INTKI.
You have beard bow the Pilgrims
wore persecuted In Knglund and
came to this country for freedom
and for peace. And you have heard
how 'the Quakers 'catno here to free
themselves from cries of "Heresy!" '
Hut' you must not think that all
the colonists who came to America
came because they 'wero 'id-treated
or because they were of a different
religion from that of the king.
People who loved novelty and ad
venture began coming here because
of tiie thrilling tales they heard of
Indian fights and sudden wealth to
bo found. I 1
The state that we call Maryland
hud - already bean Included In tho
Virginia grant but the king didn't
mind granting the snme land to two
different people npon different occa
sions. The boundary lines were so
very uncertain nnd the king 'sn far
from the scene of action that he
found that he could "get away"
with this sArt'of thing rather nicely.
Perhaps he didn't even know what
he was doing, since' true, careful
mops were almost unknown. ' '
Lord Ilaltlmore sent colonists to
form a new Maryland Conony. At
that time Mary was queen of Eng
land 'and the colony was named
for her, '
American History
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The place chosen for tha colony
was a high bluff overlooking the
splendid Potomac. The feeling In
Virginia ran high against the new
colonists. 1 Thoyi thought them to be
trespassers on land that was really
a 'part of Virginia.' ' At' the
same time,, perhaps 'they felt regrei
that they; had never planted a set
tlement rn so promising a pleco of
ground. ,
And the newcomers hud come to
stay. They spread out and multi
plied. Their friends and perhaps
their neighbors followed them over
to he their friends nnd neighbors In
the new land.
When they unff rrrst landed they
had come npon an Indian village.
The wigwams were set along little
paths for streets and them wero
cornfields In the clenrlngs. Tho
Marylnnders had an ryo for business.
The men sought' tho Indian chiefs
of the' village nnd' drove a good
bnrgnlni' -Tbey bought the entire vil
lage: as It stood:)- i-, '. '
Ho the Indians . packed ' their
blankets .nnd their gny .dresses,
strnpped-.'ithclr .-papooses o their
bnrks nnd went off to birjld a new
vlllugO' Inrther hack. In the forest.
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