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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1926)
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR TWF VI A MATH NFWQ KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON CITY OF KLAMATH FALLS Il JIflVli 1 II ill- YY O WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 1 , 1926 An Independent Republican Newspaper Conducted in the Interests of All Klamath County: Without Guile. Subsidy or Perfidy "Lt ua hare faith that that faith let iu to the end ynderstaad it." Abraham i "An Empire Awakening' "j The Great Klamath Country Has Appeals for All We were given a ninety-mile, automobile trip yesterday through the Langell valley and Horsefly irrigation projects, and have a num ber of impressions to air. The first impression is of miles and miles of sloping hills and crested mountains in all their original glory of forest and sage, of far away crests in snowy blankets, of purplish haze overhanging the distant view, of sturdy junipers, of splendid Oregon pine. The second impression is of rich fields of virgin loam, loam not heavy enough to ever form gumbo, not light enough to blow away or be easily exhausted, but brownish black for want of better color names and sweet looking, with none of that sour looking dank ness that makes many midwestern soils so (hard to work successfully. Soil that will ap preciate the long-awaited draft of water, yet v never was truly dry. cals that make for vegetable life, soil that you would like to feel between your fingers, soil ; even that you would like to tread barefooted, soil of promise such as lighted the eyes of the i, first weary travelers of soil. ' '' ! " '"' ' :- ' ' ' ' . An impression, too, of hopeful industry, of new settlers imbued with faith in the soil, with faith in the system for watering provided by a generous government, in the opportunities for marketing, and in themselves. k Impressions of careful engineering work, of far-sighted planning well executed, of pub lic moneys well spent, of facilities in produc tion just waiting for the hands to turn them to account to make the land yield rich harvests. An impression of good trunk railway and highway transportation, needing extension ,and improvement, of course, to keep pace with the growth of the community agricultur ally, but eminently superior for a district so new. Of incomparable opportunity for a start in life for the man of little means. With land ready to take the water at hand, needing scarcely more than a plow, disc and seeder to put in a crop, offered at the ridiculous price in many cases, of twenty dollars an acre land that five years hence will be worth five times as much. A total impression of inspiring natural beauty, of bountiful richness scarcely touched, of generous provision of every fundamental facility essential for production and transpor tation, of opportunity unlimited. The citizens of Klamath county cannot fail to catch the vision of her coming great ness. They cannot fail to preach the gospel of her future to all who will listen, even to those who will not listen. .' There can be no question that the great Klamath country is in very truth "An Empire Awakening." right male might, and in dare to do our duty a wo Lincoln. Soil .rich in the chemi the Oregon trail real gosh'. A v "0V. W NWWMW lip noDotn with vmwtr "'" 1 aVWT J xlfceTEdrned What's in a name? Very little in our own. if the truth be told. ' Anjr other prob-' ably would have done Just at well and. carried us every bit as tar as the one we happened to be christ ened. Why not? Among us "white folks" a name is nothing more nor nothing less than a necessary means of Identifica tion a sort of tag that prerents fate from permanently mislaying us in life's check room. It hasn't a thing In common with what we do or bow we do it. Babe makes his debut into the world of affairs and Is ticketed Perclral or Heieklah or plain John, as best suits his ma's and pa's fancy. When Percival turns ont to be pug-nosed and pugna cious and altogether unromantic, ! and Ilezekiah deserts the faYm , and forswears the ministry for a j Job as chorus man in a musical comedy, and "plain John" grows op not plain at all, but danger ously charming and reckless with his wild-oat sowing, it is too late to do anything at all about the hastily bestowed misnomers. As a race the red men are not ao previous about such import ant matters. Literally as well as figurative ly, an Indian is known by the name he bears. Good, bad or in different, it suits him. He has Justly earned it! Endearing though it may be, what his family and friends first call the little papoose does not much matter. But there comes a day when with all childish things the youngster must put this aside and make a name for himself, a name that for the rest of his days will set him apart from his fellows. Mrs, Ernest Thompson Seton relates an amusing Instance of how a certain young brare gothls name. A buffalo hunt was staged. The 1 (-year-old boy was glren his chance to prore himself. As he started out with the older, Jack in the Ballot Box Our Name! seasoned hunters, vainglorlously he boasted of his valor and his skill. When he arrlred at the scene of action his valor was manifest, but his skill was some what strained by the fury of the buffaloes, the hcary dust, the noise like thunder. In the midst of the milling herd the young, ster, determined though confused, took aim. Twang! went the bow. An arrow whizzed to Its mark, but not the mark. Uninjured, the buffalo aimed at thudded by; an other buffalo fell In his stead. 'And from that day until he passes to the final resting place of his fathers that young brave who shot and missed will bo known throughout the breadth of his tribal lands as the "Other Buf falo." It is one thing to have a name wished on as. It would be quite another to win it. If custom were reversed and we a well as our redskin brother had to make our name and wear it as a symbol of our character and achievement what effect would this have upon us? We wonder! Suppose good sportsmanship Is a quality on which we are 'short.' Ever since , we were very young we have made it a practice to get our own way by fair means or foul, bullying the weaker when wo could, tricking tho stronger when we had to anything to gain our point. Wt know tho fault that la In us.but we've hid den it from other people' more or less successfully. Probably the only ones with whom we haven't 'gotten away with it' are our long . suffering co-workers. Suppose, however, that when we were very young we risked being branded some day to the world at large as "the woman who wouldn't play fair?" Would we have clung to, cultivated our sec ret vice or would we hare rooted it out, stamped upon it and In Its place planted a trait far more pride wort by? Fear In our heart! Few of us would choose to be revealed as cowards. Rather than take the chance of showing tho "yellow streak" In unexpected trial, while there was yet time we would probably substitute courage. And so on, ad Infinitum. We moderna cannot afford to be too scornful of primitive ways and means. Often these, In their very simplicity, afforded quick and sure solutions of certain prob lems that a, higher civilization, (ripped by Us own complexities, finds eternally baffling. Dinner Stories William was not a faynrlto wllh his rich uncles In vain did he try to Impress him, but the old man 'was not Impressed. One evening the young man called at his uncle's house osten. slbly to ask after the old gentle man's health. In the course of conversation he asked: "Uncle, don't you think it would be rather foolish for me to marry a girl who was intellec tually my inferior?" "Worse than foolish, Thomas, my lad," was the reply "worse than foolish Impossible!" A maid employed by a well known actress approached her mistress one day and said, "I've lost my Instinct, miss!" "But," said the actress, aghast, "you must be mistaken. You can't have lost your instinct." "Oh, yes, I have, miss," repeat ed tho girl tearfully, "I can't smell anything at all." A wife once complained lo a clergyman of her husband's un satisfactory conduct, when he said to her: "You should heap coals of fire on his head." To which she replied: "Well I will. But I tried boil ing wator once, and that did no good." Calendulas are the marigolds that Shakespeare, talked about and loved. Orango bnll is a good variety to plant. Big Leagues Have Batting Epidemic I A salvo of heavy hitting burst' out In the American league Tues day, generally cutd and blustery I weather making things difficult for a dozen or so pllcher. In the National leunuo where two games were postponed because of low tem peratures, the balling was light on 1 the psrt of Pittsburgh and St. Louis, both of whom were de feated again. The New York Yankees, fulling upon Walter Johnson and four other Washington pitchers Ilka the , proverbial ton of brick, slummed I their way Into a lie for first place In the American league. A home run by Ilale lluih, hla first of the year, alerted proceedings Iu the i first Inning. Walter Johnson was balled from the mound In . the fourth, and the Yanks amassed a otal of 21 hits In winning Is to 5. AMKIUCAN 1.F.AOIK Score It. II. E. Clevelsnd - IT I Chicago 5 7 0 Batteries Shsut and L.. Sew ed; Thulon, Thomas' and Hrhalk. Score 8t. Louis Detroit Dllrolt 1 3 oeC Batteries Jonnard, ant Bchang; Sloner. Bassler. It. II. 4 7 6 11 Van (illder Dausa and Philadelphia at Boston, n o gsine, cold wealher. Score M. K. New York IS 21 Wanhlngtm S ! Batteries Shocker. II. Johnson and Collins. Uarnos: Johnson, Kel ly. Iladley, and lluol. Morreil. Thomas and Bevereld. NATIONAL I.KAfilK Score It- II. K- Chli-aso .7 12 ! ' St. louts 0 B 1 Batteries Cooper and Gonzales: Relnhardt and OTairell. Boston at New York, no game, cold weather. Score ' ' II. H. K Pittsburgh 1 Cincinnati 0 Batteries Morrison. Bheehsn. Adams and Gooch; Lucas and Plc Inlch. Portland Jumps to Second Place BAN FRANCIS8CO. April 20. (United News) Two shut outs and the hatting outburst of the league leading Lo Angeles club featured Tuesday's games In thti Pacific Coast lesgue. . The Portland Beavers Jumped Into second place by virtue of their 4 to 0 victory over Mission, Kachac showing splendid form In allowing but six safeties. Han Francisco dumped Osklsml further Into the cellar by winning. 1 to 0. The Reals did not waste any base hits and earned their victory with four safe clouts off Krause. the same number the Oaks were garner ing olt Goary. The Angela slugged out 14 bin gles off three Sacramento pitcher, winning 10 to 3. Jacobs turned In a nice gamo for tho winners, giving I oniy ii. e 11110. I There was no gsma at Hollywood. as Beattle was traveling. Score It. II. E. Ban Francisco 2 4 2 Oakland 0 4 1 Geary and Yolle; Krnmo and flaker. I Score K II. E. Portland 4 9 0 Mission 0 2 Ilachac and Tohin: Colo, Bryan and Walters. Score U II. K. Los Angeles 10 14 0 Sacramento 4 ... 3 5 1 Jacobs and Hannah; K. Hhea, Kalllo, Canflcld and Koehler. Boattle-Hollywood No game, Se attle traveling. M'UINKI.IMJ 1'ltKMATIHi; j ... i vi.L, . j ... i,, 41l tv. (United News) The strootl sprinkler went out on Its Toundl here wllh the thermometer at 28 ! (degrees above zero. The spray froze a fast aa It fell, ennvertlnv: 'the streets In the business district' into skating rinks. I I TltlKH OUT FAITH I I BROOKLYN, April 20. (United! News) "If you have proper faith j nothing can hurt you." 8o saying! Charles W. Kimball, newly con-i verted to Christian Science, Is nl-1 leged to have poured hot bacon j ; greeso cn his wife, Mrs. Ollvo Gray' Kimball, she testified In her suit! for separnllnm I Office (111 Ms In Ht. Klniniilli l'"ll. Or. I'ln.iie UIIU. Office Mage Depot. I Mnlforil, Ore. ' , Phono 8i'U. . TIIAVKL V MOTOII HTAGB . 1 SWIFTLY SAFELY COMFORTABLY By the HOWARD A OIIIMK8 HI A(.H To Ashlnni ' ' Mcdford ' Portland Maraliflold Direct Connection at Junction Wllh Pickwick Stales to All Point Bmilh Fare Klamath Falls Id': Ashland - I T Iteddlng -- I. 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