The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, May 13, 1926, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextOFFICIAL PAPER FOR . HplJl? 17T A MATH MFWQ KLAMA FALLS. OREGON CITY OF KLAMATH FALLS JYLflVlf 1 II lSEj YY -J THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1926. . , . An Independent Republican Newspaper Conducted in the Interests of All Klamath County: Without Guile. Subsidy or Perfidy ,MLat tu hr faith that right make might, and in that faith let ua to the end dare to do our duty a we understand it." Abraham Lincoln. I Salem Beats Salem Western Debaters tfn Both Ways The Salem, Oregon, high school debate teams defeated the teams of Salem, Massa chusetts, at both places, the decision here being unanimous and two-to-one in the east. The question for debate was "Resolved, that the child labor amendment, as submitted by congress to the state, should be ratified." Congratulations are due both to our capi tal city and to her debaters. It is no mean honor, and has served to attract national at tention to our state. It is reported that the Oregon teams were superior in logic, the eastern teams in delivery. It is well that the emphasis has been on matter rather than manner. The west ever empha sizes practicality, not empty form, grace, and fluency. The question debated' does not seem longer to be a live issue. The states seem de termined not to grant to the federal govern ment the great additional powers provided by the proposed amendment. An Empire's Quarrel Titanic Strike in England Brought Ta Conclusion Organized Labor and the City Manager Plan Organised Labor Kmlorsc IMnn In In ltonunumt Rcauiuout. Trias. (Pop. 40.422) City Managers' Association, (antlemen: Your of the 12lh Inst., asking for a short statement of the city man ner plan, received. In my Judgment, the managerial form of government Is far superior to the aldermanle. At least the same has been proved so In our city. Mure results have been ac complished In the last four years, under the manager form than have been accomplished In the last ten years under the aldermanle form. Yours very truly. C. A. WERHER I: Secretary Heaumont Trades and I-a- After all, it makes our local bickerings a fly speck when we consider the life and death struggle between the British government and British labor, now happily ended, for a time at least. England and Scotland have a combined area of 80,000 square miles, a combined pop ulation of 40,000,000, and an average popu lation per square mile of 500. California, Oregon, and Washington have a combined area of 324,000 square miles, a combined pop ulation of 6,300,000, and an average popula tion per square mile of 1 9 persons. Our three Pacific states have four times the area, one-eighth the population, and one-twenty-first of the population per square mile. In that crowded area, labor and the Brit ish government were engaged in a struggle which the government was pledged not to give up, and which labor carried on with a deter mination which cannot be measured. It might have meant the death of the British empire, or , at least of the form of government now exist ent in the empire. . Certain it is that if the struggle had con tinued long we should have felt it in this coun 1 try, yes, right here in Klamath Falls. o Americanism: Figuring out a way to take on something else on the easy-payment plan. . o If a man reaches his thirtieth year without" , learning everything he is ready to begin learn ing something. o Now what about a poll in Chicago to de termine what degree of crime the majority favors. bor Assembly. I health and sanitation Improvements until now we feel thai we are ex periencing, the, nio.it economical aud jdemocratio administration this city j has ever had. This plan, us carried out In :h:s city, la not a rich man's or a big business man's government, for .tle man who has to depend upon his dally wage tor his living gets the same consideration at the hands ot the present administration. I do not hesitate In endorsing the city manager plan of government without any qualifications whatever. Very truly yours, D. S. SACK, Chairman Central Labor I'nlon, of Went Virginia. lYntitlrnt'of T) uoKraphlral I'nlon Knlurr I'lnn Kalamatoo. Mich (Top. 48. 473) City Managers' Association, . Gentlemenr ! I think it Is beyond dispute by ' those who keep themselves Inform !ed on city affairs that the manager ; form has been more satisfactory ; than previous council form. The would not now go back to the alder nianlo form after four years ot the manager form. Labor I a llg taxpayer, directly or Indirectly, and know now where the taxes go. because It can see in the papers a monthly flnaiictul re port. Labor has a voire In the city gov. eminent, which is absolutely out ot politics. A trained man Is secured to look after the city's business, which Is ust as necessary as In any other busluess. I'ublic health condltlous are Im proved and last, but not least, a dollar's worth Is obtained for every dollar apeut In the way of taxes. Yours very truly, T. P. OAHIUEL. Trade and t-abor Congress. HUGE ENGINE AND SIX CARS WRECKED ROSEM'RO. May 11 (United News) A bad freight train wreck occurred Wednesday afternoon at Dole, when an englno and six cars went Into the ditch. Dole Is located 15 miles south of Goddard Has Platform for Timber Cruise I ii:ilforiu arrauged for liuililard jhsvjng ta do Willi the Jails the pu pie want C C. Ilrower wa allowed :t do a hit of preliminary warming up, lie said that Uunnell acted like a child for not letting the pea. 'plv build all the Julia tliey wanted, nr something like that. Uubuell had a, j'lao. maylui It was political, liar depopulating The JJall. Murray gave htm hell about ji hat stealing more stuff from the tloddard plat form. Ilrower, having district at torney's complex, titled prettily but. Innucriitly into (he picture. ' s The people want tho timber i cruised, of course. And floddard laud Murray know that I hey don't I'mean maybe. Ooddard haa been Hulking II. so it Is reported ta the (ludfly to whom (milliard himself 'never dares talk. It may te aald jto (loddord credit that he admits he doea not know much about Urn I ber, but Just the same he bellevea In giving the people what tbey want. lie haa been liislrurled bow to talk The I'olKl.al Unillly There has teen a bunch of fust balls tossed over the political dlu mond during the putt few duvs. County Judge It. II. nunncll has been doing the heaving. Kil Mur ray has been catching them behind the mask, all right. Hut Fred tlod danl, at bat, has failed ta acorn a hit. The lladfly has been keeping score. A howl ot rage went up when Uunnell gave Ooddard the dam bridge hall. There was a reason. Ocddurd hud been going to shoot that at Uunnell when he took the mound. For months Ed Murray u u.e., Krooiu.ng uuu.iaru on wie i ih ,ulljM,,, lug carefully read unuge .nurray nan lougni Th. .... .., ..,.rni Return to Old Korm I'nthlnkablc, Say President Pasadena uf I -a bor floAril Pasadena, Calif. tPop. 45.354) City Managers' Association, Gentlemen: Your letter asking some statement from me as a labor jnau. as to my views regarding the workings of thejrea8ms ,r: manager plan as operated in Pass- T1a responsibility can be placed dena Is at hand, and I have hesltat- directly, and requests are granted I ed to answer for feeling my lack of;or refused. familiarity with the inner workings! Tle city has inventories of the of government and with the person-! city property, something It did not nel of our city officials. i have before. In a general way my Impression j Practically all purchases are made ot our plan is very favorable indeed through one source, and materials So far we have had broad-minded. ' and machinery have a storage yard public-spirited directors as needed land are kept under close check. for this time of rapid growth and Street and other development of the city, and Man- are laid out on a regular schedule, ager C. W. Kolner has evidently i and carried out In that manner ai made good at every point. Me still . nearly as may be. I'.useburg. The engine. the large mountain type, remained 'inright after being derailed, but the cars were badly smashed. Reports received here pay no one w hurt. The wrecker leti for the scene shortly nfter two o'clock. 1 Northbound trains will he held upj until the wreckage has been cleared! away. M. S. Allen was engineer, erd II. E. Iluldwln flremnn. of the wrecked train. PELICAN CITY the good fight for that bridge. Copco'wanled the bridge below th dam, and damned It that waa where it wa going to be. legul complex ities had arisen. Uunnell, then um pire, alde-itepped with grace worthy of a member of the Interstate com merce commission. Hut at the prop- whlch la ofjer moment Uunnell unwound himself and let go. mouths. He will know Just how to make Uunnell take the bench, i n nes whether that last I political nr baseball persiflage. To make It easy, let's add that this la only a first Inning occurrence the ninth will be played off in November with (loddard on III bench. Now guess again as to parlance. 0. A. (lllglntnn. parliamentary extraordinary, had a lot of fast facts slipped over on him when he appeared before the building trade council Tuesday night. He was In- I pledge myself to give thetvilrt, 1)V n n" Long, council For several days I lie Gadfly has been walling for Murray to present Ooddard's line-up ta the people. It waa to have read about like this: "1 Horace Hrldgford has a new Cad illac sedan. ' There have been several new cars bought the past tew week. Among 'them Lee Smith has a I'ontiac. Improvements 1 atonn Parker has a Pontlac coach. and Noel Turner has a Chevrolet coach. (ieorge J.-nnnm of Sh'pplnKlan retains me commence ot tne pumic) Better and more prompt atten-lwas visiting in I'cllcun City y'es now as city monager which he earn- t Ion is given to small affairs ot ser- terdny. ed years ago as manager of our vice asked by cltiiens on matters municipal light plant. j coming under the scope of city de- Several things I regard as gained ; partments. through the manager plan so-called. Vndlsputably better service for among which I mention: tne money expended Is given. City 1. Much needed harmony among J taxation and expenditure are more the official heads of the city and j systematically handled, resulting In corresponding co-operation among , .lvln, , cily . more intelligible j employees and departments. , f,nanclal .landing. t. Much more scientific and sys- -v STEWART. tematfc system or work than ever could have been obtained under any President Klamazoo Typographical Union No, 122. previous system used. 3. Better trained and more ex- j Central Labor Body Investigates and pert leaders and advisers with lessi Recommends Plan political pull. j Muskegon, Mich. (Pop. 38,570) 4. Strengthening of the public! City Managers' Association, utility for service of the people rath-1 Dear Sirs: er than benefit of a few financiers. I Referring to your communication This fciea always pleases labor. and0f August 13th. my connection with our manager seems bent on having the city started In 1915 under the "service" either for the people or i council form snd continued nntll the I by them. 5. Since the manager govern ment went into effect some four years ago our officials have been compelled to solve problems belong- change of administration, or to tho city manager plan In 1920. I have been able to make comparisons, knowing the methods that would pursue, and am able to criticize both ing to a large city and correct plans ,ne counci, form , cl(v man. formerly made for a village. The ager plan and b8lanc0 ,,, , work has required some hard think- .. ,...,. ,, Ing and some live propaganda to get our people to make needed ad vances. Street opening and widen ing: sewer system and disposal; public parks and recreation facili ties; transportation; street paving and storm drains; zoning ordinanc es; civic center with public buildings adequate to our growth, and other big plans have taken wise manage ment and reached away beyond what we older citizens had dreamed of heretofore, and the manager sys tem has proved most adequate so far, to my mind. For myself, I am frank to say that I am proud of our city and ot Its safe progressive management. I have not always supported every move made, but I regard the man ager government, so called, here so far superior to either commission or mayor form that a return to either would be almost unthinkable ta the majority of citizens of Pasadena. Respectfully yours, R. M. 8CHOONMAKER, President Pasadena Board ot Labor. liltirfleld Lnlmr leader In t'nquul lfied Endorsement Bluefteld, W. V.. (Pop. 15,282) City Managers' Association, Gentlemen: In reply to your letter of the 24th Inst., making Inquiry relative to the operation of the city manager plan In this city, I am glad to advise you ! that It meets with my approval In every way. Uiiflng the two and one-half years In which tjie manager plan 1 has been In operation In this city the tax rate has been .reduced from I SI .00 on the $100 valuation to 86c. j At the same time this reduction In ; taxation has been taking plno the city has rendered greater service by I way of street Improvements, sewer construction, garbage collection, been made in the city since the year 1921 in comparison with those made from 1916 to 1920; "5 ' . ' The labor" movement called for an I Investigation of the city and a com mittee was appointed to bring In a report from the different organiza tions from Us members who hadj been making comparisons between the two different forms of govern ment. In 1922 a majority report waa brought in In favor of the manager plan. The Idea of thi report was to give out notices to different or ganizations or committees who from time to time were writing to the body for such Information and up to this time the Central Trades Council and Its affiliated organiza tions have been In full accord with Its present form ot government. The matter of wages, of course, has been the most Important part from the viewpoint of organized labor, and the present' wage scale paid by the city is as much as could be expected under present conditions. The 8 hour day ' has been -established, which, is In. conformity with the es tablished scale set by the organized labor of this city. Hoping that thla give you the de-' aired information, and if there is any further information that I can give you In the future, you may call on me. Mr. Fred .Meyer and Mrs. (ieorge Jennings motored to Limm's Mill recently and spent the day. Mrs. Jack McCandllss and chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meyer mo tored to Klrby, Oregon, Saturday, reluming Sunday evening. While there they visited with Mrs. Mc- Candllss' parents. Mrs. Enrl Tllton. Mrs. II. C. Smith snd Mrs. W. J. I'hrln attended the Rebekub lidge at lust session. Llltlo II I II In Trehemeyer had his tonsils removed Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Tllton snd Mrs. Jack McCandlisa and children visllod the Oregon caves Isat Sun day, the opening day. While there they saw the cuve men taking mo tion pictures. people what they want. "II. I pledge myself to work, after my fashion, to put the Itork creek bridge above the dam the people want It. "III. I pledge myself ta give the people bigger and better Jnlls IV. I pledge myself to crule the timber throughout In county. The people want this and they should have what they wont." So whMi" Uunnell put over the I brldite order his opponents became! augry. It ( was nil right for Ood dard's platform, but for Uunnell to hitr beat (loddnrd to It waa foul plav. Perhaps the Cntlfly gives, Uunnell' ton much credit for political fancy curves. Hut he should have leurnrd , something of the game after eight! years. If it was politics It was' real'.y funny. The (Icary Hrotheraj Of Worn fame left the county court i room tickled to donth with them-; selves fcr having convinced llun-, nell and his commissioners thai1 now was tho time to play ball. Thevj were called down by Murray fori having dured to Introduce the sub ject Just when Ooddurd was to huvei stored a hit with It. A to the second plunk In th secrelury. (illklnsnn admits pri vately that he was rrurltled to- aether with the rommlsslon-man- n,'r" lager charter, on behalf of whlcn he was to educate (lie uninformed or- is (allied worker. "Hut (hey very nice about It." he soy. were To rad Th Klamath News day atter day Is to keep thoroughly In formed on happening of Importance throughout th world w)l as la Klamath Falls and vlrlty. Southwell Stationery Co. EVFRTYTIIINH KOR TflK OFFICII WR IXBTAMj rtOOKKKKI'I.NO Hl'HTKMS BSOM Main Ht, Pboo 0O9 Yours Very truly, ;' ' E. F, PLl'NKETT. President Central Trades and Labor Council. ' -Ijilmr Voire If Approval Dubuque, Iowa (Pop. 39,141) City Managers' Association, Dear Sirs; Labor, after Investigating the manager form of government, was anxious to have It In Ptibuqtte, and WHAT 1800 FAMILIES KNOW ABOUT ELECTRIC COOKING TI I KY will tell you it is a new kind of luxury one that iloisn't cost inprrj to enjoy. Of course you have always appreciated the ad vantages of cooking by electricity. You know that it means no more fuel to carry,,; no more ashes to lug. You know that electficity is the Ideal cook ing heat;economical because it is turned on when you need it not before; turned off when you're tlwough not later. But perhaps you would like to know exactly what - it costs in dollars and cents. The 1800 satisfied families who now use electric ranges served with electricity by this company would gladly show you their bills, if they could. We have made an average of these bills, so that we may give you the facts. The average cost f-f electric lights alone in all homes served by this company in Oregon is J2.20 a month. The aver age cost of their electric lights and electric cook ing together is $5.62 a month. For the difference, could you buy ordinary fuel for cookingf And-if you could, would you want to? Whenever you decide to investigate this ques tion of electric cooking closely, your nearest deal . er will tell you many interesting things. 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