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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1926)
THE KLAMATH NEWS Saturday, June 5, 1926 Fagtf SetreB Cascades of Creator Conquered by Man In Rail Construction tiif ahead witett lh . nerve are worn lu trail If. cliaraclrl"ie Hie fifty or ataty mm whu ar the cap tain lu thin tilK undertaking; In aitlih lhar pit Ihe resuurceftilneaai cl. After IttBCB Sam snl Con ductor liming ii ii I llielr titaila lo ad her and MN a via for our a'tersoos, A contractor seeded en other donkey uuia ahlrli was of men agatnat (now it n it ruin, alldml loaded ua a nearby rar. Ham bad tNew Era of Development Is Coming to Klamath! " Fall and Transportation Is Pictured by Fa mous Minister, 'Traveler and Writer, Who Tells of Engineering Problems Overturn.. (Continued Trom rage O) tn accntnpliah th arciiiln- Impoaal lila Juat aa heroic? Horn at our vary doora ha been accutuplUheit wonderful achievement, the areal aal thing In Ita way dona In the World probably In Ilia more recent year. Who ahull writ ill, epic the teal dnaervea. Not I. tint the plain tain of a thrre-dtiy' trek may Itava Ha value, Wn atartrrt naturally from our home town KuKett Inking tba train which Iravee dally for Onkrtdao at 7:30 a. m. on Monday morulnK. May 24. The contrail between a formar lonrnay to Oakrtilg by mlied train which apenl the moat of the day on In way Jui-v It it l.ly auggratcil Itaelf. Kara wa a fcll appolntad train movlnit aleaillly and amoothly over a perfect track and reaching lla deatliiutlnn In J about three houra. lnatnait of tin-, bakar'a dotcn paaacngcr two Cain war welt filled with mm of the dlatlncllvely waatvrn type. nl' throa women ware aboard, oni' of, whom waa tho photographer. ' VAlliya .4pMar l'iceful The acene of tbla part of the lourney nt&y b dlamlaaed with a paragraph bcrallae tha (bit of our atory relalra tn tha naw laid rail" beyond. However, tha aueccaaliin Of pleaaant mountain valley lying beautiful with winding atrcuina trn voralng them among tho foothllla. revealed aa the train ateurilly climb ed Ita upward way. merit paaalng comment. Very peareful and pa, torn) they looked In tho dewy morn. And the great new mill at Went Fir atrurk a new note from Ita crcnm Ing eawe aa wn pamed by, a note euggeativn of the Dew induatrloJ day wtitrh la beginning In'aomnnleut Oregon, lying theae mnny year dreaming with a great etora of un developed reaoureee in haa-lan. And waa li be' poled that bcalile anil rock and deep ravlnra and promiaad fu datlvar it and m Ilia ruablng ' amame In one of hei engine waa hooked up t tbfa rar. rougbeat and wlldeat aeelloua of' the rabnoee waa placed ahead aa a country on tho whole map of tbla; kind of obaarvatlmi ear and away t'tlttcit Hfntca of our. And then rente dinner lu the illnlug nr. Thla ta no Juke 1 a- nr vim. t'crtiup you where alt the old i-ara go. go tilling a t'tiiiHt ruction Job II tbla ono you find out. They are of the tt. . Tiw trail would brlsc ua out near Heymour'e headquarter, we were told aad there oar frlead ly rnaaaallora auggaated wa bad beat apond the night. Travel Faacisjttlea; Traila Th! trail bueiseaat waa aid atuff rounded the earner of OB awltck bark after another. Tie rhododen dron war lact burnt lag lata becntr aloag tb way at that height and' many another familiar plant friend j waa dlamvercd by the phatsgra-f pher who la ttw amatear botaaM of for Sir. Seymour, "t mm Seymour ha replied. Let tbla cloaa tha atory of our ffrat dy. , . -iCllae Neat Saturday.) ,j t it v to tb photographer and myaelfj ' from yaare anent Is the rout regies' Approve ArUMir 4'olon r. Hot A n llhm i . : V w 1 f. : . I s w f (. , I trarel ateep trail with tb fooditn glaring atrarlty of the red petal j we went up aad an tha line until we reached lb alond curve of the' o(t- , , Mrt(( ,, , do th(!fwt,n wh,, lh(i H,,uthra Ptcitu m,n ruu'"' oearnoe. Hie ,,.-,, ,uH tbt. m,how ,hou ra,n., ta Br to make bM wotMter.coura tha railway take Is ur- wm Um ,,.. B mT taM I lBelr biMi,fc But for oaca Ifcat . If y.. mounting Ihe elevation. On the ,,,,, t , th8 ,owe.t red paint abona like a thing of a: way my couuuiniona eipiaineo wiin(Jla!( TI;W curWaoaty ,re object lMm lb tiling. ""n-i the treil led throttl heavy. But beauty ste when 1 taught uj;h wonderfully slimpae througb the trees above of A. V glaaaaoaw. Pan! or. F.lgiith aail WaahuaKtoa Hta. 9:4 m, m, Cbureb, SeaooL 11:00 a. at. Morals g worship. , J . OS p. m. A aaciai half-Boar for 7:S s, ra. Davotloasl irrSce. Every bedy ta Javited, uae.1 to mee, tin. need, of th work-: pllahed, tha difficult!., met and the, b,aufu, ,rr0un(tfltg, following a a trwtl dked out lu Ma filing otta or ltnpuanlble the way waa drilled sheer through the elevation. Kit we paancil M'-:reille Hlirlntta, looking down on the hotel biittdinsa from the ridge above with our eight- eeeiog car puahed ahead of ten or a duxeti laden cara, mostly great j ate'd gmrei care, until we cuotti lot a aliling where Bant appeared on! the acene, rtiim Niixor. If you plcnac, tralittnnatcr. If I i-anght bta official dealKitiiiliin nright, llulniiik of Knott IivIko Sam la typical of the ettergetlc aet of foreman nnd leaders who are right on the firing line putting the big Job over. Hum la a ahort man Inclined to atotttneas but I will' wager there la not a ounce of aoft! fitt tn hl h,wti ti r.f. aMnt under bla hitt the whcre.ahouta of eight or ten work tralna. knows Jnat what each car In each train la carrying, remembers the needa of nil tho numerous gang and con irmtoia and move like a flea up nnd down tb line on apeedern or awluga hltmtclf on panning tralna. t'crhap ha wanta In gel to a piece of work higher up or lower down whm no rouveynnco la hundy and then hit tubea to tba traila up a uiountaiu or down and paaae bfa daya tn a whirl of ncttvttlea, yea. and hi night too, often enough. Hutu hud Juki put In a solid twen ty-four hour of greased lightning, activity when wo met him and wnai atlll going atrong, but gueaaed lie would hunt for a bed before long if nolhtnit Important prevented. t write thus freely about Sam lie cniine 1 feel sure that modest man, who ahttnni-d !i camera of the pro tographer aa he would tho devil, will never take the tlmo to read tbla. t'optuina of Industry Hut the point 1 wish to make I tbla: Tho driving intensity, the for getfultlesa 'of llred buitles. tho go-' branch of Halt Creek for a wayalhue. There our trail ended, but the and then growing steeper aa ? climb did sot, for Seymour's Jsead swung off up the grade that moun- quarters pnrchec high above lb tain goat of a creek, Xolak creek, f track on th jutting shoulder of a course is Ita mad career. But tha j mountain aide, Tb camp site la : day w ideal for climbing aad terraced with Mkhtmd of log asd find Meuae to rest awbit after we s mas In corduroys and flannel shirt men and right good camp 'they: lunufunrabie things attil to be done. make, yes aad headquarter, too., They did not lecture, these men of All the detail at both end of the. few word. Tbey juat showed me line, are handled from an office car, one fact after another. Such Is the which la mm cur In a line which In-' way of men of action. I eaw great cluiiea cars for sleeping quarter. pipes being hoisted up the side of: kitchen and itlnlng rooms and a a mountain to carry water half itht nm pIe.n,y of d,jight left. , one mounta by atalrway from os box car to hold supplie. Major Mc mile to a water tank in proceaa of j So w ,nk our , and opped ( )evs, to another. At an open door Keunntt fun. lions from Juat . h a I erection. They ahowed me where aittnlre ,nd lotlk ,a HMea tBiwxr marked "office" I asked of pnitittul iieaitiinarter and so lnc twenty tRoiisana oouar worm or Mr. itcuttte iiicated at tba other endj work was destroyed tn five minutes on the shore of Odell l.ukn. A; when a rock slide covered the ap- iiitiger atrtng of i-ars rompoe thej proach to a tunnel. They showed: camp of the big gatiga whero fifty! me work that had been done over' to a hundred men aleep and eat. five timea before ft was a aucceaa. j Tho cook la usually a Chinaman' Tbey told me of the jlitfirulllca in t and the board t bountifully spread. the division just ahead over whichj Until lite photographer and myself j ". C Berkeley Is resident engineer,' can teatlly to that. Some kind! where a whole mountain side seem! mentor always aw that we arrived! bound to slide and slide aad noth-l at anme ramp or headquarters Juat: Ing atay pat, not even tassels all 507 PIANO SALE Doa't target th place asd re member we are offering terms a low aa f f a month and other Inducements never before, offer cd is KJcstatb Coasty. EARfc SHtrHERO CO. 507 Mate m. Bon't Delay. ahead of the sweet sound of the triangle which is beatcji as a din ner hell. Camps Aee Moat Kaitititry. Tbeao cutnpa are moilola of clean lines. There Is never any unsight ly refmtc heaps Is lght and every thing move with clock-like regu- compicted. They explained thut every tunnel will, before the Job I finished, be cemented far SO feet at each end aa a precautioa againat fire hazards. ! ' Ham I Again Ac! Ire Well, we spotted the car, that Is we left It with brake aet on the larlty. Juat at the hour for a meal track, ta be unloaded by a crew of speeder come whirring down the men already there and picked up track completely covered with work era, In five or six minute they are washed up and seated at tbe table upon which lite meat but bread, heaua, spaghetti, spuds and other vegetablea crowd shnuldcre with pie, cak and stewed fruit and Is the m libit steam the great tea and cof fee pot. Everybody helps himself while tho rook hover about to re fill dishes a faat as they are emp tied, tn fifteen or twenty minutes it I alt over but clearing away the wreckage. Then route, tlm to smoke and chat for another fifteen or twenty minutes. Dut not long, for the speeder pull up. the gang climb aboard and are whizzed awny, nil within tbo hour If It be tba niMiu meat. . funductor- la Itcwonreefti! , To continue our personal chroai-j another train a few boura later. Hum had already arranged all these little detaile, Aad then we went down the track at a(IIvely rate, for Conductor Billings waa nearlng bla time limit. Ha could osly work six teen hours on one shift. Such la tho law aad be had only a little over an hour to reach Oukridge with hta train. Well down oa the second curve of , the 8 we were placed on the ground where a trail started up tbe mosutaia to tbe high line, that la tb upper carve PIANO SALE SO? Main St , the paaaenger In th two forward sgaraa coaches thcro waa a fnlt rarload of Mexican laborer occupying a car: In th rear nnd these war dropped! at a ronatruction camp on Ihe way.' Of Ibe Important part played by' these Mexlcana on till big Job I; ahall have something to aay farther! on In the story. Hleeiy Vltlatfe Awake j One hardly lnew the once aleepy llttla village of Oakrldke on arrlvul ther. The little town haa been a, hlvo of hustling activity during the past two year and atlll I. even though now a conaidcrnbt portion, of the atoring and freight transfer j of material uaed on the big Job la Jnne at Hall Head, half a dozen ml lea beyond. Headquarters for the) ronatruction work on tho Kucene end of the lino are maintained at i Oakrldge with Major A. E. McKen-' nctt aa rhlef. 1 did not personally meet Major MrKennett. but t used the magic of hi name In the ahape of a letter of credential which; worked aa an open Resume to en list the hearty co-opcrntinn of en-' glneer. foreman, conductors and contractors all along the tine. j We were escorted to the cahooae of" a work train Just making up. Conductor Hilling looked a little doubtful when ho first looked ua over,' but when he bad rend our magic letter he became our enthu-j Vnlnatlc ally. Soon the photographer j wa seated In the cupola tho Utile windowed crowa' neat Jutting nbovn tho top of tho caboose and acrllto and Conductor wcro sitting chum- mlly on the roof of the anme, from; which point of vantage Conductor! Hillings ran hla train. , Mountain Vlatna I'leaalng , Tha weather waa beautiful and clear and ha magnificent mountain vising opened on nil aides lo our view;' At Interval Conductor Mil ling pointed out scars on tho side; of tho mottnlnlna towering on tho right whero the "high Unit" thrend- od lla wny. SomellmiiH wo could ; see tint more limn two mile nwuyj tho cut on tho mountain sldn a thotitinnd foot nbovo us, mnkliig It 1 hard . In bellevo that lite sinuous path of I lie rail would tako ua up thord' by a long dolour on a grade; which would nover exceed 95 feet' ito thb nillo or require any sharper curve' than 8 pnr cent. In order to accomplish tbla engineering .tri umph frequent tunnel wore neces sary. 1 Nover to sncrlflco the grade ha Wn tho rule consistently fol lowed. At all cost tho ffrnilo lino must not rttn above ita maximum. Wbore going around was liaxard- Picture Your Own Home RIVERVIEW A Fine Residence Section If you have vision, hero's your's opportunity to 'rnako money. This city is growing daily You know that. It rnuttt. expand because more homes are need ed and it's going to- expand in the direction of RIVERVIEW. Lota that are Helling at $100 now will more than treble in a few years, Tltest lots will stand comparison, in valnu and accessibility to the business dis trict, with any other tracts now for.. sain. Located just outside the city limits on Ashland highway a five minute drive frqm Sixth and Main. , Lots Priced from 100 and up. 10 down, balance, on cnay term. IMiouc i!ll'J If You Have VUiort See Ual The Riverview Co. Phone 1029. Hnie iitso Itnndlnl by Tlie lUiinhlM'l Co. 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