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About Klamath republican. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1896-1914 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1907)
•y KLAMA TH REPLBIACAK E. J. MURRAY, Editor. LEADING NEWSPAPER OF INTERIOR OREGON. TWO DOLLARS THE YEAR IN ADVANCE No I e if final Sit.l.-mcnl In the matt *r of the estate of Paul*! Colw ’ll. deceased. Xotie* '8 hereby given that John Col- ' well, Executor of the estate of Daniel .Colwell, deceased, Ims tiled in the (County Court of-the State of Oregon for j Klamath County, the Final Account of his administration of said estate and that the Court has fixed Saturday, the 2nd day of February 1807, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the iorenoon of said day as tlie time for hearing objections to said account and the settlement thereof. Dated January 3rd. 1907. John Colwell, Executor of the Estate of Dauiel Colwell, deceased. 1-3—1-24 So the •‘committee has Iven sus- I contents of that document; had never Laiiied. ’ Well, may it rest in peace on been asked to sign the report and was totally and absolutely unaware that any the thought of it. But before it mounts action whatever had been taken. We the hou^e tops and proclaims its vindi- , wou|j any fair-minded person if Contest Notice . *• . «a 1 1 1. be - . advisable j..;.. kl.. «k.t ■ of men that it ' j suc x h action was . .1 that x of r a > laxly cation it ___ would Department of the Interior United States ' take under consideration the manner in I whose sole object was the unselfish [.•ud Office. Lakeview, Oregon. Dec. 27. 14)6. A »ufficisut contest affidavit having been , which it has been sustained and at welfare of the county? Was there no riled in thi« office by Lyun B. Yaden. conceit- I ulterior motive to serve? If not why • nt. against homestead entry No 3Mft. made arhat cost. this secrecy? Why was not a rejxjrt June 8. 14». for •>-, nw‘4 and e^ «wt^.^ec. 27. When the question of the raising of a i made to the Chamlxtr, as should have Tp. Md. Rift E. by William A. Sloveil, Con bonus for a railroad was before the been done' Every committee ap- testee. in which It u alleged that said William people of this city a Chamber of | pointed is supposed to make a report as A. Stovall ha« never -Miablished residence and ha* total y «handoned the same Commerce was organized tor the pur- I to uliat what urtinn action was fulion taken .in on Jthe mattor matter thereon, (ar more than six moi h last past, and that pose of assisting in the work. When i jn hand and what was accomplished, »aid aliegod abaenoe <rw«u the said laud was i the labor were crowned with success, But this committee seemed to think not due to his emp le) men«, in the Army, it waz deemed advisable to continue otherwise, for such thought would ths Navy or Marine Corps of the United Stale» as private soldier, officer, ¡teaman or tuarlue dur ths organization, believing that, since it better serve the object in view, ng the war with Spam or during auy other ; had shown its worth to the community, Now comes tli« euataiuing of the «e- war in which the United States may be en- • it would be of further benefit to the tion of the committee! Again is the gaged. Said parties are hereby notified to j county. Rut soon every person who j Chamber ignore! aud the communi- appear, respond and offer evidence touching ' •aid allegation at 10 o’clock a. m. on February ' bad a kite to fly wanted to have the c.tion that of right should be first de •20. 190?. before Geo. Chastain, County Clerk. Chamber as a tail thereto. In order to ; live red to that organization is used for Klamath Falls. Oregon, and that final hearing i •trenghten his position and aid him in the purpose of vindication. It is a let- will be held at 10 o’clock a. m. on February 2». bisefforts he would first try and impugn ter lrom Senator Flint of California, 1907. before the Register and Receiver at the Che motives of the other fellow in order I (Whom, we are sure, had he been ac United States Land Office iu Lakeview. Ore. The said contestant having. m • ta divert suspicion from himself, and quainted with the situation and the proper affidavit, set forth facts which ! when he thought the opportune mo- manner in which the committee acted show that alter due diligence personal ■tent arrived he would be on hand and would have thrown the resolutions into service of this notice can not be made, it is hereby ordered aud directed that try and ferret his scheme through. the waste basket) in which he states such notice be given by due aud proper publi Unfortunately for the organization, that he has presented the resolutions to cation. J. N. W ATSON, Register. for the city, for the county and for the Secretary Hitchcock and that he. the ealf-reepecting members these tactics Secretary, had recommended that the too »turn won. There success meant suggestions be carried out. That’s the but one end. and that the total deetruc-point on which the sustaining is hung, tion of the Chamber. The community . Was Senator Flint sure that the Secre- aoon began to see which direction it was ’ ury said “would recommend." or “had drifting and paid no heed to its recom- recommended?” Hie recommendation mendations. Committees were ap- i. unnecessary, for the reason that the pointed and resolutions passed and be- Reclamation Service had already de- vond incorporation in the minutes of cided on the policy the Secretary had the meeting got no further—unless reference to and were pushing the This year leather goods there was an axe to grind. A fair sam Klamath Project as fast as possible; are “It.” ple of the influence of the Chamber was that the entire project would tie under shown when it asked the assistance of construction next year; and that the As*on as youj see our tine the County Court to assist in the publi marsh lands would be reclaimed, but stock you will say so, too. cation of advertising literature, an act that this part of the project would not Tor which the Court had ample author reach a point to admit of their cultiva Men's and Women'sQPocket ity in law. The request was ignored. tion for eight or ten years. Books. Was this due to a disregard of the If the triumveratc signing the resolu Men’s and Women’s Purses. opinions of the individual members of tion extracts any joy or comfort out of the Chamber? No. But the Court this vindication the people of the coun Fine Hand Bags felt that as a body the Chamber had ty willingly grants it, but they are not Long Bill Books. either outlived its usefulness or lacked apt to forget that the Chamber of that co-hesive quality that would make Commerce has been subverted to serve Silver Mounted Card Oases. its respected. And this has all been the will and ends of one man whose due to the fact that instead of hewing sole ambition is the stirring up of straight to the line, irrespective of strife and selfish aggrandizement. We will show you a ••very whose hobby would lie broken, it ha« The Republican had intended to pass big line to choose from and departed from the beaten path aud this action unnoticed. It had hoped failed to impress the public that its that, having been exposed, the desper the prices are the. lowest we exiatance was solely for the good of the ate tactics would cease. But it seems have ever known for such whole community. we were doomed to disappointment. values. The final act of folly came in the The resolutions are to lie still further passing of the resolution that has used for the proposes for which they eplit the Chamber asunder and left but were conceived. Hence it takes this a handful of members of what was at opportunity or warning its readers and one time a roster of the leading repre those interested against being led sentatives of the various interests of astray. the city and county. When this reso lution was introduced those present wore given to understand that it was purely supplemental to the resolution I of the Water Users Association. True, they heard it read ; but how many are I there who will closely scrutinize a resolution of thiB kind, especially when they have no reason to suspect ulterior motives? None of the members present. had reason to believe that it would be used for the purpose of attempting to 1 further the private interests of one in- , dividual. They believed that it was a [ step taken to piomote the welfare of the can only be done by having a good Range entire countv. They were lead to be-I lieve that the purpose of the resolution was aoley the urging of the government1 to abandon the “go slow” policy and j push the project to completion. The day following the passing of the I resolution the committee was appointed, one of the members being the writer. Before a meeting was held the officials of the Reclamation Service were here ami announced that work would be begun on the entire project next year, with the exception of the marsh lands. These have to wait and will not J be on the market for from eight to ten years. When the writer was approached and asked if he would assist in the j framing of the resolution he refused to J act, giving as his reason that the object 1 for which the committee had been ap- pointed had been accomplished through the action of the officials of the Reclama tion Service and the committee would only be placing itself in a position of a-kiiig for something that had already been granted. At the same time our opinions as to force account work and ' our thorough belief in the honesty, I efficiency and trustworthiness of the Beclamation Service were also expressed. I This was the last we heard of the The finest that is made resolution or of the action of the com mittee until a member of the Chamber, who was not a member of the commit- . •committee, brought the matter up at a tegular meeting of that organization anil bad read the resolutions that were adopted by the committee. None were more surprised than the memliers of /he committee themselves. They had courted secrecy and were dumbfounded when their action was exposed. The writer had never Ix'en consulted on the — Leather Things For a Safe Investment 4 BUY t LOTS IN THE t 1 FOR PARTICULARS SEE h . Bonanza, M c K endree Klamath County, STAR DRUG STORE Good Cooking The National Steel Range will do the business Avoid Poison by using NUBLU Cooking Utensils Roberts § banks Holidays are gone, but our Big Bargain Sale is coming We so fully appre ciate the immense patronage accorded us, that we are pre paring for one of the biggest record-break ing sales in this city’s history > j * We take this opportu nity of wishing our many customers A Happy New Year < STILTS DRY GOODS CO. Oregon