K LAM A TH REPLBIJCAN E. J. MURRAY, Editor LEADING NEWSPAPER OF INTERIOR OREGON TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR IN ADVANCE GOOD ADVICE Falls, he will have added to his traveling , expenses the cost of a ticket from Port- ! land to Thrall. This is considerable The following, taken from a book ad­ and the first thing he does is to inquire vertising Baker City, is worth reading , around aud see if there is not some sec* I tion of the state that is “just as good." and remembering. If every citizen of , This a great age for substitution and the Klamath would follow the advice, it chances are a thousand to one that he would I m * worth thousands of dollars to will get vvliat he is looking for. even if it is a counterfeit. the county each year : The people of this countv ought to “Don’t you like the section you live make a strenuous effort to prevent this. in? You live here. Your business in­ terests are here. Your home is here. Tire surest wav to do this is to write to You are reading a mail order catalogue. their friends. acquaintances and rela­ That indicates that you are not spending tives and tell them about the colonial your money in this section. You are rate ; impress upon them the necessity It •spending it with strangers in a big city. of buying their ticket to Thrall That city has no use for you except to will save them nearly as much as it get your money. This section of the will cost them to get out here and will country from w hich you derive a living, not add one penny to the cost of the school your children, attend to the ticket. Instruct them to pay no atten­ making of roads and various other tion to the advice of the ticket agent. things of a public nature, needs your He will try the Portland or some other money. If spent here, your money will racket to save himself a little work. He help to build up the community. It can sell a ticket to Thrall for the same will help to build up your own business. amount as he can sell it to Portland, In the long run more of your money will and the purchaser should insist that he cone back to you if you spend it at do so. If your friend, acquaintance or rela­ home than if you should send it to Chi­ cago or some other large city. You tive does not wish to come, he doubtless spend a dollar with ¡Smith up the street, knows someone who is coming to the Smith spends it with Brown, around the Pacific Coast. Ask him to see that per­ corner. Brown is just as likely to spend "on speak a good word for Klamath, it with you as anybody elsez Did you There is no better section on the coast, ever think of that? All of us have to T,’*n wh7 should the colonist seek spend money. There is an art in spend- another section. The fault is due more ing it where it will do the most good. ' *° ^ie people living here than to any If spent so that it will circulate around other one cause. If you have children, this community, it will help this com­ have them write letters. The school munity. You lelong to this commu­ teacher should have his pupils write nity. Therefore it will help you. Isn’t these letters each day. There is no that good logic. Suppose you think it better method of drilling into the mind over next time you pick up the mail of the pupil the art of letter writing than actual practice. If every school order catalogue." teacher in the countv would have each of liis pupils write a letter to some friend outside o f the state, telling of the The Survey resources of this section, see that the letters are mailed and ask that the ans­ As announced exclusively in last wers be brought to school, it would rev­ weeks Republican, thecorpe ofengineers olutionise immigration into Klamath under W. R. Journey, are in the fiald and double the population every year. If every subscriber to a county paper surveying a line from this city to Lake­ will send his copy to a friend it will be view, by way of Bonanza. Already satisfactory progress has been made and one of the greatest means of advertising within a few days the camps will be 1 this county that there is. if every sub­ moved to a location farther along the scriber of the Republican will mark this article and rend this copy of the pa|»er line. Ordinarily the advent of a surveying to some friend it will produce results, crew would have created a tremor of ex­ lithe person to whom it is sent does citement, but in this instance it seems not w ish to come here he is sure to to have aroused very little notice. know of someone who is thinking of This is perhaps due to the fact that it ' “going out west" and he will lw sure to seems to be the policy of the Harriman show him the paper. This work of interests to survey and resurvey long in 'building up this county is a work in advance of anything in the nature of which every man, woman and child can Do not shirk your actual construction. One of the main take a part. objects of these early surveys is to as­ duty. Pull for Klamath and let us show certain the strategical points. Take for the rest of the State that the people liv­ example a line from Lakeview to this ing here are “up to snuff” and can twat city. It is a certainty that the Western 1 other communities at their own game. fgF’MARK THIS ARTICLE AM' Pacific is going north and the indica­ tions are that it will pass through Lake­ ¡SEND IT TO A FRIEND WHO view through an extension of the C. N. 'LIVES OUTSIDE OF THE STATE & 0. On reaching Lakeview they OF OREGON, PREFERABLY IN THE might decide to invade the Klamath MIDDLE WEST. Basin. As soon as this decision is an­ nounced the first thing the Harriman , Teachers' Examinations people do is to pull out their surveys of ; this country, select the critical points | Notice is hereby given that the County where a line must pass in order to reach Superintendent of Klamath County will this section without heavy grades or ex- . hold the regular examination of appli­ pensive tunnels. Some of theee passes cants for state and county papers at are the only ones through which a line Klamath Falls as follow s : could be run. If such a pass existed, For State Papers then the Harriman people would know Commencing Wednesday, August 14th, it and immediatly place a crew of men at 9 o’clock a. m., and continuing until there making grade. It would virtually Saturday, Aug. 17th, at 4 p. m. block the other line. Wednesday — Penmanship, history, That ths Harriman interests will have spelling, physical geography, reading, to adopt such tactics to prevent another psychology. line from entering this basin is as cer-1 Thursday—Written arithmetic, theory tain as they have surveyors in the field.' of teaching, grammar, book-keeping, There is going to be another railroad in-1 physics, civil government. to this basin and it is coming in by way I Friday—Physiology, geography, men­ of Lakeview. And that it will receive a ■ tal arithmetic, composition. warm welcome is certain, for the people , Saturday— Botany, plain geometry, of this section do not want to be bottled general history, English literature, up by the Southern Pacific. It has no i school law. axe to grind with the S. P. It is glad For County Papers to have it come in here and it will be 1 Commencing Wednesday,August 14th, just as glad to see another line, if not a I at 9 o’clock a. tn. and continuing until little more so, for competition mean* , Friday, August 16th, at 4 o’clock p. tn. lower rates and better facilities for ship-1 FIRST, SECOND AM» THIRD GRADE CEIITlfl- ping. The 8. P. will find that the I CATES. Klamath Basin will not play a dog in Wednesday—Penmanship, history, or­ the manger game. It will also find that thography, reading. there are other lines headed for this Thursday—Written arithmetic, theory country. ol teaching, grammar, physcology. Friday—Geography, mental arithme­ tic, school law, civil government, Colonists Rates MtYi'R BISHOP, he lid liitl-t come gambling and stay there. SACRAHENIO EXHIBIT L'phlll Work In Raising the Meers sary Funds It would seem that throughout the city prevails a spirit antagonistic to anything tlnU will advertise the county. Few seem de-irous of lending a helping hand, and many of those w ho do give it with a kick and a grumble. It is under such conditions that the committee ap­ pointed by the Chamber of Commerce ! has IsN ii soliciting funds to be used for the purpose of making a display at the Irrigations* Congress next month. When the matter was first taken up it was supposed that the people here Dr. Goble is the only optician be­ would see the a I vantage of it and hasten tween Eugene and Sacramento who to help out. It is really the first oppor­ makes a specialty of the optica! profes­ tunity‘this county has bad since the en­ sion. He hns no other business. Don’t trance of the Reclamation Service. In­ t*e misled icgarding his charges. His stead of everyone taking hold of the prices sre reasonable ami consistent proposition, the majority are pulling with the value of such services. back. Of the |o00 that had to be raised,only had l>eeii secured when SPECIAL OFFER the committee made its report Tu'es- Ashland Commercial College. Ash day evening. « land, Ore. It was not an encouraging report that With an experience of more than the committee made. Judge Baldwin twenty yearn in educating young men said that lie had never hail such an ex- nnd women, and in placing them in the most «kesiiable positions, anJ appreciat­ ing the advantage* of a course of busi­ ness training that in the most complete and at the same time within the means of all who would be greatly benefited, we make this special offer: Students who secure the nine months' scholarship for $•"«•> and enter SepA>ml»er !»t.i. 1907. w ill t«e entitled to any or all the courses, Commercial Shorthand, »nd English to July 1st. 190H. Arrange to I m * with us beginning Sep­ tember ‘Jth. 7-25—9-5 r Pure Milk Pure Cream Pure Butler Delivered Daily from the Altamont Dairy. Wholesale and Retail. Every DetailotOur Dairy IkSauRary, Insuring the Purity and llsalthfulnessof Our Product«. ALTAMONT DAIRY PHONE B3 Klamath Falls Light and Water Company M iDWAY B ar lilt. STUCK <»F MENERAL WATER Cold Steel, Castle Ro«< complimented lor under­ taking, and the man who so far forgets liis gentlemanly instincts as to vent his eusaedness on it shows very poor judge­ ment.* The question has been raised as to the adv isibility of taking the liHiid to Sacra­ mento. This should be dour. There are few things that this county could do that would attract so much attention as the band boys. It is an organisation that any community should be proud of. If they go to Sacramento they will do mote to advertise this county than any other one thing. The boys are willing to give their time and their services without costing a nick!«*. all they ask 1» that their railroad fare bo paid. This is a small item and they should Is- “sent t<> the front*' to help boost Klamath. The people here want to make such a showing that there will la* but olio sec­ tion in evidence and that section Klam­ ath county, but this cannot l*c done unless there is a united effort. Relative to the funds to defray the ex- penses of the exhibit, Everyone should contribute, whether a business num, laborer or landowner, or whether the amount is 2’> cents or |25. This is a popular affair, it is not gotten up for the Iwncfit of-individuals. Everyone in the community will la* benefit led and accodingly everyone should contribute his or her mite. There is not a section in the state wlieresueh apathy could pre­ vail, and it s]H*aks badly for Klamath that such n condition should arise here. Unless it is stamped out. it will result in blocking the wheels of progress that are so well under way and cause those who refuse to help a loss a thousand times greater than the amount they re­ fuse t<> contribute. 1875 Builder's Hardware, Stoves and Ranges, Sporting Goods Plumbing Supplies, Iron Pipe, Iron, Steel, Horse Shoes Paints and Oils, Crockery and Glassware, Graniteware DEERING MOWERS RAKES, REAPERS AND BINDERS A Complete Stock of Extras always on hand Prices greatly re­ duced on Mowers and Hay Rakes Iron Bedsteads, Mattresses, Linoleum Silver-plated and Solid Silverware 2^ Glass. Doors and Windows Studebaker Buggies and Wagons AGENT ASHLAND IRON WORKS Agent Firemans Fund Insurance Corporation KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON