Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-06-25

ana oregon, nave become pOSSeSS9l
of the ambition to be the creators o
the grandest city extant. Their pur
pose might be termed hobby" b!
some. 1t is so intense that i
amounts to a passion.
They love the dirt where klamath
Falls sits. 1t is the scene of thei-
later triumphs. Today their wealth
is scattered In a score of big and
successful commercial enterprise:
and their interests are as wide as
the transcendant sweep Of the Pact
ic Coast mountain ranges and val
leys. srt
But of late years their minds have
constantly gone back with fondness
to the klamath Falls basin, at the
boundary line dividing Oregon and
California, and their yearnings
found practical concrete expression
as all things do in the analytical
minds of successful business men
in the undertaking to be found at
this point the finest example of an
American city.
These two men are S. o. johnson
and George x. Vending. They are
lumber kings, railroad builders and
developers of the Western Empire of
Northern California and Southern
Oregon. Years ago, in the lumber
business, they were rivals, and then
they tested each others abilities and
steel. They learned each other in
commercial rivalry as men can in no
other way And they respected each
other and became friends. Then it
was that they discovered that, be-
side each having many loves and
ambitions in common, both were
harboring a plan for an ideal devel-
opment of klamath Falls country
The results were quick in material
accomplishment
The city of klamath Falls was
laid out. The site was cleared of its
majestic timber. The greatest civic
experts landscape artists, archi-
tects and builders-were called upon
for the counsel of their experience
And Johnson and Vending laid
aside other business responsibilities
and plunged into the task of city
making.
How successful they have been
With ma couple of years the splen-
did little city now testifies.
klamath Falls primarily has the
advantage of the most lavish bounty
old Mother Nature has shown any
where in the grandeur of the west
1t is the heart of great lake coun-
try, in a valley bounded by pictur-
esue mountain ranges and stately
forests, which blend in a superb har-
mony. The site of the city is laid
out between two lakes, the upper
and lower klamath Lakes, which are
navigable for excursion steamers and
abound in fine fish as do the sur
rounding woods, meadows and hills
with game.
In this verdict the railroad king
merely vindicated the judgement of
the two founders of the model city,
he vindicated 1t the same as it has
been vindicated every day since by
the constantly increasing number of
residents from all parts of the world.
80 nq UF,1I 1Ir I,tr
dint of natural merit and the re-
markable service performed by
Messrs. johnson and Vending, is
now spreading abroad. The, world is
hearing about it and every day the
letters come pouring into the Kla-
math Falls postmaster and to the
founders, who are carrying out their
plans through the organization of
the klamath Falls Development
company, with offices in the Flood
building, San Francisco all inqulr-
ing about the model city and asking
for more information to enable them
to partake of the privileges Of resi-
dence.
Individual enterprise is to be Civ
en- full play in klamath Falls. 1t is
not a cooperative colony; neither Is
1t a money-making enterprise. The
development company into which
has been thrown ownership of the
entire site of the city, is offering
parcels of lands for sale at prices so
low in consideration of the advan-
tages, both for residence and as
business investment, as to be almost
ridiculous.
Merchants and farmers and work
ers alike in klamath Falls today are
reaping the benefits of the splendid
work of the founders. Others are
Fastening to join in the success, and
the sooner one goes the greater the
benefits.
Doesn't that sound glorius? II