The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-05-12
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W heavy business among the mer.
chants this suwmer, for which they
have heroically been waiting for some
ave or six months. Il 10. to say the
least. nothing short OF . crime to dis
rupt our city and county by stirrinG
up strife among Its residents. When
all this court house-poor farm contro.
versy Is sifted down. Il h nothing
more nor lees than y petty attempt.
inspired BY Jealousy and q crouch. to
injure County Judge worden.
II IL admitted that the old poor
farm was 4 disgrace to the county and
practically worthless. and those who
have been here . few years and &C.
quainted With the deal. know that the
county vas stung badly when the
property was unloaded onto Il. There
seems to be no particular fault found
with the new farm. with the exception
that the Court failed to consult with
the editor Of the Chronicle with re-
gard to their actions. For this over.
sight the Court should apologize i'm.
mediately. or what might BE- more
effective. follow the plan Of the city
administration. and order all the
printing to be done at the Chronicle
once and let that Once set its own
price for the work. A generous pat.
ronase usually In suflcient to change
the opinions Of aGitators and kickcrs.
Mr.. worden II big enough . man
and capable enough to take care OF
himself and fight his own battles. His
enemies had the chance. and used Il,
to hght him at the last election. and
the hGht was bitter enough. even
though unsuccessful. but what Ia the
use Of running the business OF this
Gig by keeping Il up. There are
5000 people In klamath Falls. and
We venture TO say that fully 1000
Of those do not care . rap what you
do with the old court house or wheth.
er you have . poor farm or not. They
did not come here TO patronise . poor
farm. but have entered business and
made investments for the purpose Of
making money.
Il 10 not overstating the case to
assert that . good many Of our busi. |
ness men have every cent they own |
or can get. invested In their business |
or In property. II another fight 10
started here like We had last year.
many Of these men are going broke.
and. At best. the Others viii not make
the profit that their Investments and
labor entities them to.
Il Ii time that this city had peace.
Men are coming here daily with
money 10 invest. and after vitnessing
the quarrelinG and wranGling going |
on. they take their money and 20 |
somewhere else. We know Of Q man
who came here recently With the ex.
press purpose Of Investing heavily. |
He had money with him. . draft for
$4,000. He was here three days. |
and then left. During that time I've
different aGitators got their work IN \
on him. The evening he arrived one
party tackled HIM. and related at
painful length his side Of the court
house question. In the morning he
vas told about the poor farm deal.
and the proposed movement to recall
the County Judge. He went out to
look At some property. and was told
BY one man IN the East End that Q
protest was going 10 b made IN that
Dection demanding that the PAVING
BE- annulled. On Klamath
avenue he got mixed In q hot argu.
ment % 10 the relative merits Of 40.
I.balt and bitulithic pavement. The
last straw was when he was Informed
u IN elaborate plan for the erection
of . municipal electric plant and
vater works system at cost Of $780,.
200. He lost no time In catching the
,ext train out. and he took his money
With him.
This 10 not the only case where the