The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-10-05


Hr 1T Is a fact. NJ reported. tha,
= that there 10 some likelihood Of
tJames J, Hill building . raidroad
through here from Bend the news will
tc most welcome. II not. then the
slim delegation which went from this
city, to attend the celebration which
IL taking place at that city to cele-
hrate the completion OF railroad con.
struction to that point 10 one OF the
greatest mistakes that this commun.
ity has ever made. With Mr.. nm.
who 10 frequently termed the empire
builder. there to drive the golden
spike into its bed and q rousine lot
OF boosters around him. that would bc
the time to get the ear Of the railroad
maker and impress him With the
nccds and opportunities that ere In
the Klamath baain.
Those Who left from this elty In
.cluded Judge WIN .. wordsn. Judge
George T. BALDWIN. Charlss ". Eber.
leiu. c. T. oliver. secretary Of the
Chamber Of Commerce. and . tew
other faithful leaders who are deeply
interested In the welfare Of thls sec-
tion. They took the long auto trip.
close TO 800 miles the round trip.
with the hope and purpose OF adding
their best encouragement to make the
Bend meeting g--both those Of the Gen.
tral Oregon Development Leatue and
the railroad celehration-suc successes
and to speak . good word for further
efforts by Mr.. Hill to reach this sec-
tiou. merely reedN and waiting for .
railroad to como In and harvest tho
gain that IL to be had for the asking.
But half q dozen. or two dosen. In
q delegation at such an opportune
moment with the interests Of this city
and environs At stake ID not sufAcient.
Two dozen might be . respectable
number - an index Of the importance
OF the need Of . railroad here. but
the proper way to impress . man Of
Mr. Hlll's caliber. while Il does not
neeessarily depend on numbers only.
would be 10 have . rousine. tat dele
cation. hundred or %. Two hun
drsd would b better.
Portland sent y delegation Of near
ly Is men to this city In . special
train on . hunt for commerce and IN
an effort to better trade relations aud
to undcrstand better the conditions
and outlook for the klamath Basin ia
2 material sense. II Portland. Who
does not need expansion and IN cutie:
for producer In anything like sthe
measure this city and territory ad-
Joining needs them. can afford to do
such things ~ side line. this city can
certainly afford to attempt something
on . considerable scale when the en-
tire welfare OF the community. prac-
ticaily. depends on II.
Last weck there was county fair
In klamath county. backed. we are In
by two men. Not enough men
In the county took q suflcient inter-
est In the event to give II the encour-
agsment Of good organization or sys-
ten. All the work fell on tho shoul.
dess OF precious fsw--mighty few.
1t that. One Of the sad features of
lhis lack Of unity was the failure to
collect al the money dae In admis-
sions. IT'S no use to try tothrow the
blame for this on any one or two
people. for one or two people cann6t
handle county fair unless they have
! barrel Of money to do II with. and
here was no barrel within reach In
lhis instance.
The lack Of organisation shown In
pulling on the county fair. which ~
,air was rousing Succession which
iuc praise ID certainly to be given the
handful or less Of men who accom- !
plished what they aid under great dif-
lculties--is an index Of the general
'pirit In the city at this timc. II IL
bis same lack Of puil-togethsr n .
'ug-of.war style that gives the city |