The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1912-08-06
nERRERT .. sAvD0E

InETERhiNED to prevent the Eve
- ming Herald from securing the
city printing at any cost. Councilman
Herbert J. Savidse was instrumental
last night In pulling Oh one Of the
coarsest pieces Of spite work ever st-
tempted by any public oflicial In the
state. Il was worse than rotten for
the stencil will remain with Mr.. 0av-
idge when his short political career
shall have been buried In the distant
past.
The HERALD asks no favors OF any
one. but viii asht for what Il h just
ly and honestly entitled to. II Il had
been simply . matter Of favor or
choice between two papers. we would
most naturally expect to zee Mr.. Saw
idge show a preference for the North
western. and we would have been
game enough to have taken our msdi-
cine without holding any srudGe
against the councilman. II We can
not win fairly. we prefer defeat. and
will accept Il with good grace. All
we have to say b that We can afford
to lose the city printing better than
can Mr.. savidss to lose his good name
and his reputation for broadmindsd-
ness and fairness.
There In another side to the Ques-
tion than n personal one. The tax
payers OF Klamath Falls cannot afford
to pay more than the recognised legal
rate for its advertising. and they
should not bs forced to pay . matter
OF $500 = year or more simply to
crafty the personal animosity OF q
few OF the men they have honored BY
placing them In . public position. II
would be Just - honest for those
ccurcilmsn to take that ei.500 from
the city and put Il In their own pock-
cts. - to vote to give Il to . news
Taper man who happened TO -
friend
This action OF the ave membsrs
Of the council 10 hardly In accord with
their desire. on the plea Of economy.
to reduce the salary Of the city police
onices to SIS . month. II the coun.
ell favors economy they should bs
consistent In all their actions. Il
doesn't sound good to the average
property owner to have their repre-
sentative make . big talk about sav.
lag . few dollars. and then turn
around and absolutely give away
thousaAds.
Mr.. Savidge was hard pressed for
an excuse for his action. when after
his failure to reject all bids he OBJ
jected to the bid Of the Herald BE-
cause no sworn circulation was given.
Mr.. ssvidGe and every councilman
knows that the Northwestern state
Inent was not circulation. II the coun.
ell was sincere and wished to know
the circulation Of the two papers. they
would have been justified IN askiag
for q list Of the names Of the actual
boni nds subscriber TO the papers. &C.
companied BY the sworn afAdavit Of
the publishers.
The Herald b ready ct any tine to
submit and prove It's boni hds circu.
lation by presenting the names and
addresses Of its subscribers. provided
the Northwestern does the same. A
only ordinances and notices affecting
the residents and taxpaysrs OF the city
are printed. this circulation should bs
confined to people living within the
city Of Klamath Falls. The fact that
q paper sees At 70 print several hun
dred additional papers and send them
\ free to all parts OF the United States
should have no consideration In
awarding a contract for city printing.
Any small paper could well afford to
give away twice its circulation for
$500 year. as II would be making
good profit on the cost Of the paper at
that.
Mr.. savidgs naturally feels aggriev-
led because the Herald was instru-
mental In thwarting his scheme for
firing the entire police force and re-
placing them with some OF his own
favoritsS. We have no complaint at
bis personal attitude In the matter.
but will have TO admit that we are dis
appointed In the man. as We sincerely
believed that he was much bigger
than his recent action has shown him
10 be.
YOUR WATCH NEED9 CLEANING
No matter how good Il 10. and how
csrsfully used. your watch needs
cleaning every eighteen months.
This insurss good service and pre-
vents wear. Let 10 clean II for you.
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