The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1913-03-15

be effected. and was told that . recall
petition had been circulated. and was
only short q fsw names, which could
easily be secured. and believing then
~ ] do now. that the proposed re-
movnl Of the court house had boon
tho whole cause Of the split and In.
harmony In tho city. and that n that
cause was removed. peace and hsr-
mony would Immediately be restored,
which otherwise would take several
years. consented 10 make the effort,
and called ON the Judge and othern
noar 10 him. and told him and them
that In tho Interest Of harmony and
tbs good Of tho city, the court house
row ought 10 be stopped. and ~ the
people % thc West End had offered
the Hale block. and ths X. d. Co. had
offered the Hot Springs site. the thing
In my opinion TO do Was To try and
get the X. ID. Co. to withdraw liz
oner Of its site. and build on the old
one.
Iie said that there would be no
compromise" and that he was CON-
mittsd 10 the Hot Springs site." ETC..
m he states. thsn asked him ~ hs
would be willing 10 put II on the bal
lot and lot the legal voters decide itf"
lis answer was: Il would like TO DO
that. but our attorneys advise u that
Il can't bs done" (Nots how this
agrees With the advice hs claims 70
have had Just before hs was eisctsd.) }
10 that Interview ended. II be felt
scared then he did not show Il, and
hope hs is not having nervous ehiils
over u now. had learned from pso-
pie near the Judge that compromise
might be- effected on the Central
school block. u the people opposed 70
removal would agree 10 II. This put
up 10 the people who asked me 10
interccde In the matter. and they
had = meeting of the Commercial
Club called. which voted II down.
which ended that matter.
] disiike 10 take up 20 much space
with the court house question. a. sf.
Tor tho decision Of the supreme court
have considered II settled. and only
do 30 because Of Judge wordsn's
only the half truths In the
30 ~ 70 distort the facts.
mote particularly the parts be omit
lcd.D
he says. In substance. that II the
banks Of Klamath Falls had stood
back Of tho county court. and hsipsd
10 keep tho warrants at par. they
~ould nov b. 1t par. and how nice Il
would have been for all 10 have work.
sd together In peace and harmony.
md what . showing the county could
rave made. etc. No doubt. and hos
Il would have been aad
what . hilarious time Ne could havs
rad. and costing nobody anythins but
he tsxpaycrs. Why. Judge. dos I
,ou remember that the banks vent
light on taking warrants the same -
hey had beep after you came inso
,fliee. until they commenced coming
a 20 thick and fast that even u
many OF them have not bcen Issued In
liter disregard Of law that even the
sank OF California would not have
AIRED TO have such bulgins wallets Of
uch long time. low interest paper. 4
'ank's money belongs principally to
no dcpositors, and u II stays in busi. |
less II must not have too much slow !
'apcr. and no bad. II II knows Il. A.
o the showing the county could have |
made u the banks had Of stood b. |
lind the court. Il would have prob. |
Ibly been In the shape Of . nillion |
lollars debt. instead Of only half . I
million, and the superintendent OF
he poor farm might have had instead
" vSuS We8Ou IN WusSo W ssSS W 1
own. q $4,000 automobile. With . |
In fact. we might have |
urrounded the court house lot with
'utos for use Of county ofacsrs and
mployes.
The Judge assures 10 that the debt
4 SsS7.00o. incurred In the last two
oars 10 - mere basatells." and that
debt OF million or million and .
Ialf would be within good businses
Ines" Does no know Of any county
q the state having. or that ever had.
million dollar debt. not excepting /
he wealthy county Of Multnomah.
With an assesssd value Of over $780,
'o0. 900, And does he not know that
no state Of Oregon. n IL vhels 81
stence. was never in debt . million
md half dollays' And do the tax
ayers OF Klamath county. who have