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

of road WORKERS and Others employed
by the court during the last two years
will likewise BE- expected 10 stand Ia
because they got some Of the pork. .
and some Of them may come forward
Ia defense.
Tho Judge further says that I'VE
the county court, have been owned By
no one" The psopls will DO glad "a
know this. ~ II h generally supposed
that no wears . collar, bearing ini.
tisls, other than his own. He further
says that klamath county owes moth.
inG 10 Mr.. Martin or myself. with
which we heartily agSss. and to which
we will add that nslthsr does II owe
him anything. but. on the contrary.
he In very greatly Indebted to the
county for his notorious waste Of Ia
money. and the bic debt he has piled
up against II. and I believe he can
come nearer squarring II, right now.
by promptly rsslgnlng. than in any
other way. Again hs says. that
don't think that II would bs wise 10
let either Of them Martin or Moors)
OF their Representatives secure In any
way the management Of the county's
ansirs" Whether wiss or not ws
neither want II for ourssivss or others
OF TO have anythins 70 DO with the
management Of the county's aaairs.
All We ask h that u ~ run With some
degree Of intslligsnes and COMMON
sense. and regard ios The law. and Il
hs had OF done that. there would
have been nons Of tAis invsstisation
By the grand jury or complaint Of the
tsxpaysrs. Or recall.
All that poTtion Of his statement,
which constitutss thrss-sourths Of Il.
giving the life history Of NJ. Martin
and myself IN klamath 1alls Il whol-
Is outside the subject. and has moth.
Ing 70 do with II. Don't forget that
the question st Issue r.: ''Has Judge
worden proved himself . prudent.
safe. competsnt and careful oflcisi. or
las he been . reckless. Incompetent
spsndthrift. wasting the peoples mon
eyY" And whether or not Mr.. Mar
tins home d In California. and that
he 10 sevsnty-four years old. and has
amasssd fortune. or whether ! for
iperly owned the klamath Falls iAsht
and Water Works. and have In con-
junction With Bsa ssllins built .
building In Portland and forty other
similar Irrelevant thiass have no eon-
nsction with hi nlsnanaesmsnt of
county saairs. have aay bearing %
the question. - nelthse Mr.. Martin
nor myself are holding. seeking. or
would have any public once. We.
however. pay some taxss n klamath
county. and have . right 70 know
that Il will not - Improperly sxpea1-
- - In the last two years.
In one Of his co-calisA Letters Of
sxplanatioa." which doa't explain any
thing. one Of the rsasoas givsa for
awarding the contract for steel 70 the
Northwest 6tesl company at higher
price than the bid Of the PaciAe Roll
Ing Mil company. was that the meas
ursments Of the steel Of the latter
company would not b true 70 meas
urenents. and could not BE- put IN
place BY any one except skilled labor
ere. while that OF the Northwest Steel
company would be true to moosurs-
msnt. and could b put up By uAskill-
I'd local workmen. This cop 70 local
workmsn sounds Ike Q. Joke. WAe
told him thiss Il NUT sahvo boen
the Northwest Steel company. and
without moving anything sbout 4 !
will venture the assertion that . steel
structure like tnat Of the court heuss
can be put IN place. whether tAe seesl
comes from the Northwest company
or any other company. By skillsd
workmsn In that line for ons-Aalf Of
what Il can b done for BY unskillsd
laborsrs. bs they otherwise svse -
competent. "Evsry man to his tra1e."
The Judge Gays In substance that
Il 10 IN old saying that the charging
Of ten and twelve per cent interest h
what has held back the development
Of klamath Falls and klamath eoun-
~" Does he or Any other living per-
son In the county know OF - h
stance whore twelve per cent interest
has boon charged. either direetly or
lndirsctiys u 20. don't delay h hAv.
Ing tho guilty party indicted ~ ssnt
70 the pen Tor usury. This d only an
other mistatsmsnt OF his. made - Try
to get the grand jury's ssarchligAt ~
No wonder he winces and sauirms