The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-11-23

Iago came the railroad, and you all
can see the marvellous changes that
have taken place since that time"
Eberlein stated that there are 500.-
900 acres Of the finest dry farming
lands in klamath, which yields twen-
ty-six bushels Of wheat, and a. high
as sixty-eight bushels Of oats to the
acre. He stated that incomplete sta
tistics gave Klamath county a yield
OF over 10000 bushels of grain for
1914. and much larger yield for
1915.
This has all been accomplished in
The face of wha. would be prohibition
In the East" said Eberlein. 'It Is 'he
klamath spirit Of optimism that made
1t possible. We've been sitting still.
waiting for something to happen:
nothing has happened; SO we'll make
something happen" He dwelt on the
quality Of potatoes, etc, raised here,
second to none. but told OF their be-
ing yalueless because Of the freight
rate out. and he gave some pertinent
statistics to show the enormous live
stock shipments from here.
klamath is by no means devel-
oped," he concluded. "but It has the
actual tonnage here to justify its con-
nection with the rest of Oregon via
the new line"
"The Inland Empire knows Uncle
Bob Strahorn' as peculiar kind Of q
promoter, not the man Of hot air.
Ipoor engineering skill and too opti-
mistic statements" said J. G. Camp.
manager of the local reclamation pro-
iject Instead. It knows strahorn az
a man with little to say. the faculty
Of finding the best route from an en-
gineering standpoint, and the best
from the location of where It will get
its bulk of trafflc from. Strahorn
says little. II he says anything, you
can hank on It,"
c. C. Chapman, known throughout
Oregon as a publicity expert and town
booster. spoke In behalf of Portland
peODle. expressing their confidence in
Strahorn. and in their desire to coop
crate with Central Oregon in attain
ing the great end sought. He prom
ised the assistance Of the Portland
Commercial Club in securing the OPP
ening Of the Klamath Indian reser-
walton. and he took issue with previ-
Gus speakers statement tnat the tim
ber might be used as reserve. owned
by the government.
"The Southern Pacific did not build
north of Kirk as It feared to construct
across the Indian reservation and the
forest reserve. There development
has lansnished. and the territory op-
ened up would be non-productive. !"
said Chapman.
The enthusiasm noted all over Cen
ltral Oregon during Strghornis visit
was a revelation. said Chapman, and
the people in all the towns visited
looked upon Strahorn as their hope
and transportation savior. Last
nights banquet was the only one on
the trip where the women were pres
ent. and Chapman told of their vital
interest in the matter. He told of the
Idreariness of isolation for the women
10: the small towns. farms or home
lsteads. and stated that II they got out
|of the country once it would be didi-
cult to bring them back. Transpor-
tation would alleviate this, and bet
ter conditions all around. y
Portland men are not behind this
move. but they are interested" con-
ltinued the speaker. ITS success is up
Ito US all. He dwelt to q great ex-
tent upon the fallacy Of legislating
against capital in Oregon 80 much
that Eastern capital. so vital to deyel-
opment. is afraid to come to the state.
Chapman's speech ended with an
leulogy to Strahorn's greatness and
wisdom. and plea to Central Oregon
to send her best men to Portland to
Iarouse Portlanders to the necessity Of
putting the line through.
Before Introducing Strahorn. Wor-
den stated his belief that the Natron
| c, toff would never be completed, and
give his reasons. notably among them
the fact that the work Of developing