The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-07-03

lth,s tr,p. early IN isiS ! started ny
CHIEF engineer. N, u. Rogue. % .
rpunu uaissaAcs which Il might truth.
fully b said no has not yet com
p,r,rd although he has been con.
ssantiy ON tho job, Also. under his
direction several thoaaand miles of
preliminary surveying has been done,
and about ESQ miles ot anai surveys
have beeu made. During the sprins
and summer ot lSiS I extended ny
/ obasrvat,uus 70 the extent Of sevsral
thousand mlies BY auto and ether
wise over the territory. In August
Of that year at the earnest scl,eitA'
tion OF your Commercial Club and
leading business mon of Portland. I
made BY arxt visit 10 the klamath
Falls country. After much mor~
personal inspection and anaiysis Ut
this entire interior region 10 b. at
fected. At the great meotinss held
on November II. 1918. At Bend. and
on November -. ists. h~re at
klamath Fails. I anaily committ~d
myself to the project. Ny outline
Of the scope and seriousncss Of the
task. the conditions I then enacted
and the univsrSai pledge Tor their
fulAllment BY all communities end
Interests affected are common kaow.
ledge. I dwelt particularly upon the
necessity for our ayiae With our own
winEs.. urged you all to dispsl the
lurking and snfssbliag hope Of help
from the sxissins railway iatsrssss.
I have from those days 10 the prss-
ent adhered TO the belief that any
initiative hopsd for from the outside
was . dslusion and . snare and only
. postpoasmsnt Of the day when vel
could have 70 get into this up TO our
eyes u ws wished 70 ever accomplish
anyshins.
llsalnsn Aosa Isa1aA
The plan OF coanscting the ave
e1isting railroads terminating At
Bend. l.aksvisw and the HAsnsy Val.
ley and klamath regions BY IN In.
dspsndsnt and seoaomieaiiy built.
easy grade system Of about 200 miles
then provided for your district By
connection With the Southeru Pa.
eidc at Kirk. However. at the In /
sistsncs Of Klamath Fails business
men for = better development OF the
interior and an independent entrance
into the city. We extended tho sur.
vsys OF The nualiy adopted line from
Bend and silver Lake through the
Sycan. Sprague River and fonna
Valley districts into klamath Falls.
August ~. 1917.
That same evening q largely at.
tended mass meeting berc requested !
informaticn ss 10 what klamath
Falls would need 10 do 10 insure the
beginning Of construction here and
completion OF same at least ~ far
% Sprasue River. I stated that II
the city would furnish tho right OF
way. about forty miles. supply sui.
ncient ground Of my own selection
for passenger and freight terminals
and shops. roundhouse. stock yards.
ETC.. and 100000 In cash. I wosld
do the balance and make every effort
to extend the line through to Bend.
This proposition was Immediately
and unanimously accepted. In ten
trying months this small community
has SO far completed Its part OF the
compact that we arc today inaugu.
rating construction.
Day 70 Recoasecvass
II can never adequately praise.
nor can the outside public bs made
70 realise the almost superhuman ef.
fort and the tremendous sacrinces
Involved In the raising Of nearly halt
, million dollars In property and
money BY such . limited number Of
people. II the work performed and
sacrtf'ces made by some Of these pub.
lie spirited men and women Of the
klamath country be net heroic and
lhe highest form Of patriotism, I fail
10 rightly interpret the terms. High
praise Is also due such communities
as Bend. Silver Lake. Fort Rock.
Paisley and Lakeview. and many !,
along the lines between where imam.
cial support aud hundreds Of miles
1f right OF way have been freely Civ. .