The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1917-07-03
sIRlNoRn TELL Of FUTURE
Of KLAMATH AND oRte0n
Coatinusd fruan PAss ]


l.os Angeles.
"Our didlcultirs have been greatly
increased BY the war. na: ~ has
the necessity for quick completion
of the project, Some oven 80 ~ tar
a. TO say that the task II now impos-
sible. Let US mover send up such =
distress signal but push all the harder
for such sound expansion In den
ance Of war shocks Napoleon said
"pont nams that bcas, Of a word
to me-" built that Impossible" road
across the Alps and conquered Rome,
Through the very urgency OF tho Of
fort We may turn some Of the dark
clouds inside out and reveal the oil.
yer lining.
Railway llnra Inadequate
From the time Of the Ancienta
to this day the question of victory
and the question OF human progress
have awaited the provision Of thor.
oughfares. Our golden west vas
held to the Union and its develop
ment hastened 4 gsnerattoa BY Prssi-
dent l.incoln's liberalization to push
to completion ~ . var measure our
nrse transcontinentAl railroad. Thus
did the British and Canadian gov.
ernments tie up and develop their
vast empire to the north With their
empires beyond the seas BY building
the Canadian Paciac-an undsrtAk.
ing 70 triumphant In results that
they have fairly run riot In their
later governmental railroad subsi- |
dising up there. Probably the most
important battls-winnins detail In
the matchlsss war machine OF Ger.
many b the perfection Of IL railway
system. Il 10 doubtful whsthsr any.
thing can BE- held % nearly respou.
sible for our almost world disaster
Of ever mounting cost Of living - the
inadsQuacy OF our transportation IA
elites. A. long ~ we we're buii.:-
irE railroads tnto nav territory, o.
-.,irg wider arras - cultivation. our
production Of foodstu1s kept pace
With our population. While we could
not continue railroad building in
definitely. no one will contend that
We have approached the limit when
here 10 . district - large - Great
Britain In which not over two per
cent Of the tillabis area b within
practicable hauling distance Of .
railroad. Last year and the year
before We built less railroad than
In any year since the Civil War. and
from the time Of stagnation In rail-
road development the cost Of living
has increased by leaps and bounds.
Prosperity IIepend. On Roads
THE industrial prosperity Of cur
whole country depends upon rail-
roads-more railroads. and more
tracks. equipment and terminals for /
those We have. Transportation is
the very life Of every one and con.
tributing more than any other factor
to our progress. prosperity and com.
fort. We may talk Of our wonderful
resources. but these were always |
here. The utilization OF our prodigal
wealth in lands. forests. and MINER
ais. and the glorious progress we are
entitled to make. will await the one
vital factor-modern transportation.
Having reached this important
milestone in the progress Of our rail.
way project. have been asked to
briefly outline its history to date.
In November. 1914. during a brief
visit to Bend and vicinity was more
than ever before impressed with the
crying need Of this inland empire
for better railway facilities. In De-
cember Of the same year Mr.. c. 8.
Hudson, gave me q glimpse by .
thousand mile auto trip OF the three
imperial counties of Crook, Lake and
Harvey.
Bogue's Work Not Completed
As q result of my IMPRESSIONS on