The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-02-22
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY -, 1919
THE LINK RIVER DAM.

As we expected. Mr.. Bradbury
quite conclusiyely proved that the
charges, made against him by Mr.. Of
field. were unfounded. Mr. Bradbury
has shown himself in this matter to
be working solely for the best inter
ests of the people-the farmer who
has to foot the bill
Continuing our reference to Mr..
Offield's Fourth reason why the
contract with the Power company
should not be tested, we want to call
your attention to- he second para
graph thereof. wherein he says:
=" II here is any water power which
belongs to the Klamath Project, it
is of vital interest to the units which
irrigate by pumping and not by grav-
ity flow. which, as ! said before, is
all the Reclamation Law ever prom
ised us
Mr.. offieid's legal erudition is
quite remarkable for a layman. Re
markable from the fact that his con-
clusions are always against the men
who put him in office and who sup
posed that while he was there he
would work to find the law that pro-
teeted their rights and not the law
that took them away. Evidently he
has been drinking from the legal pool
as to the administration of trust.
II. as he suggests, the power is only
of value and interest to the man who
irrigates through pumping. ii is not
a pretty narrow, selfish view to take
of il? Is he not worthy of help? Is
it not the duty of Mr.. Offield and
every man in Klamath County TO help
that man get his power, and the wa
ter. under the very best, the very
cheapest, the most convenient con-
ditions and terms2 Think of the man,
and praying for irrigation, to be told.
now that there is a chance of his
realizing his dream: Don't bother
us with your troubles, We have wa
ter for our land"
But is il not of interest to the man
who irrigates his .land by gravity
flow-a selfish interest? He owns the
power. He paid for it, no matter
what Mr. Offield, or the Reclamation
Service. or anyone else says. He win
have that power to sell. Who will
buy it and in buying 1t help pay back
to the farmer the outrageous cost he
paid to get his gravity flow? Will
not the man who irrigates- his land
by pumping be an important factor in
this matter Is he not deserving of
consideration from business stand
point? The landowners must not lose
sight of the fact that the power is
going 20 pay back to them the money
they have invested. They must not
be swindled out of this idea as some
are trying to swindIe them out OF
that power. II is worth as much to
the farmer as il is to anyone or any
corporation. II will earn for them
the same dividends. And these diyi-
dends will do for them what they
are today doing for the farmers un-
der the Salt River Project-pay the
cost OF construction, maintenance
and operation.
He says further:
.If anyone should fight over power,
1t is the people who will use it and
will have to pay for ii, and these peo-
pie are not included in the Irrigation
District II the proposed dam at the
head of Link River is bad thing, let
those who are directly interested do
the lighting. The Herald and few
chronic agitators in and around
Klamath Falls have constituted them
selves new Moses 10 lead us out of
the wilderness"
That is fine argument for man
who is supposed to represent the in
terests Of the farmers OF the klamath
project. In this instance the Herald
Is glad to be found among the agitat-
ors. II Is glad to be numbered with
the men who are fighting to save the
people that for which they have paid, !
that which they own and which. with !
tha diract aid and assistance of Mr..