The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-02-12

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY ia, 1919
sINNoTT

Oregon has a representative in
Washington of which she has reason
TO feel proud. She has 4 representa-.
tive that has soul, that has
heart, that has brain--a man who
forgets himself and selfish aggran-
dizement and works for the relief.
interests, welfare and assistance Of
his constituents. That man is Nick
Sinnott--Nicholas j., IL you wish to
be formal. but just plain Nick as his
constituents like to address him. for
they love the man who hears their
call and who. night or day, has shown
that he stands ready to serve them.
These words voice not only the
sentiments and beliefs of the Herald,
but they truly represent those of
many of our citizens who can and
would gladly testify to their truth
We have in mind two cases in part-
cular. One was of widow w--the
typically poor widow, only she was
poor in fact and not in fiction.
She, dependent upon a nephew
boy she had raised from childhood,
good boy, but boy whose veins were
filled with the blood of an ancestry
that despised- oppression and who.
when the call to arms was sounded,
quickly responded This left the
womaS practically pennies, but be-
fore going the young man decided 10
her a timber claim he had taken up
some years ago, and he expected that
she could sell for enough 10 tido her
over the time of his absence But
this timber claim was tied up 10 the
withdrawal that was made some
years ago by the Reclamation Sery-
ice. The young man had been try
ing for about tive years to se; ii re-
leased, and after his departure for
the front, his aunt continued her ef-
forts, but they were equally as un-
successful. Filled with utter dis
couragement. she was telling her
troubles to friend. and he suggested
that the matter be brought to the at
tention Of Mr. Sinnott, but she was
hopeless and said she would let the
matter drop until the boy came home
But the friend had heard of Mr.. Sim
motifs devotion to his people, and
wrote him about the claim. In two
months the deed from the govern
ment was in the hands of the widow.
Mr.. Sinnott stayed with the job, and
thru correspondence and personal
visits had the claim released. His
work was done out of the bigness OF
his heart. He knew that this act
would probably never see the light
Of day, II he thought of it at all. He
was satisfied with the prayers and
gratitude of woman who will al
ways look on Nick Sinnott as her one
great friend.
The other incident-and we could
relate scores of similar ones--re-
lates to the discharge of a young
man from the navy. He is a well
known man in this county who
answered his country's call for men
to man the new ships that were to
bridge the ocean and save the armies
OF our allies from starvation and de
feat. When the armistice was sign
ed he was anxious to return to his
home, his wife and his little baby,
whose arrival during ,his absence
had helped to deplete the little
hoard he had left at his departure. 1t
was really case where justice de-
manded his return, but the scarcity
of men in the navy and the prospec.
tive difficulty in securing any re-
cruits, made 1t impossible for him
to secure his release, and he so wrote
to his wife She had heard of the
wonderful things Mr.. Sinnott had
been doing. and she sat down and in
her usophisticated way wrote him.
And II happened as Sinnott's friends
knew It would happen--the young
man was released.
This 10 why the Herald says we
have representative with heart
ma : soul. We down here in Klam
lth are proud of him-almost as
proud as II we claimed him as our
,vn. He IL OF the class that is fast
lisappearing from public iife-men
rho loved their constituents and
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