The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-10

columns always carry botn slues
whether what is printed is favorable
: or otherwise to the policy of tn,
paper. MIR. offield knows this an,
he knows that IL he wanted to b,
fair with The Herald, with the lie
gion. with the people he is tryin,
to mislead, he would have furnishe,
this paper with copy of his tele
gram, or even intimated that he tool
the action he alleges was taken,
He is seeding to hide behind this
Telegram, in the hopes that the land
owners of the project will not set
his record as a director of the Klam'
ath irrigation district, He hopes
that through this he will divert at.
tention from the fact that he has
openly defied the positive instruc-
tions of the biggest majority that
was ever voted on any question con-
sidered by the farmers-the protec-
tiou of the power rights of the pro-
ject. He hopes that by talking about
this message he will get the land
owners to forget that he closed his
ears to thegvehement demand of the
farmer and listened TO ana acted
upon the whisper of private judg-
ment.
!, The Herald has no personal quar-
rel with MFR. offield. As private
citizen he may be all that his friehds
and associates say he is, We hope
their Judgment is correct and their
statements true. But as a public Of
fetal we differ with him widely. The
Herald believes that public office
is a public trust cd that the occu-
pant Is a servant, not a master.
Klamath county has had too many
masters and too few servants. Mr..
Offield has persistently been mas
ter. He has refused to listen to the
voice Of the men who placed him in
the position of trust and honor that
he occupies. He promised that IL a
majority of the landowners voted
against the Link river dam he would
oppose it tooth and nail. He went
to them direct with his side of the
case. BY an overwhelming majority
he was advised that the Link river
dam was against the wishes of the
landowners; that they were opposed
to the contract with the government; (;
that they were opposed to the at
tempt Of the government to steal the
power and turn it over to private in
terests. He had promised to abide
by that decision, but Immediately
after he found out that. 1t was
against him, he hedged. He became
la welcher on his constituents and his
friends. r. -
Now he stands for. reelection
Nothing he can say about the Legion.
about Mr.. Bradbury,-Mr.- Eberlain.
|or The Herald will cover up his re-
cord. The landowners are again
passing upon it. II they choose to
reverse their former judgment after
months of consideration. they will re-
elect Mr.. Offield. II they are Of the
same opinion next Tuesday as they
were when the straw vote was taken,
Mr.. Dixon will be elected. Their de-
cision will be accepted by The
Herald. This paper believes in the
rule Of the majority. especially when
that majority pays the bill. But it
must not be forgotten that II Mr.. Of
field is returned to office 1t will
mean complete surrender to the
domination of the reclamation SER
vice: 1t will be a complete surrender
of all right to bitches, dams, water
rights, power rights-everything ex-'
cept the privilege of taking water
from the canals. 1t will be an au-
to Mr.. Offield to pass
over the plundering of the replace
ment fund and permission for the
levying of an operation and main
tenance charge of at least $3.50 an
acre year to replace the structures
that should have, been built out of