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arEDFOKD MAIL TRTT3TJKE. FEDFORD, QBEflON, SUNDAY, "APRIL 5, 1936.
WATER PROSPECTS
FOR YEARBETTER
Norma! Run-Off Will Assure
Adequate Supply for Val
ley Agencies Co-operate
A meeting was hela on Friday In
tha court house at Modiord, which
It la hoped to make an annual affair.
Representative! of tha United States
bureau of agricultural engineering,
the Oregon state engineer, the dis
trict water master'a office at Med
ford and Orants Pass, the irrigation
districts of the Rogue River valley,
the Califo-.nla Oregon Power company
and the United States bureau of rec
lamation, got together to study the
prospective water supply for this year
In southern Oregon.
Estimates of southern Oregon wster
supplies have been made by different
agencies over a period of years. Here
tofore each of these agencies has
worked more or less independently.
The district water masters, the state
engineer, the California Oregon Pow
er company, and the United States
bureau of agricultural engineering
have all measured anow depth and
water content. The water masters,
the United States geological survey
and the bureau of reclamation have
measunred the streams; the weather
bureau has recorded the runoff, and
the irrigation districts have kept rec
ords of reservoir storage.
The group meeting Friday attempt
ed to co-ordinate all this Informa
tion. It is hoped that thla or a slml
lur group may get together each year
In the future for the same purpose.
As data are accumulated from year
to year, the accuracy of the forecasts
should become better.
After careful atudy of available rec
ords, the southern Oregon water fore
cast committee believes the following
information on the water aupply for
southern Oregon In 193S will be of
Interest to all water users:
Measurements of snow cover St
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. 1036
Acre Ft.
8,100
9,600
8.400
8.200
higher levels of the Cascade range
show, at some points, somewhat
greater depth and water content than
the average for the past several years.
Assuming that spring precipitation
and general weather conditions will
be normal, the committee believes
the streams flowing into the Medford
ires will have normal runoff, and
thit the total water aupply will be
adequate to produce all crops. With
reasonable care the irrigation season
should be ended with some wster
still In storage.
The following table shows the max
imum storsge obtained during 1935,
and the estimated storsge for 1936
in the different storage reservoirs In
the Medford, Talent and Rogue River
valley districts:
1936
Acre Ft.
Fish Lake . 7,000
Four Mile Lake 12,000
Hyaatt Prairie Rea. 10.000
Emigrant Oap Res. 8,200
Now full.
Field examinations at selected ob
servatlon points In 20 orchard blocks
in the Medford area have shown tnat.
with but one exception, and regard
less of soli type, the entire useful
root zone la wet to field capacity.
Soil moisture conditions are consid
ered favorable to conserve stored irri
gation water for release later during
the season. The water table through
out orchard sections of the area, on
account of-'above normal winter pre
cipitation. Is slightly closer to the
sold surface, on the average, than
last year at the same time, but the
average rise bsa been less than a
foot. Drainage conditions, on the
whole, are considered favorable for
plant growth.
The anticipated spring and slimmer
flow of Roirue river from April 1 to
September 30, 1938, available to lower
irrigated lands, Is expected to sugnt-
ly exceed that of the same period for
last year. Due to a deficient snow
pack at low levela, the anticipated
water supply to the Irrigated lands
supplied by the Applegate river and
tributaries, and by Evans and uraves
creeks, all tributary to the Rogue,
and from Cow creek, a tributary of
the Umpqua, Is not expected to ex
ceed that of last year. Due to In
complete Information no attempt has
been made to forecast runoff In the
Illinois River valley this year.
In the Upper Klamath basin, water
in the form of snow appears to be
about 18 per cent greater than last
year at this time. Net Inflow Into
Upper Klamath Iske Is also about 18
per cent greater. Precipitation at
Klamath Falls since September 1,
1035. Is about 30 per cent above nor
mal to date, as against 12!4 P" cent
below normal at the same time last
year.
Therefore. It la believed that, sub
ject to unforeseen conditions, the
1936-1938 net inflow into upper
Klamath lake may be estimated at
960.000 acre feet, end would repre
sent an eight and one-half per cent
Increase over that of last year.
Even though normal or above nor
mal precipitation may be obtained,
the net Inflow la still expected to he
only around 76 per cent of normal,
due particularly to water being used
In replenishing the underground Btor
sge so greatly depleted during the
long dry cycle Just psst. However,
under these conditions, this quantity
will prove ample for all requirements.
Many people In the Medford area
are not In a position to be Tsmnisr
with data on the anow conditions of
the watersheds and. In view of the
precipitation at Medford being above
normal, will be surprised to learn
that the snow conditions at observed
points In the higher levels are not
much better than a year ago,
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BOSTON, April 4. (AP-USDA)
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ftalvaglng Complete
PORT ORFOFU), April 4. (API-
Salvage operators neared the end of
their task today In removing cargo
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REGIONAL MEET
MASONIC CRAFTS
HERE APRIL 18TH
A regional meeting of the Muonlc
craft will be held here on Saturday,
April 18, in honor of Wayne Stand
ard, grand master of the Grand Lodge
of Ancient Free and Accepted Maona
of Oregon. It la expected to be the
.orgeat Masonic meeting ever held In
southern Oregon and committees are
working diligently to make It one of
the best In the history of the craft.
The meeting la Intended -not only
ob an honor to the visiting grand
master but as a general assembly of
all the craft of southern Oregon and
northern California.
The lodges of district 11 will be
hosts to the delegations to attend
from Klamath Falls, Bend, Rose burg,
Marshfleld and Weed. District 1 1
comprises Jacksonville, Central Point,
Ashland, Orants Pass, Kerby and
Medford.
Many other delegations from even
more distant points have expressed
Intentions of being present, It was
stated. It in anticipated that grand
masters from othei Jurisdictions will
also attend.
The meeting will open at 3 p. m.
with a school of Instruction In ritu
alistic work under the direction of
C. L. Blschoff, chairman of the Grand
Lodge Instruction committee. Imme
diately afterward there will be a
meeting of all the matsers, wardens
and secretaries of the lodges present.
The hour from 6 to 6 o'clock will
be devoted to the registration and re
ception of out-of-town visitors. Din
ner will be sorved In the dining room
of the temple at 6:30.
The membership will be entertain-1
ed with a program In the lodge hall
at 8 o'clock. After presentation of
the program the lodge will open and
receive Grand Master Standard and
members pf his official group.
O. S. C. Prospects "Fair"
OORVALLIS.- Ore., April 4. (AP)
Only five lettermen returned for Ore
gon State's baseball . team. Coach
"Slate" Olll described the prospects
as fnlr.
Sounds Flighty
The Mall Tribune called Tom Cul
berson, genial manager of the mu
nlclpal airport, last night to ascer
tain whether any army planes had
landed during the day.
-Yeah," said Tom, We had two
in this afternoon."
"What were they?" Tom was asked.
"Both were Douglas observation
ships." t
"Where from? '
"Crlssy field, California."
'Where to?"
"Pearson field in Vancouver."
"How long did they stay?"
"Just long enough to refuel,
Who were the pilots?"
"One was Private Gunn and the
other Private Cannon."
Bang! went Tom's telephone re
ceiver to emphasize the military as
pect of the dialogue.
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DUE OVER VALLEY
A change to slightly colder weather
was foreseen by the meteorological
bureau last night as the Rogue valley
came under the Influence of a high
pressure area centered off the Oregon
coast and moving slowly eastward.
Minimum temperatures would prob
ably decline to around the freezing
point, the bureau ventured. Frost
Observer Rogers forecast smudging
for this morning.
Official forecast was for fair
weather today and tomorrow, con
tinued cold. Maximum temperature
yesterday was 47 as against 49 Friday.
The minimum yesterday was 37, one
degree lower than Friday's low point
of 38.
Precipitation for the 24 hours end
ed at 5 p. m. yesterday was .59 of
an Inch, bringing the total rainfall
for April to .64 of an Inch, an excess
for the month of .49. 1
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A $117,000 Medford municipal air
port project has been approved by
the board of reviews of the U. 8.
bureau of air commerce, Fred Heath,
Jr., chairman of the city council's
aviation committee, was notified yes
terday. Formal 'som-oval bv WPA and l.
lotment of funds must biprocured
oerore the project may be launched
Mr. Heath explained. He stated that
the Oregon state board of aeronaut
ics, the Portland Chamber of Com
merce and the Jackson County Cham
ber of Commerce had telegraphed
Senator Charles L. McNary to use his
authority in expediting the final rou
tine steps so that the program might
bo started in the near future. The
present airport Improvement project
is nearing completion, Mr. Heath
said, and It Is desired to continue the
modernization plana without Interruption.
"We must complete modernization
of our airport or else Medford will
some day find Itself In the position
of many other cities that are now
ghost towns simply because they did
not keep in step with progress," Mr.
Heath stated.
The project Just approved by the
board of reviews, he explained, calls
for the leveling, extension and wid
ening of the runways. It Is the first
of three parts of a general modern
ization plan, he related. The second
part provides for the surfacing of the
runways and the third for the build
ing of an administration building
and beautlflcatlon of the grounds.
Approval by the board of reviews
was seen as the culmination of the
Jackson County Chamber of Com- j
merce's efforts to procure federal aid
in modernizing the airport.
Grants Pass Bested
. GRANTS PASS. Anrll 4. fAP.
Coquille's debate team eliminated
Grants Pass here last night from the
state high school championship race
by a 2 to 1 decision.
TRANSIENT HELD
FOR AUTO THEFT
Ulmer Canaday, 20-year old trans-
lent youth arrested Friday at the
California checking station on
charge of violation of- the Dyer act
in transporting a stolen auto across
a state line, is held In the county
Jail here on $2,000 bond waiting an
appearance before the federal grand
Jury In Portland.
Canaday admitted to state police
that early In February he had stolen
a Nash convertible coupe at Umpqua,
Ore., driven It to Rosevlile, Calif.
stored It there for some time, and
again driven it north.
He told state officers here that he
had stopped at Hornbrook on April
3, to get gas, end while the service
station attendant had gone for oil,
had driven away. The attendant call
ed the checking station and Canaday
was stopped there.
He appeared yesterday, before Unit
ed States Commissioner Victor A.
Tengwald after waiving preliminary
hearing, end was bound over to the
federal Jury.
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