MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGONT, FRIDAY, DECE!TOER 1. 1939.
PAGE SEVEN
Ashland Citizen Urges
Closer Cooperation With
Klamath Co. Ranchers
To the editor: After spending ft
week In the Klamath country I am !
convinced that we Rogue River val- 1
toy residents are not taking full
advantage of the opportunities for
co-operating with our neighbor on
the other aide or the Cascades. The
things referred to are chiefly recre
ational, but some good commercial
bets also are being overlooked, such
as the exchange of full fruit and
potatoes. The latter make good stock
feed and can be bought over there
for a dollar a ton, while Klamath
housewives would be glad to get
the cull apples and pears which go
to waste here.
In spite of the low price of Rogue
river apples, Columbia river orch
ardists not only undersell us In
Klamath Palls, but some of thetr
fruit is trucked from there here
and sold to Medford dealers. Klam
athons complain that many Rogue
river apples are not properly graded
and packed, while an Ashland grocer
reports seeing wormy apples selling
In Klamath Falls for 11.39 to tl.89
per box, fruit which would be kero
sened by Jackson Inspectors.
The Lam Berts of Klamath
A brief visit Saturday to the fara
' ous Lava Beds, 36 miles south of
Klamath Palls, convinced me that
most southern Oregon residents have
missed seeing one of America's great
est natural wonderii. Although cold
November wind and rain cut my
visit short, I saw enough in a cou
ple of hours to amaze and delight
any nature lover. Over 300 caves
have been discovered In this won
derland and one of them explored
for three miles.
Forest Ranger Brainard. at the
Indian Wells station, showed me
through one of those Interesting
subterranean caverns, which were
formed by streams of lava flowing
V after surrounding material had sol
idified. In addition to common black
cinders and lava rock, there are many
curious formations of various colors
and shapes. Fleenor Chimneys, west
of Shonschin butte. are marvelous
fumaroles. In places the molten lava
hardened Into a resemblance of mo
lasses, while In other places It looks
Ilka miniature stalactites. The in
tense heat of escaping gases burned
the chimney walls In spots which
remind one of furnace fire brick.
The age of the lava beds Is esti
mated to vary from a few hundred
years to many millions;
Med ford people may learn all
about the lava beds from Professor
Doerr, expert geologist, at Crater
Lake park headquarters.
There are two entrances to the
lava beds. The nearest one Is at the
lower end of Tule lake bed, next
to Howitzer point, a GlUem's Bluff
butte. Here a CCC camp occupies
the former sit of U. S. army head
quarters during the Modoc Indian
war. To reach this place, turn off
the highway two miles east of Mer
rill and drive south 15 miles.. The
forest station Is 10 miles farther
south. The east entrance Is reached
by turning off the hlchway U miles
south of Tule Lake town, which Is
28 miles from Klamath Falls, then
driving 14 miles west to the lava
beds. No food, gas or other supplies
are sold at the lava beds, but guides
may be arranged for by phoning
or writing the ranger at Indian Wells
ranger station via Merrill.
S. P. SupiHr Water
Tule Lake is a typical frontier
town of 1.500 claimed population
without paved streets, water system
or sewers. Water for drinking and
cooking Is furnished free by the
Southern Pacific, which ships in a
10,000-gallon tankful every other
day. The soil there is so soft that
a seven-foot layer of cinders on
Main street has been mashed down
to ground level. In sinking a 2,200
foot well the city bored through
1,500 feet of soil, believe it or not.
The best sources of information
I found at Tule Lake are Ed Davis,
publisher of the Reporter; Bill And
erson, agricultural Inspector, and
Flo Boyd, Implement dealer. Those
boosters urged me to stny for the
Legion goose-bake and dance the
previous Saturday night, when I first
visited that wild and woolly border
town. The feed sold for a buck
a plate and the shindig another
iron man, and was largely attended.
The Tule Lake district is lousy with
legionnaires, hundreds of surround
ing homesteads being occupied by
ex-service men, somo of whom have
paid for $150 land with one crop
of spuds.
No Depression or "Okies"
While visiting a Merrill rancher,
Troy Quails, he paid 14 to phone
to his brother In Arkansas about
their sick mother, then started the
next morning on a 2,000-mile drive
over desert and mountains to visit
her. taking along his wife, three
married sisters and four children In
his Chev sedan. Troy and his part
ner. Roy Heaton, are two "Okies"
who came to Oregon shortly after
the present hard times began, when
they were 19 and 20 and had only
a few hundred dollars. After work
ing four or five years for wages thsy
raised potatoes on rented land for
two years, then bought a 16.000
farm. During nine depression years
they have accumulated over 630.000
worth of property, which rather re
futes the common complaint that
young people have no chance to get
a start nowadays.
Better Opportunities Today
William Klitrede. largest stock
man In the Northwest, says that
young men have a better chance
now to make money than when he
began getting a toe-hold In mother
earth. He used to work for $20 a
month and board, now pays buck
aroos $45 to $60. Klttrcdge has 40.
000 acres of irrigated land In War
hls operations appears In the current
Issue of the American Hereford Jour
nal. This very successful stockman
Is president of the Production Credit
association at Klamath Falls and
has a 100-percent reputation for
character and business ability.
Charles McMullen. secretary of the
association, attended a district meet
ing at the Hotel Medford last week.
OWEN H BARNHILL.
Ashland, Oregon
FOOTBALL FLAYER
IS SHOT BY CO-EO
Fort Collins. Colo., Dec. 1.
(IP) A Colorado State college
co-ed fired a bullet into the
chest of her football-playin?
sweetheart because. Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Winton M. Ault
said, they had reached "the
parting of the way."
Twenty-one year old Walter
(Bud) Lyons, 195-pound fullback
on the Aggie team, is in critical
condition at the Larimer coun
ty hospital.
He was struck by one of three
shots fired yesterday by Jois
Jeanne Vannorsdel, 19, a soph
omore with whom he had been
keeping company for eight
months, Ault said. The bullet
punctured Lyons' lung and a
fragment lodged under his lett
shoulder blade. The shooting oc
curred at the girl's apartment.
TAKES 01
LADY
LIFE
Roseburg, Ore., Dec. 1. (P)
Death of Mrs. Sadie Henderson,
60, found drowned yesterday In
Scofield slough, about four
miles from Reedsport, was pro
nounced suicide today by Cor
oner H. C. Stearns, who report
ed a note had ueen found in
the woman's home, telling of
her intention. The note, the
coroner said, gave no reason
for the act, but it was believed
she was despondent over con
tinued ill health. She recently
had been receiving treatment
in a Marshfield hospital.
After attending to her house
work Wednesday morning, Mrs.
Henderson apparently walked
to the slough, tied a rope to a
bush and to her right ankle
and waded into the water where
her body later was found in a
sitting position in about five
feet of water, the coroner said.
The body was found and re
covered by her husband. Ace
Henderson, and son, Stearns
reported.
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