Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 21, 1963, Image 31

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Newspaper Page Text8 D THURSDAY, MARCH 21. 1863 MEDFORD I ' UL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Steamboating on Klamath Basin Was Big Business During Early Part of Century By J. O. McKINNEY Mail Tribune Correspondent Talk of steamboat naviga tion on the waters ol Klamath Basin today would sound like science fiction. It has not always been true. During early days of the pres ent century steamboating there was big business. Mrs. Dolly Nixon, of Yreka, a native of Klamath Falls, re calls that as a young lady she cooked on a steamer there. Trips on the lakes by moon light, or on Sunday excur sions were high point in the Basin's social life. What now sounds like a Rube Goldberg puzzle was the route taken by travelers go ing from Klamath Falls to San Francisco. First section The first section of this trip was a boat ride of 65 miles from Klamath Falls to Laird's Landing at the south end of Lower Klamain jane. The next section was by stage to Bartlc, 45 miles to the south. There the journeyman boarded the McCloud River Railway for a 53-mile ride to Upton, a town now gone, that stood north of present Mt. Shasta on the main line of the Southern Pacific Hallway. Here a transfer to the SP and the trip to San Francisco was now a simple train nae. What is puzzling to visitors (o the Klamath basin loaay are the sights of a huge grain elevator, and thousands of acres of grain where steam boats once paddle-wheeled their way loaded with freight or passengers, or perhaps both. Reclamation Project Little do strangers realize that a reclamation project once drained Lower Klamath lake. Part of it has since been refloodcd. But Laird's Land ing, where boats once lied up, was miles from water when it was destroyed by fire in 1980. Early day steamboats on the waters adjacent to Klam ath Falls were crude affairs. One o'f the first was built by John Glen during the Modoc War. It ran from Fairchild's to Linkville. A Captain Dus tin built a sternwhceler in 1889 called the Mayflower. On its maiden voyage it ran aground on a mud flat in Lost river. It survived that mishap, but little else has been re corded about it. Two boats, each named Canby were built by a man named McCormick. The first Canby was soon wrecked, and parts of it were built into the second McCormick boat. Proved To Be Queen In 1905 what proved to be the queen of these inland waters, the Klamath, came onto the scene. It was a wood burner that wrote nautical history until 1909. Its remains arc said to still be grounded in the channel leading to Pel ican Bay Lumber Mill. Most of the lumber with which early Merrill was built is said to have been carried by this boat. With the passing of steam boating, the terminals of Laird's Landing, Bartle, and Upton, too, went into a de cline. Today Laird's has been eliminated after years of abandonmcnl, A fire In 1960 swept the old buildings into oblivion. Bar tie now is a section hand terminal on McCloud River Railway; while about all one can find of Upton are a few concrete piers that once were part of a bustling village of 3,000 persons. George Thornton, 01-yo,ir-nld veteran of northern Cali fornia, states that while living in the region under conditions that existed was tough, it was also toughening. Those that survived had to be good. He recalls riding a boat from Keno to Klamath Falls, to Laird's Landing, and mak ing all the changes tli.il brought him to Upton. He lived through building most of the houses there; and today looks forward to see what other changrs may come. tgnft - Is a QUEEN OF BOATS This the Klamath, the boat of the Klamath lakes which was considered the queen. Several picture of boats were built for use in the Klamath basin prior to a reclamation project which drained much of the land. IP". n n I 4.t LAIRD'S LANDING This is the way stopped operating on the Klamath basin. Laird's Landing looked 50 years after boats A Golden Moment' Citizen Arrives in Capital With 700 Dozen Double Yolk Hen Fruit By DICK WEST United Press International Washington - (IIPO - We all have our golden moments. Harold Wcisberg's golden mo ment came this week when he arrived at the U.S. Cap- ilol with 700 dozen double yolk eggs in in tow. Some where in this great land of ours there may be a few jaded, citified west types who would not appreciate Weis- bcrg's accomplishment. They might regard his moment as more while and yellow than golden. Well, I am here to tell you that gathering 700 dozen dou ble yolk eggs is an impres sive feat. You can't just walk out to the henhouse and pick up a double yolk egg any time you want one. Couple of Omelets A double yolker is a (hou-sand-lo-one shot. In order to find 700 dozen, members of the Northeast Poultry Coun cil Neppco had to inspect something on the magnitude of 270 million eggs, give or lake a couple of omelets. Thai figure represents a full week's production by 73 million hens. If all of those eggs were laid end to-end, it would he rather unusual be cause hens don't ordinarily lay eggs that way. 11 was Weisbcig, a llyalts lown, Md., egg farmer, who dreamed up the idea of col- h-rting the double yolkers and I taking them to the Capitol STAR GAZERO AIIU WJ MAR. 22 -CATS. 2d Ov 6-17.38.39 ,f fAUtUS j AMI 21 I I MAY 2 Hi 9-50-31 MMIM MAY 2S JUNE 23 T 5-16-27- H.VJ1 -72 MU-a CANCII JUNt23 , J-1JM-35 uo JU.Y2' A 1-12-23-34 5-67-80 8A VMOO AUG 24 sor ) H9-3HI -By CLAY H IVLLAN- According to fh Start. To develop mcbsoqe for Friday, feod words corresponding Jo number, of your Zodiac birth ygn. UMA ,fPT OCT 13 3-U25-36C I-.7-59-70 1K.nd J Red 4 Mokt AUtf 7 Wot 0 Jm lOShop 11 An 12 Woftta UFoc 14 Lew liAtl 1C Sit 17 Yo.K 19 P'ffportrJ ?0Coin 21 A-rxjnrf 77 L'ncipsxteti 23Nc 35Dov 26Yf V Oh 2 "Putl" 29 Or ."iO T0 .1 & tA In ,17 Tim, ? TC 40 U"kfnH 41 ( 4?N.rt 41 R,rfv 4J O 4S An 4A Advrt 4?lrv tH A-v 0 f .l.mplc, VtPut M a .S3 Mil. 9 f-'nftvrty ti Thr.n A -J And H ContrOt 'R Ac rot AO ou' U A id P5 nr"twi P9 D (t OCT. 24 12J, 4-I5-26-37,? 48-56- 79-87VS' tAOITTAIIUS NOV M32 0,T.; b4.63.73 Vt; CAIKOtN HH TO 11 22 33 44; AOUAtWt ... .. jp, 10-21 29 3PM U9-A2 B189 men Of 1J I( it ti.i I7WA-77 Sl for presentation to members of Congress. In gratitude, the council ap pointed him "vice chairman of the coordinating commit tee for congressional double yolk egg promotion in sup port of egg month," which is March. The vice chairman and his fellow coordinators arranged to haul the eggs up Capitol Hill on a tractor-drawn wagon with a banner reading "dou ble yolk energy for Congress." The "Neppco poultry prin cess" was on hand for extra decoration. The program was somewhat hampered by rainy weather, but egg men are not easily discouraged. "How do you think we did?" Weisberg asked me when the ceremony was over. "The schedule was scram bled but it panned out pret ty well," I replied, throwing myself into the spirit of the occasion. Oregon Supreme Court Decisions Salem - (UPD - The Oregon Supreme Court today revers ed a decision of the Lane county Circuit Court of Judge Roland K. Rodman, and re manded the case back to the lower court with a directive to vacate its earlier order. Ethel Jean Parmele appeal ed the lower court decree which appointed Mabel C. Mathews as guardian of two teen-age boys. When the mother was di vorced In 1950 she was award ed custody of the boys, but in 1957 they ran away from home and custody was chang ed to the father. Fallowing the father's death, Mrs. Ma thews was appointed guardi an with the concurrence of the boys. The high court ruled "A fit parent needs no court to authorize him to rear his own children," and ordered the custody of the boys returned Ford Foundation Tells of New Grants New York -HM- The ford Foundation Wednesday an nounced grants totaling $372, 000 to help Intensify basic and applied research in Amer ican economic growth. The grants were made to the Brookings Institution. Car negie Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Na tional Institute of Economic and Social Research (Britain) and Princeton University. COMEDIAN HOSPITALIZED Canoga Tark, Calif. - (ITD - Famed deadpan comedian Buster Kcaton, fi, remained in a hospital today, but doc tors said they expected him to be released in "another day or two." Keaton was ad mitted to West Hills Doctors hospital last Sunday suffer ing from minor rcsoiratory to their natural mother. Also reversed by the high court was a post - conviction proceeding before Marion County Circuit Judge George A. Jones. The circuit court had ruled that the habitual criminal act under which John Tuel was sentenced in 1929 was uncon stitutional. The supreme court reversed the lower court judg ment and ruled against Tuel. The supreme court upheld a decision from the Deschutes County Circuit Court of Judge Robert H. Foley which denied the motion of a divorced fa ther who sought to obtain custody of two minor chil dren. Pete SUiiza had appealed the circul court ruling which awarded custody of the chil dren to Faye Sturza. II Try j. in Salads rj- - I mm Jnast htm in the flfit jnd i ') tjMfspoon vr so tn ymir ta writ f rench dretfint Be wt v they're frescf nt imported trpm i', N'Cir.vm for perfect qwbty ind i appearance, fresh Dieted tor per- r U. tfet I'oma ltd flavor. j RE5CENT . pic A4t.cke't S.c IIIJ V I New Exams Announced For Civil Service Job New examinations have been announced by the fed eral civil service to fill the positions of equipment oper ator and chemist. Persons wishing additional information may contact L. B. Nelson, examiner in the civil service office in the Medford post office. HALF MILLION BURNS . Birmingham, Ala. -flJPD-An armored truck which a guard said contained a half million dollars caught fire and burn ed on a highway near here Wednesday. Authorities said they were unable to determine immediately the cause of the fire. Veterans' Benefits Not Considered As Taxable Salem - Payments received for veterans' benefits ari not counted as taxable Income on either state or federal govern ment returns, veterans and their families have been re minded by Vere A. McCarty, service division manager for the state department of vet erans' affairs. Tax exempt income In cludes such items as GI in surance dividends, GI insur ance proceeds, education nd training allowances, rehabili tation subsistence payments, VA disability compensation, VA pension, grants to seri ously disabled veterans for homes and motor vehicles, death benefits to families of deceased veterans, state bo nuses, mustering-out pay, bur ial allowances and World War I emergency officers' re tirement pay. Interest earn ings from GI dividends left on deposit are taxable, he said. Armed Forces disability re tirement' pay Is exempt from federal taxation, while Ore gon taxes any amount in ex cess of $3,000. Military re tirement pay for length of service is taxed both by the federal government; and the state of Oregon. . Oregon servicemen on ac tive duty enjoy a state income tax exclusion on the first $3,000 of their annual mili tary pay. This include pay earned during annual Nation al Guard summer camp or Reserve cruises or maneuvers of two weeks or more, but it does not include Inactive duty or weekly drill pay. Servicemen pay federal taxes on their military to come by withholding-, th same as civilians. Local Student fo Help in Clean-Up Corvallis-James Stever of Medford is a member of the student committee st Oregon State university which is plan ning a giant Fraternity and Sorority Community Help Day March 30. About 1,000 members of campus fraternities and soro rities are scheduled to spend the day in cleaning up a Cor vallis city park that was bad ly damaged by winter wind and cold. The city, in return, will pro vide a picnic supper for the workers. Stever is sophomore at OSTJ, majoring in the school of engineering. His home ad dress is 150 Mace rd. ' II MEDFORD'S FINEST MEATS SINCE 1940 "SWIFT'S PREMIUM" OUR OWN DELICIOUS HAM LOAF Delicious for Roasting or Broiling 20-oz. EACH Cornish Hens FresnN Sc Ground Beef jgpc II B 1 1 II FRESH "choce "RANDY'S" FROZEN 11 JJ $ J I I LEAH Veal Cutlets -a At $929 ground chuck 10C.ll.ls jj)C NjNyZ "NEBERGALL'S" OLD FASHION FRANKFURTERS Large Juicy Skins On LEG 'o LAMB FANCY SWEET AND TENDER "CHOICE". Well Trimmett 75 s OUR OWN PURE PORK 2 SAUSAGE lbs 0O- BOOTHS FRESH FROZEN FILLET of PERCH -OR- nun oi cod 1 Lb Pkg KAISER QUILTED FOIL 3 n 89e Nabisco HONEY GRAHAMS Boxes 1 Lookirffor home cookiri? T, . ir FRIED CrllCKt DINNERS ROAST BEEF it ROAST TURKEY -tV FRIED CHICKEN BISQUICK Large 40-oz. Box Imperial Margarine 2-. 69c Mayonnaise n...... . 49c TUNA Carnation Jumbo Tin ,. 39c FANCY MIXED HUTS King Size Tin 79C llestle's Morsels 5 $1.00 2 -TO Lumberjack 22-oz. Bot. Syrup 29 Oregon Grown 2-lb. Bag DRIED mc PRUNES..;.. J7 STOKELY'S DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT BAVARIAN STYLE SAURKRAUT 2 iE 35 NALLEY'S Relishes k Swt it Hamburgsr k Hot Dog Bar-I-Qut SMALL GREEN U.S. No. 1 KLAMATH Asparagus Potatoes1- 45c FREE! 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