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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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RE5CENT
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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. '
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