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628,000 acres. In the 93,000
ncres he added, Butte valley nd
the JF and D ranches were ma
jor Weeks of land. He said that
with cheaper power and un
nrnvpd mjirmine eauipment, a
boost of water into Butte -valley
may be feasible. He picked up
other tracts of land in various
parts of the area. His purpose
was to show that the Klamath
basin will need all of its water
lor maximum irrigation expan
sion. Water Ue Growi
v Wales also emphasized the in
creasing use of water on land
more intensively cropped, as
with potatoes and onions, and
claimed that the engineers' esti
mate of 1.65 acre feet of "con
sumptive use" in the Klamath
basin is not high enough. He
also pointed to the uncertainty
of rainfall predictions, recalling
that Goose and Tule lakes, both
25 feet deep, went naturally dry
within the memory of white men
In a period of long drought.
Countv Agricultural Agent
C. A. Henderson told of the his
tory of agriculture in the basin
and the changing crop conditions
demanding more water. He re
called that the per acre produc
tion of potatoes in this basin in
creased from 101.4 bushels to
more than 400 bushels in the last
25 years.
The chamber called Dick Hen
rel, farmer and chamber direc
tor, who told of successful rec
lamation of marginal land by
proper use of water.
Legal Aspects
Charles Stricklin, state engi
neer, also appeared at the cham
ber's request, to discuss legal
aspects of the problem, including
the question of state ownership
of the -water and the danger of
establishing a vested right
through beneficial use.
Klamath interests repeatedly
pointed out that diversion, if it
preceded Klamath basin maxi
mum development, could result
in the establishment of rights
over Klamath water in Central
Valleys. It was likewise repeat
edly asserted, that no final guar
antee could be given that Klam
ath priorities would prevail in
a conflict over water. " Frank
Jenkins, chairman of the cham
ber land use committee, had pre-
viously cited the example of
Owens valley's water fight with
Los Angeles, and also mentioned
the possibility of a river author
ity scheme.
It developed at the hearing
that TJ. S. fish and wildlife
agents have made little study so
far of the effect of the proposed
scheme or alternative schemes
on fish and wildlife in the Klam
ath area. Leo Laythe, regional
director of the service, said it
would take 18 months to get the
information on wildfowl and
five years to conduct a fish sur
vey. - - . . . .,
Plans Brief . . !
Ted Conn, of the Oregon game
commission, stated his group
plans to file a brief on the pro
posal. Dr. P. R. Needham,
scientist for the commission,
warned that drying up Klamath
river to Keno would ruin a fine
rainbow trout stream.
It was indicated that the Ore
gon commission favors Scheme 2
as presented by the engineers,
which calls for a reservoir on
Sprague river but would not di
vert water from the Klamath.
The third scheme suggested
orriKs" the reservoir on the
Sprague, but provides for a de
velopment on the Trinity river
which would divert water to
Central valley,
Questioning of engineers
wrought out that scheme No. 1
will cost an estimated $108,000,
000. They did not give figures
on other schemes.
Numerous organizations, both
those on the chamber brief and
others, made representations at
the hearings.
Indians Appear
Among these were the Klam
ath Indians, who pointed, eut
that the proposed Sftrasue rim
reservoir vould covr ladvui
farm laad srvi wouJ d coves- tit
Sprague River-Oukxjssia rod
route, causing rvss-ilv 5s of
$TCi.vXXV The fciris we4 thM
they isad fee twramsactM s3k
esusc to oeorix shew c 5?oi
i the $CTfasDCQt fnNi e jo
tort. ; Tbe KUai c.4 of J twee-
ica CIO. rvuow4 eiot tM w
! ca;vi era. ni thM jcv-we-
(vital fcrrwrsaex. The 2 w A
dorsui tS chJir rcit .
I Orssos siFnins l.
brief tselaSoS iwitji- ;fc-.ijrtrti
jdisiric-a asti vmtTii,
I grar.se, Tue-lir sSrwe.?. jt
i ice cluhSv dTy t$ C.hiViiin,
V . W.J.J..- iHtfKV
and others. C3.ir7;ui Orepnn
Power coarpacj" 3.1sr ftf iMiw
of opposition to Si whsmn.
F. F. McCresijr. tf ltni
within the site cf bf jcJWWti
Sprague river resratvu. smi: r
would fight the pcvcvtsi.
way possible. lie s5i br- nrnsrtm
would inundate sons cf Se 4s
cattle land west of the Jtascisrs
river.
Colonel Moore said that star,
plemental briefs and other '
would be accepted, out assea
that this be sent in within six
weeks. He said the engineers
had tentatively set an August
date for finishing the report, but
would not say it would be done
at that time.
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BEATEN HERE
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Fifty-five persons attended the
meeting Tuesday night in Klam
ath Union high school when all
English teachers in the city
schools and KUHS and also
principals of the various
buildings, met to discuss the
English program.
Mrs. victor u jveui, neact ot
the English committee for the
past three years; discussed the
unified program of the entire
system. Orpha Hudson, one of
the junior high school English
teachers, outlined the new
course of study in English adopt
ed by the state system and ef
fective next fall. Mrs. O'Neill
did likewise for the high school
program.
Dunns the remainder of the
meeting, members discussed the
present course - of study and
methods of adopting it. to. the
proposed program next year.
Superintendent Arnold Gra-
lapp said that a similar meeting
of teachers of social studies, in
cluding history, geography, and
American government or civics,
would be held March 6, with
Huston Robison of KUHS in
charge.
Ostendorf Replies
To Drug Clamp Ruling
In reply to the Klamath coun
ty grand jury's recommenda
tions referring to the adminis
tration of drugs at all city and
county institutions. Mavor Ed
Ostendorf early Wednesday,
made the following statement:
Tnis present administration
has no drugs on hand, and has
not purchased any drugs, and
neither has this administration
administered any drugs to any
person."
The grand jury recommended
that all habit forming drugs
and drugs obtainable only upon
prescription be administered to
patients m all city and county
institutions only upon direct or.
der of a physician. District At
torney Clarence Humble said
Tuesday that drugs had been re
ceived by the city police depart
ment but made no mention of
any drugs being on hand. t
Senate Kills Bill
For Psycho Hospital
- SAT.F.M TToV, M ibt, im,
senate killed 16 to 13 today a
bill to refer to the people a plan
to build a 100-bed psychiatric
hospital in Portland.
present hospitals in Pendleton
l .
arm oaiem are aaequate, and
that the bill was faulty in not
determining the price of the pro
posed hospital. .
swim, son ! M. d Nn. 7?wr-
J5rm. X)mH,
bar rittirjput wrvio ?nnt
ti WMnr.. "Mifc" it with !-
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WILLIS EITIBM
6ETS BROKZE STAB
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Sgt. Willis R. Si-lreiasJ
Zl, son ot Mr. ana .nrjv naroia
Eittreim, 74T Alameda, has been
awarded the Brorue Star medal
for meritorious service In con
nection with military operations
against the enemy in France and
Luxembourg, according to word
received by the youth's parents.
Eittreim has been overseas for
the past 11 months, serving with
the coast artillery corps, anti-aircraft
division. He is a graduate
of Klamath Union high school,
class of 1941, and for a time was
employed by California-Oregon
Freight. Willis enlisted in the
army, February 20, 1943, and
was stationed for 15 months at
Camp Haan, Calif., before going
overseas.
The artilleryman has been
with Patton's third army during
all operations in France and was
in combat within 24 days after
he left New York for his over
seas assignment.
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his office was planning no Im
mediate dam .construction but
was interested only in "develop
ing this important waterway
(the Klamath) so it may be put
to its best use."
Moore said the engineers were
not considering any construction
that would destroy fish or wild
life in any area.
25 More Jap
Vessels Sunk
WASHTTcrvrnv fk ii s
Twenty-five more Japanese ves
sels, including three combatant
fthin. hava hnan ctinlr In . ITni.
Eastern waters by United States
submarines.
A navy announcement today
xaifi thp fiphtinor china ini.1,,rlw4
an escort aircraft carrier, a de
stroyer, and a large converted
cruiser.
Non-combatant vessels includ
ed a medium transport, 14 me
dium cargo vessels, three small
cargo vessels, a large cargo
transport, two medium cargo
transports and a small trans
port. FUNERAL
JOSEPH DANIEL HE NET
Funeral wrvieei for the late Joseph
Daniel Henry who passer away )n thii
city on Tuesday, February 20, IMS fol
lowing an Ulnes of three week will be
held in the chapel of Conger-Morris in
Med ford on Friday afternoon, February
23. 1B43. Commitment service and In
terment will follow In the IOOF cem
etery. Friends may view the remalm
n the Gold Room at the Earl Whit
lock Funeral Home until 9 p, m. Wednes
day, February 31, 1949,
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Community Concert
STARTS THURSDAY .
It's Trolya Great Musical Extravaganzal
I 34S? RANDOLPH " OYPSYH08S
S 4t, SCOTT LEE
v 'VV DINAH SHORE
Mooie Carnal i, ri
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elderly woman's residence.
There they (vund the woman.
Crwfvrv1, Mr. and Mrs. Reed
1. ks,-;.!,, m au I vrt neishbors. aeoovd-
ur vs K. f ; lXtrtct Attorney Hum-
VhMi r I--1 . , .' .... ,,.
Mi :,. Vl I CXftctr. er advUrd that the
, , ! wwiKia hvt vailed at the Ros1
. , . , .v v - j hM wrly in the evening to
tt ntf.v a.- f .i .-.LVji ua; .V t..i u ik.u .i i,,
nd iKvt for a cusarotte. Reed
tWd police that he did not have
any cigarettes on hand and that
he was going to meet his wife
who, was expected homo on the
train. At that time the woman
oifred to see if her husband, a
Southern Pacific employe work
ing nights, had left any cigar
ettes at their home which is lo
cated across the alley from the
Reed residence.
Reed told police that he left
for the depot and presumably,
his neighbor and Crawford also
left. Later Mr. and Mrs. Reed
said they saw a light In the
neighbor's house and decided to
call and thank her for the eggs.
That was about 9 o'clock, Hum
ble reported.
On arriving at the woman's
home, they reportedly caught
Crawford in an act of sodomy,
his victim semi-conscious and
badly beaten. Reed said Craw
ford turned on him and they
fought until Reed subdued
Crawford. In the meantime, Mrs.
Reed ran for help to the neigh
bors and Reed turned Crawford
over to them while he called
police.
Dr. Peter H. Rozondal and
District Attorney Humble were
called by city police. Dr. Roien.
dal said the woman suffered
from severe bruises over her
entire body and abrasions, es
pecially on the head. District
Attorney Humble said the elder
ly woman told him she had
been raped "numerous times"
during the attack.
The complaint was signed by
Officer V. L. Wagner of city
police.
Crawford, member of a well
known Klamath Indian family,
Is employed at dragline oiler
by the U. S. bureau of reclama
tion.
IX tiirjyv, Mi:y r.irc&a oru
Cm the nw-wra ftotxu our
STVF.X t'.Vifi raises sred
i MASKS TO TtfS RHINE.
Jti lb f4. v S-ssins indicate
fortny tev are 54 miles
frfiTft 5tC.!3. A v3errnu com-TwiStsT.--
jvs liv.s morning the
rf.tm rtu line and autobahn
fmjrt?y super-hijhway) from
We CVw o Berlin have been
CVT BY THE RUSSIANS.
"TKESS is an interesting story
A in the dispatches today.
Socket-f i r i n g Thunderbolts
seep in from our Italian bases
to attack the Berchtesgaden area
Hitler's hideout) which, the
dispatches speculate, MAY BE
THE MOST HEAVILY FORTI
FIED SPOT IN THE REICH.
They hit mainly railyards, track
age, cars and locomotives.
They encounter INTENSE
FLAK and small arms fire.
,
'yHERE is no official comment,
-1 but there is speculation
(passed by the censor) that the
attack may have been directed
against top priority NAZI PER
SONNEL and nazi FILES coming
in from Berlin. -
An air force officer quoted In
the dispatches says: "This is
supposed to be Hitler's hideout.
If our raiders found railroad cars
there, one guess is as good as
another as to what they might
contain."
Fitting into this pattern Is a
heavy air attack on Nurnberg,
a great German rail center
through which most of the traf
fic from Berlin to the Berchtes
gaden area must pass.
COR weeks we've been hearing
r speculation that the nazis
plan to retire to this mountain
ous corner of Germany and
Austria for a last-ditch stand.
There are hints that they may be
planning tb concentrate here
their divisions now in northern
Italy and Yugoslavia. We have
been told of rumors that for
months they have been collecting
here food and supplies in vast
quantities.
'T'HE nazi, like the Jap, isn't
milt human.
He is an inner lump of raw
savage, with an outer historical
veneer. of industrial civilization,
and an INDOCTRINATED
MIND.
LONDON, Feb. 21 (P) David
Lloyd George, Britain's prime
minister in World War I, was re
ported still seriously ill today at
iiib nome in iiorui vvaies out
physicians said his condition was
"not critical."
WEATHER
Tei4y,
lumnt ; .10 .00
Klamath Falls W 2A .00
Sacramento .in .no
North Bend .00
Portland .n.t
Medford Bl . .00
Reno 42 20 .00
San Franeiico M .00
Seattle 34 40 .03
'Northern California Clear today to
nlfht and Thursday except i:rtly cloudy
extreme north portion. Slightly warmer
today.
Ore ton Cloudy with Ksht raln north
of Med ford and on coait today and to
nlfht. Clearing Thursday. Slightly
warmer Thursday afternoon.
Service Men
and Women
Home on Leave
SSot. Bert H. Butler from
South 1'tictfic. At Bly, Ore.
S Jo Jack Frlbera from
South Pacific, Hero for 30 days.
Tho above servlco people are
entitled to tree passes to the
locul theatres and free fountain
service at Lost River dairy by
courtesy of Lloyd I.umb of the
theatres and R. C. Woodruff of
tho dairy. Please call at The
Herald and News office (ask for
Paul Hnlncs) for your courtesy
tickets.
LIFELINE TO BERLIN
CUTjIMpNS
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south, U. S. third army troops
in a broad sweep along a SO
mile front In tho Elfcl moun
tain!!, gnliied up to five miles
and seized 11 Gorman towns,
Rails Smashed
More than 1200 American
bombers, escorted by 880 fight
ers, smashed at rail and in
dustrial targets In Nuernberg.
It was tho second straight day
of American air attack on that
great rail Junction, once the
sccno of nnzl party spectacles.
The attack, coupled with an
overnight RAF blow by 1200
planes on Dortmund, uuessei-
dorf, Mannheim, Berlin and
other targets, brought Into Its
ninth duy the tremendous aerial
offensive during which more
than 11,000 heavy bombori were
over the relch.
34 Miles From Berlin
German reports of reverses
on tun Odor coincided with a
Russian review which snld the
red army was 34 miles from
Berlin, the closest that Russian
press yet has placed soviet
troops from tho German capital,
In Italy American troops at
tacking over forbidding moun
tain terrnln captured Monte
Belvedere and fought vicious
German opposition for heights
west of the Pistola-Bologna high
way. Tho Germans had held
3500-foot Monte Belvedere since
they recaptured It last Novem
ber 20.
OBITUARY
JAMftft FINLIT
Jam) Flnley, for the last twe year
resident of Klamath Falls, Oregon,
patd away In this cllv on Tuesday,
February 30. Wn at BMO p. m. follow
ing an Illness of six weeks. He was a
native of Mineral Point. Wleconsln. and
at the time of his dath was aged M
years 0 months and 20 days. Surviving
are three daughter: Sarah Barbara Fin
ly of Washington, D. C, Mn. Margaret
Helen I-avin and Mrs- Mary Lorraine
Williams of Klamath Falls. Oregon; one
son. Charles George Flnley of Los An-
feles. California; two slaters. Mrs. fterah
I. MrKlnnon of Mnwhtidge. South
Dakota and Mrs. Isabella Parkr of
Orovltle. Washington: 11 grandchildren
and one groat grandchild. The remains
rest in the Karl Whlttock Funeral Home,
Pine at Sixth. Notice of funeral to be
announced at a later date.
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lopes crisscrossed with revet
ments, pillboxes, blocklioimna,
and reinforced sniper holes.
Mines ' and tank traps were
plentiful. ,
Tho murine drive stemmed
from Motoyama ulrfield No, 1,
the Island's prl.ed bomber field
captured yostordny noon 30
hours ahoad of schedule.
About 700 yards separate these
two fields, the only completed
air strips on the Island, 7S0 miles
south of Tokyo.
Crawl Volcano 81op
Other devil dogs crawled 100
gainful yards up the slope of
uribachl volcano, a fortress
mountain on the southern tip of
the Island from which Japanese
Cuns dominate every inch of the
dismal ground the Yanks con
trol. Vicious Jnpnnese defenders at
tempted one small tank support
ed night-time counterattack and
almost constant Infiltration, both
coordinated with morlnr, rocket
and artillery barrages.
All attempts were broken up
by the marines, with the aid of
illuminating flares fired throunh
out the night by the American
Invasion fleet lying offshore.
The flares exponed vlrlunllv
every Japanese attempt at night
time maneuvers.
Pulverlte Defames
Naval guns, masses of marine
artillery, carrier planes, tanks
and Individual marine units
combined In pulverising Jnpnn
esn defenses whleli rover tho en
tire volcanic Island. But the
marines still face nn uphill fight.
Tho northern mass of the is
land rises about .10 yards above
Motoyama airfield No. 2. which
lies on a plntenu. The marines
had to climb slopes to approach
It from any direction.
SEASICK ADMIRAL
England's great admiral and
hero of Trafalgar, Lord Nelson,
disliked shore leave because ho
became seasick whenever ha re
turned to his ship.
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batnnls and private pr
On C'orrciiidor, bolhi.
of themoli, lunnihSft
by explosives snd Y,K
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through rubble In L Z
vcmiliitlonventfva
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customary that only Uaj
be rend. 1
Speaker Eugene E, Hut
(lay hud the reading clert
excerpts from sll bllU. b
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say the bills had btcn rti
full. Tho house's ovcrsK
republican molarity m'i
given Marsh strong bjcklrj
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bills don't hnvo to be
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