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Saturday May 19. IMS
FRANK JtmONt MALC01J EPIJV
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Today'.s Roundup
By MALCOLM EPLEY
READERS of the Klamath Yesterdays column
on this page know, that this is the 40th
anniversary year of the establishment of gov
ernment irrigation .in tne
Klamath area.
The old papers in our 1908
files are filled with big head
lines about the government
coming into the reclamation
situation here, buying out the
Klamath Canal company,
which had started a major
project, and other irrigation
works begun on an independ
ent basis.
it was. of course, one of the
major milestones in Klamath EPLEY
history. This became one of the truly success
ful reclamation projects in the country, and
irrigation played the major role in bringing
Klamath agriculture to an equality with lum
bering in the basin's economic structure.
In 1944, the area under the project totaled
213,000 acres, and the crop return alone on the
project reached the prodigious total of $17,
700,000. Returns from all agricultural activities
in our area, on the project and off, ran the
total up to more than $24,000,000, an all-time
high.
It is fitting, in this 40th anniversary year,
that Klamath's irrigation agriculture is in a
position to contribute a mighty volume to the
nation's wartime food needs. A vast planting
program, aimed at that goal, is now underway.
Challenge Of The Future
KLAMATH'S agriculture not only has a glor
ious past, but it promises even more for the
future. Development may be expected to con
tinue steadily, through individual enterprise as
well as through organized programs, such as the
newly-reorganized Shasta View irrigation dis
trict Army engineers, studying the basin in con
nection with resource uses, estimated that 830,
000 acres could eventually be brought under
irrigation. Local sources were able to boost
that figure to mora than 900,000 acres. A com
parison with the 213,000 now under the project
gives an indication of what lies ahead if we
make full use of our resources.
The land use committee of the Klamath
chamber of commerce is asking the reclamation
service to make a full survey of the basin's
land and water assets. This, together with the
studies that have already been made, should
point the way toward greater development.
Klamath has been most fortunate in the
class of farmers operating here. They are gen
erally men with vision, aggressiveness, and
sound business' knowledge. They are not the
kind who lazily eke a bare living out of a
. little patch of land. They get out and do
things. The people who settle and work in a
. high altitude are generally that kind, we find.
Tragedy
HERE'S one of the week's tragic stories:
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Davis, 948 Prospect,
take great pride in making their home sur
roundings attractive. They plant many flowers,
' and tend them carefully. They are the kind
of people who are good for the town.
Among their plantings are 100 tulips, lining
either side of the front walk. The bulbs pro
duced a double row of marvelous blooms this
spring.
Last night,, some one went along the Davis
front walk, and plucked off the heads of all
the tulips except six on either side near the
porch.
The heads, with stems an Inch or two in
length, were found scattered along the street
sidewalk this morning. The vandal had not
even taken them for a bouquet.
It was not the Davis' first experience of the
kind. Some one wrecked their gladioli last
year, and some one broke the top out of an
arborvitae. The Davis family is cettlng a little
discouraged about flower gardening.
The War Today
I By DeWITT MacKENZIE
Associated Press Foreign News Analyst
THE leftist tide which is sweeping across
Europe seems to be reaching dangerously
high on the throne of Belgium..
King Leopold who was released recently by
Americim troops near Salzburg, Austria, where
he had been held prisoner by the Germans
reportedly had made it known that he won't
be returning to his capital for some time be
cause of his "state of .health." Actually, of
course, he was deprived of his throne on May
30, 1940, by an order which was approved by
the Belgium cabinet in exile in Paris.
Leftist groups in Brussels shrug away the
"state of health" explanation. Their terse and
ominous response is that it's for parliament to
decide whether Leopold is in position to fulfill
the duties of king. He's on tough spot, but
of far greater importance than his own fate is
that of the monarchy. The extreme left has
no use for royalty.
No Other Course?
LEOPOLD was shorn of his prerogatives three
days after he surrendered the Belgian army
to the invading Germans, thereby exposing
the left flank of the British forces to the fury
of the Hitlerite attack. His supporters de
clared that he had no other course than to
capitulate to the enveloping enemy, especially
since countless Belgian civilians had mingled
with their troops and were being killed in the
swirling battle. But shouts of "treason" and
"pro-German" were heard in the streets of
Paris.
The situation then, and now, seems very
unreal as one looks back to the way Belgium
emerged from the last war under the leader
ship of the famous King Albert and his wonder
ful queen, Elizabeth, The royal pair and their
three children retired with their army to the
tiny corner of the country which was held
against the Germans in the La Panne sector..
Magnificent Rulers
THERE by the sea the family lived close to
, the fighting front throughout the long war.
I was accredited to both the British army and
- the Belgians as war correspondent, and fre
quently was in that area. Albert and his queen
were magnificent.
No king or queen stood higher in the world's
esteem.
Leopold's surrender, and his loss of royal
prerogatives in the passions of the moment,
by no means explain his present predicament.
Belgium, like neighboring France and so many
other continental countries, is caught in the
epochal struggle between the "left" and the
"right." If the "left" wins, the throne presum
ably, will go. Leopold really doesn't figure
greatly in the scheme of things. A dynasty
and the way of life of a nation are at stake.
From Other
Editors
EXCUSE OUR DUST
(James Morrison in
Butte Valley Star) .
We once had an idea for a car
toon, showing a railroad built
right up to the base of a cliff
with a mountain range towering
endlessly in the background. A
superintendent looking over the
work of a subordinate, remarks,
'That's fine, Quiggs, but I don't
think the company would go for
a 75-mile tunnel."
The parallel suggested by this
thought is the end-of-the-llne ef
fect you get when you hit the
nighty Siskiyous, north of
Yreka. The highway is pretty
fast for a few miles toward the
state line; then you careen into
the mountains where the road
should have ended.
In the postwar period, which
is the era in which the states will
build their super highways, who
wants a lot of towns to impede
travel, anyway? The mills at
uorns may someday seek green
er forests, but that won't kill the
town. Agriculture and livestock
strides will see to that. With
new cars, plenty of tires and full
gas tanks the emphasis will be
on speed so n.any hours be
tween San Francisco and Port
land, for example and it's been
proven thousands of times that
actual hours can be slashed in
such a trip via Dorris, Klamath
Falls and the Willamette pass in
comparison with the same trip
via highway 99.
Another obvious argument for
the main coast highway through
here is that in prewar days far
more traffic used highway 97
than highway 99 even though
many out-of-state tourists did not
know of the faster route and
stuck to their .highway maps.
When this route is given
thorough publicity and travel
hungry Americans again tour the
west, please "excuse our dust,"
Yreka.
SIDE GLANCES
jean. wntmtinCTvict. inc. y.n.m.u..vn.orr.
ti &!,do0Ji.r 9 Scml Pack 'ou marched all over France
to 18J8, Dad, bo they elected you to take us on a 12-mile
Sunday!"
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From The Klamath Republican
May 25, 1905
Citizens of Klamath Falls are
invited to attend the grand
opening or wnaeiaice uuy on
June 1.
The railroad bonus drive has
now reached $92,815. Local peo
ple are raising the money to
subsidize a railroad here from
the south.
From The Evening Herald
Mar 19. 1935
Bob Leslie won the 100-yard
dash and the 220 at the state
track meet. .
. Federal officers struck both
here and at Chiloauin in stae-
ing a liquor clean-up over the
weeKena.
Classified Ads Bring Results:
Your Labor Is Not In Voin
In The Lord
Woriblp st the
CHURCH OF CHRIST
4MU Main St. K. of C. Bill
10:00 Bible Reading.
11:00 Edification Service.
11:45 Communion Service.
7:30 Evening Service.
" . . . Rim tout li hlr. to do ax
eaaSlnrly abundantly above all that
wo oak or tblok."
Telling
The Editor
Ultan print hart mat not fca mora
than IOC waroa In length, must bo writ
tin libl on ONI II DS ol lha aapar
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Natural Ally
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. tTo
the Editor) We are losing the
mon in the war against Japan,
and the longer ft lasts, the
longer the list of men on
the shaft in the courthouse
square in this and every other
town will become.
We all know that there is
only one country, Russia, that
can give us Immediate and ef
fective help, we know that Rus
sia has to come in some time
to get the Kurile islands and
for other reasons. Until Russia
comes in we can expect the lists
of names on the shafts to grow
longer. Why does Russia delay
when it is to her interest to
come in?
Perhaps it Is because of our
odd political hookups In Eur
ope, which she may consider
against her interests. People
seem surprised about our poli
tical recognition of Admiral
Doenitz. They shouldn't be
Look at the government we set
up in Rome over the people of
Italy, No wonder the partisans
handled Mussolini Instead of
turning him over to the allies.
What is the reason that we,
who are supposed to be fighting
for democracy, support the ene
mies of democracy whenever
we have a chance? Why Is it
that most everyone wanted the
Russians to capture Hitler and
wanted them to get to Berlin
first? Why does the average
man and woman trust Russia m
things like that Instead of their
own government or the govern
ment of England?
Is it possible that behind the
facade of democracy we are
fighting to preserve the capi
talistic system at any cost, and
will not recognize that the rea
son for the spread of socialism
is that the men and women
with no more home than a
poker chip had nowhere else to
go and will fight anyone before
they will let their former kings
or any other of the six per cent
boys strap the pack saddles on
their backs again.
Russia is our natural ally In
the Pacific. Sooner or later we
will have to adjust our differ
ences with her. Why don't we
do it now and get the men in
the Pacific something besides
token assistance?
Sincerely,
W. L. HALLEY,
1S28 Etna St.
Good People
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To
the Editor) The item appearing
In tUm Uat-aM that nhr nveninS
stated where the Juvenile offi
cers rouna a nomo ior we i-year-old
boy who came to Klam
ath Falls seeking his mother. I
think the peoples name should
also have been mentioned. In
the item it was Mr. and Mrs.
O. D. Reeder or (Bob) who took
this boy in. I also wish to state
the boy is very happy in his
new adopted home.
Mrs. W. E. Geer,
1933 Arthur St.,
Klamath Falls, Ore.
A MOTHER'S PRAYER
A mother's prayer was answered
today
From a blood-soaked land so far
away.
A message came which said,
Your son, missing in action, has
been found,
His B-17 scattered on enemy
ground.
Dear God, I cannot find words
to say
But I can pray, end this war
some way.
Barbara Lee Barfleld,
Route 2, Box 526.
Robbers Pause To
Refresh With Beer
PORTLAND, May 19 m
Robbers who raided a grocery
here took time out to refresh
themselves with beer.
They stole hams, ' chickens,
butter and canned meats from
the store, then paused at a tav
ern in the same building. After
quenching their thirst, the
thieves looted pin ball machines
and stole a radio and electric
mixer.
There Is
mortgage
a "Demand"
lliwa aBJfW iuiiRa JVM
this mortgage with lift
insurance. .
Prisoners Faced Starvation,
Says Freed Klamath Woman
(Continued From Pago One)
thrown in jail for 30 days at' n
object lesson.
18 Violate Order
One day, 18 expectant fathers
were rounded up and thrown In
the tin. The axoresslons on their
faces were pretty silly.
The same resour cefulness
which makes America the most
Inventive nation In tne wo no.,
proved true at Santo Tomas pris.
on. There was no clothing. The
women had little to wear and
their fragile silk underwear soon
vtis worn to shreds. There was
plenty of four-ply string on hand
and this Is what they did with It,
Esther said, ,
Knit Own Garments
First they undertook tho tedi
ous task of dividing the string In
to two-ply. Next they took bam
hnn amrl with landDaner they
smoothed the make-shift knitting
needles into ponsnen bucks.
Then they proceeded to design
shorts, brassieres, anklets and
other necessary garments. They
created fancy stitches and even
took bright string to trim cuffs
of the sox.
. It was Esther's sane and wom
anlike observation that when
"you're all In the ssme posltton
and no one has anything, there s
a spirit of fair play and coopera
tion which makes you one fam
ily." This was the existing spirit
in Santo Tomas prison.
Husband Dlsd
Esther left the United States
in January, 1040, with her hut
band, Paul Sevclk, who later
fought at Bataan and died of ce
rebral malaria soon after his cap
ture. Paul, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Sevclk of 424 Adams, was
going to a gold mine at Paracale,
amarines worie, in me sown
em part of Luzon, about 60 kilo
meters south of Manila. After
stops at Kobe, Yokohama and
Nagasaki, so pleasantly featured
in today's news thanks to B-2fls,
the Sevciks made stops along the
China coast, arriving In Manila
on February 28, 1940.
After 18 months at the camp
in Paracale, Esther left by plane
for Manila where her child, Alan
Laird, Was born June 28, 1941, at
St. Luke's hospital. When the
baby was six months old. she vis
ited Manila again, this time seek
ing medical care for the baby. It
was the afternoon of December
8 (Manila is a day ahead of us),
and word of the bombing of Hon
olulu reached Manila.
Box Car Trip
"My reservations to Paracale
by plane were cancelled and it
took me three days before I
could get back home and then I
went in a box car. That Is a
story in itself.
"I was really quite stupid. I
didn't worry. I thought if fd get
out of Manila and back to the
mine, I'd be safe. I felt so secure
with our fleet in the harbor.
No Money
"When I ot home that morn-
inc. back to Paracale. 1 heard the
Japs had landed In Legaspi, to
tne soutn or us. 'mat was lour or
five days after December 8. We
lived in a pretty wild part of the
Island. We only had enough cash
on hand to pay the natives for
four or five days, and we owed
them for about 10. We couldn't
get any cash from Manila as I
had come home on the last train
to leave there.
"The natives that worked for
us were a pretty tough lot and
they said they would shoot us if
tney man t get paid. And they
would have, too. They didn't like
the whites too well, then. My
nusband was tne mm superliv
tendent. We were in a Dredica.
ment with the Japs coming up
from the south and the natives
threatening to kill us right there.
Radio Left On
"We had orders to pull the
numns in the mine so the Jan.
couldn't use it, and In one hour's
notice we started through the
jungle. Of the nine white faml.
lies there, there is only one man
left alive that I know of. We did
not even stop to turn off the
radio.
"Then we started throuch the
Jungle and hiked over the worst
terrain Imaginable. Through hot,
sour mud up to our knees. We
were able to travel hi fur a
weaver bolomon s mine (Solo.
mon is a former Klamath rosl.
dent) by station wagon but from
Latest In Santo Tomas ling..,
'i i.-.r v.
ii.;..-
(hero on we walked to Manila.
We sont all ine curs ui.
Little rood
"On the way I mixed the
baby's powdered miiK wnn
water from' a stream. We could
n't stop to buna a nro w
u... ihn urui.r The baby sot dys
entery. One day, six in our party
shared one small csn of sardines
and a can of milk. We lost all our
luggage ami l oven muiw
thermot with the babys form
ula "
The party finally reached Ma
nila where they ware given food
and clothing. Christmas Duvwas
spont dodging in and out of bomb
shelters as the Jan Pi""?" "mB
over In flights of nine, hitting at
noarby Camp Murphy.
Joined l roopt
Paul Sevclk and Mary's hus-
band, a construction engineer,
left their wives tne asy n
Christmas to Join the Amorlcan
tnm Thnv wnrA never seen
again. It Is thought that Mary's
husband is a prisoner of war in
Japan.
Americans reullted the Japs
were coming into Manila on New
Year's Day. Tho occupation of
Manila was descriDca oy tvaiusi
as "qulie oraeriy.
"They entered with great dra
matlo ceremony.
Lowered Flag
"I saw them lower the Stars
and Stripes and raise the flag of
the rising sun. That was bitter.
The Japs did not bother Es
ther, hor child, and Mary and her
three, until April 17.
Child 111
Esther hsd been given a re
lease by the Japanese officers to
live outside Santo Tomas, as her
child was ill and under one year
old. The baby was still suffering
from dysentery contracted on the
way to Manila.
About that time, order came
for nil Americans to turn over
their cars to the Japs. Mnry had
a new car and she got a Spanish
family to store the machine In
their garage. Then, with the help
of a Tlllplno. forged a bill of sale
showing that the Filipino had
purchased the car three months
previous to the war.
The Filipino turned around
and sold the car to a Jsp colonel
for 1600 pesos. Esther, Mary and
their children lived on that mon
ey for the next six months.
Mary Disappears
One morning Mary and her
four-year-old went into the mar
ket center to thop. A Jap tapped
her on the shoulder and said
"Come with me." Mary and the
child were sent to Fort Santiago,
the torture chamber used by the
Japs. She was held one month
and inasmuch as nothing could
be proved against her, the was
released. Esther learned, even
tually, whero Mary had gone
but her strange disappearance
ratixflH much concern.
On Mary's return, the girls
picked up their children and
"scuttled Into Santo Tomas for
protection." The thought of the
prison was refreshing, compared
to tho fear under which they
were living In Manila. While in
the city, all Americans were
forced to wear arm bands denot
ing the status of enemy aliens.
Babv Dies
The first IB months were not
so bad, Esther said. It was when
the Jap military took over that
things really got tough. Esther's
child was never well. He died In
Manila June 26, 1943.
Due to her falling health. Es.
ther was moved to Los Banns
prison camp for three months.
She was then returned to Santo
Tomas. During tho long years of
imprisonmom, bsincr received
but one letter from home. The
time was very, very long, she
said.
Gradually, with the reduced
diet, residents of the camp grew
weaker. Toward the end the chil
dren remained In bed most of the
time. They did not have the
strength to play. Knowledge that
the troops were drawing nearer,
kept morale on an even keel.
"Only the fact that we knew
of the approaching forces were
we able to live at all," Esther
said. "Even at that many gave
up and died."
Puns News
The real lift came one night
when Don Bell, well-known
radio announcer and commentat
or, interned in the camp, closed
IV,,J' lift
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This It what the well dmied woman inttmaa i iiTi
Tomtt priton wore unaer ner esmp ovttilii, tiiisTkZ
ttrlna, brattle ret were crocheted by hand tni (h a,;,.'
tionally will fathloned. On Etthei't Up It t p,r 0'i ""'"l
Irom the ttrlng. A baby cable stitch wai ud M
natural urge to decorate. Anklett were alio knit aj VvTL't
ulih noorilaja mad from nollahori himk.. aa
his evening orders of the day
with:
"Well, folks, better Leyto than
never."
This confirmed hopes of the
camp inmates.
One evening, about 0 o'clock,
Esther and a group of women
were sitting around drinking hot
tea. The tea was made from a
can of cloves someone had found.
All of a sudden they heard shoot
ing in tho streets and tho women
thought the guerrillas had risen.
One girl said:
"I don't like this shooting. If
It lets up, and I hope It doesn't,
I'll be back."
Bullets In Camp
Then the bullets started com
ing Into camp.
7,Wo saw the Jsp guards drop
their rifles and go on their hands
and knees. We all crawled under
the bads. Just at that time, the
Jap guards sneaked Into the 'ed'
building. Then e man In a build
ing In back of us leaned out of
a window and shouted:
. "They're here."
"The camp wont mad. That
was about 10 o'clock at night
The first I can clearly remem
bor wns when Mnry said to her
little girl: . ,
"Honey, here's an American
soldier. Here's what you've been
waiting for."
Birthday Present
"It was the child's sixth birth
day. Another little girl in the
camp ran right up to moving
tank and Jumped up and
clutched a gun. She was scream
ing with Joy. It was 16 days be
fore things quieted down, in the
meantime, many were killed and
wounded. People had spent sev
eral years under terrlblo condi
tions and then died at the mo
ment of liberation."
Esther was moved to the camp
hospital on a strctcner. She is a
girl who normally weight 133
pounds. That day she weighed 76
pounds. At the hospital they
gave her milk and cream of to
mato soup. Sho was In such con-
rilllnn. thai rA. .
uiiiitmi mr ner to him
toiirin oi win Wi ab
normal ml
wouad4
Eathpr rMi-nlu k
h was ttruck by ihi'
which the JsMwKg
with J vengeance.
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