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By MALCOLM EPLEY
A POINT of much interest that has been
largely overlooked in the outside news
paper and radio stories about the Tulelake
homestead opening is that the fmtjWM
World War II veterans was
under 25 feet of water 35 years
go. ' '
It was then the bottom of
a huge lake. These 86 farms,
as well as scores of other
farms already operating in the
neighboring area, were made
available for agricultural pur
poses through the unwatering
of the bed of Tule lake, which
once spread over some 100,000
Pnlifnrnia.
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Tule lake was a fresh waier sv.w
by the discharge of Lost river and occasional,
but rare, overflow! from Klamath river. Its
ancient water line is indicated by rows of
willows to be seen at various places around
the lake, especially on the west side. The well
defined shore line lies at about 4055 feet above
sea level.
The early plans for. the development of the
Klamath reclamation project contemplated as
one feature the partial unwatering of the bed
of Tulelake and inclusion of the lands thus
exposed as a part of the farmed area of the
project.
The job was accomplished by shutting off the
inflow into the lake. Clear lake dam, which
controls the flow of Lost river from Its source,
was constructed in 1911, creating a large reser
voir. Gerber reservoir, controlling the flow of
Miller creek, a Lost river tributary, was com
pleted in 1925.
These dams, alone, were not enough to pre
vent a flow of water into Tule lake which would
flood the potential farm lands there. An essential
part of the program was the Lost river diversion
dam and channel. The dam is on Lost river,
and the channel runs from the reservoir thus
formed to Klamath river. By this means, water
running down Lost river may be shifted into
Klamath river and prevented from running on
down into Tule lake. In 1931, the diversion
channel was enlarged to a capacity of 1200
second feet
"An interesting feature of the diversion chan
nel is that it is level, and water may be moved
in either direction through it. In the irrigation
season, if more water is needed in Lost river
below the dam for irrigation purposes, it can
be directed through the diversion channel from
Klamath river
Clear lake and Gerber dams, and the Lost
river diversion channel, accomplished the in
tended purpose, and by 1917, Tule lake water
had evaporated sufficiently to make possible
the opening of the first land there. In 1922,
the first land of the Tulelake- division, proper,
was opened and since then the area of home
stead land on Tulelake has been steadily in
creased. The original plans for reclaiming Tule lake
bed contemplated reserving a large portion of
the bed for sump purposes for storage of water
which seemed certain to flow into the lake
despite the upstream and diversion projects.
This is the area known as the "sump," It was
not originally intended for farming purposes.
But through a series of dry years, it became
plain that not all the sump area was needed
for storage purposes, and the government leased
thousands of acres in the sump for agricultural
purposes. It still does.
. Meanwhile, the government has proceeded
with development of the unwatered lands out
side the sump area and has opened them to
homesteading. The land involved in the draw
ing on Wednesday is a part of this development.
Coppeck bay will follow into the homestead
picture.
Tule lake has proved to be a tremendous
success as a reclamation project. The land is
fertile, the water supply is ample, and the farm
ers, largely veterans, who have settled there
have made the most of the great opportunities
it offers. The successful participants in Wednes
day's drawing will be indeed fortunate to be
'given a chance to carve out a home and a living
in that productive area where once lapped the
waters of a great lake.
News Behind The News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 My radio dinned
it into me and at least one newspaper
said at the top of its front page that Phil
Murray had "accepted" the Nathan survey
which held that American business can pay
another 25 per cent wage increase without rais
ing prices or reducing its pre-war profit margin.
The CBS 11 p. m. broadcaster that day said
no one had disputed Mr. Nathan's figures. He
and others treated the news as something of a
super-colossal sensation tossed like a bomb in
the CIO campaign for more wage increases
you know how they go on.
The truth of the matter (which no one whom
I read or heard pointed out) was that Nathan
had been hired by Murray to make the survey.
Bob Nathan, who operates a private statistical
agency, made no secret of it in his invitation
to newsmen to attend the announcement, say
ing: "We have been retained by CIO to under
take ..." the survey and have been working
on it two months.
Now anyone above the age of 10 (and some
under) knows Murray hired Nathan for a job
of statistical propaganda to boom the CIO
Increase-wages-again campaign. That Murray
"accepted" what he had bought was no more
surprising than if a CIO attorney had said CIO
was just wonderful, but the way the radio
handled it, and some newspapers, would have
made me believe if I had not known the
true facts that an objective third party had
just given CIO the go-ahead to get another
per cent wage increase which is what CIO
wanted.
Deception
SUCH propaganda statistic-king goes on all
the time and is legal, if the public is not
misled as to its true source, but the tricky
deception this time is likely to involve the
union and the country in an economic holo
caust, to wit:
Now any high school student, including the
worst in the class of economics, can see on the
surface, the two major things wrong with the
statistics of Economist Nathan which utterly
destroy their assigned value. In the first place
he professes to calculate the prospective profits
of all industry for the purpose of promoting
a wage increase for the CIO in autos and steel
whereas only autos and steel are pertinent.
Nathan takes in profits of every business, good
and bd, to promote a wage increase in the two,
basic largest national industries which are ad
mittedly bad.
But this is not nearly the worst of his eco
nomic offense against common sense. He says
the wage increase again this year can be
accomplished without "reducing pre-war pro
fits." Certainly the thickest head in high
school realizes we have gone far upwards in
inflation since pre-war, that the dollar buys
perhaps half as much as it did then. If in
dustry is held to pre-war dollar figures of
profits, their profits will be reduced by half
or more reduced by as much as inflation has
gone up. Only management then would be
denied an inflation which labor itself is promot
ing, and therefore management must be utterly
destroyed by the economic events which Nathan
advocates. Management cannot live on pre-war
dollars in an inflated economy. That is the
insidious danger of the Nathan figures to the
union which apparently does not realize it
and to the public.
And as far as the public is concerned, CIO
said its wage increase after a crippling 120-day
strike last year at this time would not result
in increased prices but the price of automo
biles has been increased three times since then.
Actually CIO is trying to get away with the
same old hoax on the public about that, where
as the public knows better.
The Other Side
Ik JOW we get up to the college level of eco-
I nomics which may be required for under
standing although the kids are right smart
these days. The radio did not mention the
pertinent figures which are announced just at
that very same time. Nor did any front page
headlines herald the actual profits of the two
companies involved, issued then. You might
find these back on the financial page, or not
at .all, and the public certainly did not get
them by ear on the radio.
These figures show the other side of the
Nathan story, restricted to industries pertinent
to tne CIO wage campaign, an accounting pre
sented by U. S. Steel and General Motors to
stockholders. As I have no room left today,
I will present them tomorrow in full substantia
tion of my theory of the matter which is this:
The CIO has taken on a very dangerous battle
on exceedingly weak economic grounds. It has
chosen the wrong course and is apt to suffer
the fate of John Lewis in one way or another.
The danger is it proposes to force the country
higher into inflation (a game in which the work
ing man must already realize he never catches
up). Murray should have avoided this and the
CIO shouldjiave attempted a campaign against
inflation and for a stable economy which is
what the wage earner urgently needs, if he is
not to plunge the whole economic works down
the sewer while groping ambitiously for re
sults which cannot be realized.
SIDE GLANCES
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com iw rr at tssvtct. asc. w stc. v. a. m.
"He broke his arm trying to hang by his knees to impress
a girl, and she didn't visit' him once I'm afraid he has
lost his faith In womanhood!"
County Tax 85
Per Cent In
The county tax office has col
lected approximately 85 per cent
of the money due on its current
roll, and has already distributed
about half of the amount to the
various taxing districts.
Through last Saturday a total
of $2,101,901.57. had been re
ceived. The tax bill is $2,468,
077.29. Many taxpayers are paying
their assessments in full to take
advantage of a three per cent
discount allowed, and the office
has acknowledged discounts of
$61,368.92.
Two Teen-Agers
Die In Crash
IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo.. Dec.
16 (IP) A Denver teen-ager and
his fiance were fatally injured
and 13 other skiers returning
from a Sunday outing were in
jured yesterday when their open
body truck plunged off a moun
tain highway and into the icy
waters of Clear creek.
Guy Clifford Cowan, 18, of
Denver, was crushed to death in
the 40-foot plunge, and !iis fi
ance, Helen Fouse, 18, also of
Denver, died early today in Col
orado General hospital, Denver.
RADIO PROGRAMS
Two Plead Guilty
To Pistol Theft
Two young Indian men, John
Alfred Barkley, 19, and Lloyd
Lela.id Hood, 26, pleaded guilty
in justice court this morning to
petty larceny in the theft of a
pistol and were fined $25 each.
The weapon, a .45-calibre Colt
revolver, was stolen several
weeks ago from Mrs. Myrtle
Rae, 2250 S. 6th. State police
located the pistol at Pine Ridge
VesterriflV flnrl an-Aola Do..t.1..
and Hood. The latter is said by
police to be an ex-convict.
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By KELLY ROBERTS
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The babe in the above pic
ture has nothing whatsoever to
do with anything happening to
day, we're merely running her
picture because we couldn't find
a more appropriate one. Kinda
pretty though, don'tcha think?
She's Doris Grundy, an ex
Conover model, who free-lances
in various bit roles on radio
productions.
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Listeners to "Stardust Mel
odies." KFLW at 10 p. m. Mon
days through Saturdays, are
busy jotting down reasons why
they like the Chuck Cecil pro
duction. Harwin's, sponsors of
the broadcast, is offering a
Fada combination radio-phono-
Kraph for the best answer. All
ya got to do is write to Stardust
Melodies. KFLW. tellinit why
you like the show in 100 words
or less. Contest ends midnight
Wednesday. Hurry, Hurry,
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Cannon Beach Cafe
Burns To Ground
CANNON BEACH. Dec. 16 UP)
The newly-constructed Cannon
Beach cafe burned to the ground
yesterday, but the Seaside fire
department prevented the blaze
fromspreading to adjacent build
ings. Cannon Beach, which has no
fire department, summoned help
from nine-mile-distant Seaside.
Cause of the blaze was not de
termined. Bevos Schedule
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PORTLAND, Dec. 18 (P)
One of the heaviest pre-season
schedules of recent years awaits
thePortland Pacific Coast league
Beavers during spring training
General Manager William Mulli
gan said today.
The Beavers will play 12
practice games out of the River
side, Calif., camp. Four will be
against major league outfits and
the remainder against Coast
league rivals.
All queen bees in charge of
hives are widows. The drone of
hives are widows. The drone
dies after the honeymoon flight,
and never returns home.
Langell Valley
Mrs. Orville DcVaul Is In Hill
side hospital recovering from a
major operation.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rueck spent
Saturday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Owen Fcpple.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Johnson left
left Monday morning for Yuba
City, Calif., to spend a week
with Mr. and Mrs. George Smith
and family. From there they will
gotoLonePine, Calif., for Christ
mas. They plan to spend the rest
of the winter in Arizona.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Brown
spent Sunday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Leland Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott House
spent Sunday at Bonanza with
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ross.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Leavltt
and family were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Owen
People and family.
Mrs. Charles Walker spent
Tuesday with Mrs. Clay Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Rupert
and Mr. and Mrs. George tern
lund spent Tuesday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Potucck and
enioyfed a taffy pull.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers are
spending a few days at Medford
before going to to California for
a few weeks' vacation.
Ruth Mary Thomas, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Thomas,
has been quite 111 with an infec
tion in her ear but Is now im
proving.
Mrs. Kate Phillips of Kerby
visited last week with her grand'
son, Ray Marchant and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Dearborn
spent Tuesday at the Les Leavitt
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Dearborn
and children left Wednesday
morning for southern California
to spend ten days with relatives
and friends. They will bring his
mother, Mrs. Mary Dearborn,
home with them. She has been in
Los Angeles for the past several
months.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Marchant
of Kerby are visiting their son,
Ray and family.
Cora Leavitt spent Wednesday
with Hattie Walker.
Most Australian taxicab driv
ers wear uniforms and open and
close cab doors for their fares.
The World
Today
Br J. M. ROBERTS JR.
AP Fortlgn Affairs Analyst
For ten months and three
weeks of HMtl the fiiiolgn min
isters council ii nd the Unltrd
Nations liuvo cause fur little ex
cept pessimism. For eui'h step
forward there seemed to bo a
step back.
Russia acctned dvlermlned to
turn tlio iutorntitluiuil confer
ences Into mere foruiui or
firopagundH. Britain's prime min
ster went to Paris in the sum
mer for what lie termed "one
Inst effort" to get the Russians
to really co-onernle. Little
seemed tu come of it, Tho Paris
conferences and the first weeks
of tho Now York conferences
seemed merely to emphnsizo the
cleavage between Russia and the
English-speaking countries.
SovioU Softsn
Then, four weeks ugo, Russia
began to show signs of soften
ing. She decided that once dis
armament plan was set up, she
would not demand the right to
veto the decisluns of Its enforce
ment agencies. She compromised
on Trieste, on freedom of Dun
ube traffic, and other matters,
lluving proposed general dis
armament, she actually hogan.
demobilizing her vast army of
occupation in Europe.
She took some beatings, such
as on her efforts to have all UN
members breuk relations with
Franco Spain and to secure a
nose-count of armies on foreign
soil, with better grace than here
tofore and with no walkouts.
She displayed an apparent will
ingness to lose her political po
sition in Iran's province of Azur-
Daijnn ratm-r tiuin siir up an
other hornet's nest over it. De
termined action by the central
government at Tehran appar
ently wiped nut within a few
days, and with a minimum of
fighting, the Soviet sponsored
Azerbuijan local government
and re-opened the province,
which hud been virtually cut off
from the rest of Iran since the
Russian occupation during the
war.
QuMtlon Raised
The reasons for the new atti
tude, and whether it would last, j
were, of course, the subjects of
much speculation. Some UN del
egates pointed out that Russia
needed in her fields and factories
the troops with which she had
been bucking up her military
diplomacy abroad, needed finan
cial -help from abroad (or her
five-year plan, and had found
that her previous attitude was
building up an unprofitable re
sentment against her. There are
also some Who hope that Russia's
diplomats have through contin
ued a.tsociaion, begun to feel
more trustful of the west.
On the question of whether
the new Russian attitude would
last also depended much of the
value of the other developments
during the New York meetings.
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Glass Jar Top
Causes Accident
Mrs. Aaron Hoffman, resident
of Woi'us district unil Lutln In
structor at Kliimut.i Union high
school, suffered a painful injury
lute Sunday morning w'.ien she
cut her left hand on a glass Jar.
Mi. Hoffman was udmltlcd to
Klamath Valley hospital at 11:05
a. m, Sunday and later dis
missed. The attending physician
said the tendons of the left
thumb .worn severed by the
severe gash.
House Hunting
Problem Solved
GOLD BEACH, Dec. IB (At
Curry county officials solved the
house-hunting problem of their
welfare administrator when Miss
Virginia Ulnis threatened to re
sign for lack of accommodations.'
A fourth-floor cupola in the
Prowlers Steal
Christmas Gifts
Prowlers, poanlbly Juveniles,
celebrated Christmas HUla
curly Saturday night, swiping
presents from under llie tree nt
the home of Mr. und Mm, l.n
vernc Molschcnbucher, 1(110
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made off with cosinrtlc set,
shorts and socks, two dolls, a toy
bout and a box of candy, total
value of about $13. All,
courthouse tower was quickly
renovated, water piped In and
Mlas Dials begun hoiiM-keepIng
in the small octugon room.
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