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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1947)
HKKAf.ft NKWS, KlftMftlk r.lU, Or. THVBIBAY, Arll M. 1 -- - - New Homesteaders Dig Into Job Of Preparing Their Land " '" Ml , Irrigation Water Swirls Through Pitches As Farms Readied For First Crops II V I.OIH HTKVVAHT lliiKe clouds of Tultiluk dust, rulllim mi Ilka puff bull tossed by pluylul Klaiila, followed u scare or iikiio of traclurs Hint ponderously rolled over lllti rich lininesUmd area nil till' new laud owner selllcd down to the serious bunlneii (if prepar ing their land for the Hint planUiiK. Kurly Tiiosdiiy inornliiK, with the mi already hlKh III the sky, The Her Id and News pliolourapliur opined It wiui good day for pic tures nd away we wont. Ttlut see.. I Inn of the Tulpliike area, recently oimned to World Wnr 3 velernnii unci beehive of nctlvlty, was the ilm tlnntlon ii nd It proved n uotd mine not only for picture but Informs Hon as well. . Accompanied by E, Paul Brall nlll, sotlloiiiont apecliilUt with the tinned HtnU'K bui'imu of reolaliin- tlon. we rfl the eld Jim cnmii mid started out for the homestead area. lloltlim the tint, rich bind, were blnck tiirnnner home of the home- Mr-udi-rn, purl of their allotment mauled by uncle Ham when lie turned loose Be units as A pre Clirtntmas gift to the vet mid their families. llomestradars and their wives, mid even relatives, are kiiurkllnv down to net the Iniut prepared for uprliiK plantliiK of row crnit -onion, pota toes, vrurtatiles, elc alfalta, clover and Kraln. Home of the Mimic urn are llvlim III tents, otherit are wiirkltiK the land and Rolnu buck "to town" night, but Uiomi with families have Milled down In the turpuper houses or have built tlitht little houses with the Inevluble Chic Hale III the back yard. At practically every atop we made. llraunlK muck hi head out the car window and called "got the tree ready for your place." Me wan re ferring to the Chlneiie elm and 81 lirrlan pea tree made available to the homeftleadera through Modoc County Agent Jack llnye. If you could Uike a good, long look at thin land, you'd realize liuilaiitly Just how valuable every little tree pui in the ground U going to be, how It will enhance Die laudx-ape and create nhade for the homo-leaders mid tnelr kldii In the yean to come. Pre-lrrlgntlng through the check svntern, It miut have really looked Ilka a gigantic checkerboard from one of the high bluff overlooking the peninsula, vim on In full sway. Deep, greeulkh brown water wa swirling through the dike and winging olf Into mallrr ditch" that marched In Mralght linen throughout the rra. The wide, flat plane of water reflected the trong unllRlit where flooding wai enrich ing the land prior to Ihe planting. One Hop brought u to the Ktl ward A, King place which I nicely located, from the liomenwad angle, '.adjacent to a canal and clnsp by a power line. King " wife, Edith, had " certainly done right well with one of the tarpaper houe. Inside the one big room, the wall had been freshly painted. There wan lovely old wlng rocker, delight to an an tuiuo dealer eye. In one corner and aalnt the far wall was the kitchen. A spanking new electric love wa buidly baking a cake In one oven. Kdlth like being a home Header. She doen't even m nd the annoying dut and despite the fact her husband mid a neighbor were throwing up a dike ul a couple of feel from her window, the house w a apple-nle neat, . Outside the front door, where a rholr l tennxirarlly nerving a a tep, Edith King ha the Hart of her poultry flock. One tub hold fluffy yellow chlcka which will soon be strutting Rhode Island Red, and p. onnOur l-cV"h Bdvr l.are Wyandotte. Tliere' a pig In a pen nearby and Ihe King' cow will soon be here from Eaglevllle, Calif., their former home. Outside of the fact that Edith ha electricity In her home, her comforU are not far re movrd from those, her great-grandmother mlvrtt have had In the early day. The Kings "pack" their drink ing water, but an 18-foot well hn brought In water for household ue itch as dlh washing and scrub- ull,- . . . King. No. 11 on the liomeRtead drawing, used to farm at Grants , Pass. Ho linn 3.3 acre of which 60 I will go Into potatoes and the rest j III alfalfa. ' , i Down a road apiece l Frank Sul livan's place. Prank Is one of the Klamath vets that won out. He was ; No. 31 In the drawing and he likes j FOR SALE UTAH GEM POTATOES Grown by Tucktrmin Bros. 5200 foot eleva tion, Tlrqln toll. Ocean-' id tests show free from dliait. JOE MICKA PHONE 131 MAUN flLsBRS fice B Pest Control Service Offering Weed Control In Grain On Dltchbanki Insect Control On Cattle On Crops t'rnp Ousting Ornnntl Rlr Prompt Scrvlns HiinHonAlile Hnls . ED GREENE Tulelnke Phone 2013 Klamath Falls Ph. 3266 y.My,, .-yJaYri'",''.T'.-!j; it rpS hi land. Frank was a B-17 lull gun nor in the European theater of operation and he doesn't mind nd milling that his big dream was to gel duck homo and own a hunk or Klamath dirt. Now he hu 70 acres of his own and a leiil right smack dab In the middle of It. He husn't had time to move one of his houses from the Jap cuiup but he'll get around to It when he Is satisfied that the Irrigating la done lust right and the barley Is In. Frank doesn't have to be fussy Ilka some of the boys because, he husn't a little wo man around to heckle him Into a pluce to nut tin the ciirtuln. He'll get around to that family business later. Frank said ho and Freddy !limun, one of hi bachelor home stead neighbors, hud been "looking rounci. Community spirit In the home stead urea right now Is keen. The fellows have several mulor commu nlty projects under wny, not the leant being Ihe wnter piping plan and Improvement of roads. On Mon day five of the homesteaders. Poul Houern. Max Fleming, Jense Walter, nuiun nuyior aim j neo umiiewsKi, pain a visit lo tile Modoc county commissioners at Alturas and sub mitted a petition for road Into the new area. Kogers wan the spokes man for the group. The commissioners talked com. munlty problems over with the vet. eruns and Clint Fulcher, nttncrvlnnr for thai area. Is lo meet with them 111 the near future to further dis cuss ways and means for providing rounn. The homentenders hod nlentv of good arguments to advance In their behalf, Thev stresseil the need of roads In order lo mnke medlrul services available to families and also to facllltiite fire protection and to enable children of homesteaders to travel to and from schools. Even though most of the "roads" were dry on our trip, some sections were cov ered with water and riding over the ruts almost satisfied a childhood ambition to ride In a rocking how clnh, the cab on top of an elephant You rock, sway, your pigtails fall over your eyes, and vou clutch your copy paper tightly and hope a main spring won't bust. Other road .lake off across field without more of a marking than a niece of white shirt fluttering on the end of a stick. Dut If you want to see lots of land, the kind that swirls through the nky as well as lavs in neat fur rows on the brKom of Mother Earth. It will do vour heart good to travel through the homestead area one of these Sundays. Phoncrs Adopt "No Help" Policy SEATTLE, April 34 (JP Arne Ornvcm. field representative of the National Federation of Telephone Workers, said Wednesday the union had adopted a policy of "no help, please" regarding us picket line. 1 he decision to bar non-memberi .om .U,e P'et linen, he said, was to sufeguard against any commu nistic hand In ihe strike. "We've discovered Uiot a lot of rosy promises we've gotten have coene from groups with a decided pinkish tinge. We don't want any part of It. We Just want to bo left alone to run our own strike." , Millikin Assails Snyder's Theory WASHINGTON, April 34 ( -Senator Millikin (R-Colo.) told Sec retary of the Treasury Snyder to day that "the government does not have a moral right to solas any of a taxpayer's money on the theory It knows how to spend It better than he does." Millikin, chairman of the senate finance committee, made the com ment In discussing Snyder's declar ation that a premature tax cut could contribute to further price rises and economic Instability. WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK OF DB for oil fractional liorie power equipment. Washers, Refrigoratort, other equipment using small mo tort. MILL SUPPLY DEPT. Klamath Machine Spring end Elm Crop Dusting By Air! OFFERING: Weed Control in Grain Insect Control on Crops . . . Pelican Dusting Co. Municipal Airport' Phone 9313 T57r " " " f rf '' ; Pi P : f'niV fo: ... iti li:.: irfWrrk ! Ii -H ' Tr - ip , j n i J8:pcr JF( 'j & Lkwt In The Pictures Tulelake homes leaders and their families were busy setting up housekeeping and getting the land ready for spring planting when members of The Herald and Newt staff paid a visit to the area this week. (1) On of the tarpaper houses on the Edward A. King place. This one is the King residence, another will be used for additions to the home and a third is the barn. (2) Edith King lakes a pan from her brand new electric stove Inside her home which la centrally heated with an oil stove. Everything Is spanking clean Inside with fresh point brightening walls and furniture. (3) Looking Into the homestead area and showing condition of existing roads. This road is "good," however, compared lo many. Homesteaders have now petitioned the Modoc eounty commission to aid them In a better road program. (4) Paul Christy, veteran from Redmond, Ore., and No. 8 In the December drawing, burned tumbleweeds along the canal banks on this homestead. (S) Edith King admires her first flock of chirks, Rhode Island Reds and Silver Lace Wyandutlrs, which will soon be running around the pen and fat tening up for the platter. (6) Edward A. King, (left). No. 11 home steader, talks over his future plans with E. Paul Braunig, settlement specialist with the U. S. bureau of In the 60-year history of the auto mobile Industry, approxlmat :ly 2000 makes of passenger cars have ap peared on the market BELTS & Locomotive Phone 5141 reclamation. Pictures by Wesley Guderian, The Herald and News. I Falling roofs cause more coal mine fatalities than any other accident, with explosions second. f 'as,'iTf" I stQutwJL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS SM txal'r kr J. W. KERNS I 734 So. 6th Ph. 4197 Draft Unit for Wheel For- CULTIVATING CHISELING SUB-SOILING Drop in and let Us show you the advantage of this new draft unit. TULELAKE, Calif. Soil Experts Off For China Dr. and Mrs. Hoi Ku Chang, who have studied extension methods in several land grant colleges in this country, have just sailed for China where they will help Introduce similar help to Chinese rural people. They will set up a northwestern NEW ADDITION BONANZA HIGH Now Being Painted by ROPER and ROPER PAINTING CONTRACTORS 1430 Klamath Ave. Crews worklnt In Bonania, Klamath. We are available and Exterior 1. Lkff sin j .s'.-jasr e regional office of agriculture and home economics at Wukung, Shensi province. Mrs. Chang earned her doctorate at Oregon State college last June, the first to be granted in home economics there. He obtained his in agriculture at Wisconsin. Both taught at Montana State college this winter pending arrangements for their return to China. Phone 9278 Tulelake, Malin and Fort for country work Interior Decoration. Tractors And Other Type of Agricultural Work! PHONE Tulelake 2171 PORTLAND. Ore., April M m The Portland Elks' convention com mittee reported today It might hare to quarter national convention dele SMOKE HOUSE COMMERCIAL CURING Let Ut Cut and Wrap Your Park far Locker A. G. "Butch" Zweigart 427 Market St. TPT Ljfc" V ; ;5, Seriotii and costly accidents like the above can happen any day on any farm or ranch. Would you be liable and called on to pay damage If such an accident befell one of your worker? . , Not if you have General' famou Farmer Blanket Liability Policy, It protect you all around. Ask for details Chal, "Bui" GEO. J. Ut Mala SI. gates nest July m towns as far away as McMinnrlll " nearly 4S miles. , Some 35.000 Elks and members of their families are expected. Phone 7060 Larkla Wsllsct "Walt?" Larkln WALTON INSURANCE AGENCY Pk S!I
