HKKAf.ft NKWS, KlftMftlk r.lU, Or. THVBIBAY, Arll M. 1
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New Homesteaders Dig Into Job Of Preparing Their Land
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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;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
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