HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28,1949
Historic Old Alturas
Has Stable, Thriving
Business, Sleek Cattle
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supporters of Prim Minister Jw
aharlal Nrhrtu "secular govern
ment program and a leading op
ponent ol "communal poiitirs. me
Indian practli- of basing political
tactions on religious and rarll com
mutinies. sia' leading agronomist, who d
Clare Uial It Is based on the prin
ciples of Mlchurliilst biology.
In nest method ol tree planting
Involve th planting In a small
clrcl of a number ol seedlings. It j
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Is claimed that within this group ol
mm constituent Assembly he seedlings tiler U
no conllct and
11 He. 1th
nas been a leader of the bloo which
has pushed through constitutional
guarantee fo religious and racial
minorities In India and was among
th first to applaud Indus decision
to reamin In the Commonwealth.
that thy ast each other In mu
tual deiense gmst their enemies I
weeds and grass. Experiments j
have shown, papers declare nere. i
that Ih survival of tree seedlings
Is much higher In "nest planting''
than Is th cas with Individual.
By BILL JENKINS
OW Country!
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' There (till lot of It If (t round the Alturas country. You find that
'Nest' Planting Aids
Russian Forests .
MOSCOW (At Russian' in put
ting Into effect their large toreata
tion program are relying heavily
on th "neiit method" of tree plant
ing. This method was proposed by
Academician Trofnn Lysenko, Rus
planting.
out when you drive through. Pick-ups, tome carrying th scratched.
painted or burned brands o( their outfit, are lined up along the curb.
High heeled boot beat a staccato tattoo on the street ol this bustling
little city across the California line.
Lush green meadow extend up to the very edge of thi town of
nearly 4000 person and aleek Hereford gram along the Three Flag
highway that cut through Alturea.
While cattle ranching i still the major Industry ol the area, the
amok from lumber mills rue into the ky from the two mill in Al
turas Itself and from the mill In Canby, a few short miles to the north.
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THE history of Altura goes back to th early days of the West and 1
well filled with torle of roaring adventure in Indian fights, cattle
feud and the rigors of life In the raw and untamed West of th latter
JU1 GCIllUI?.
First settlers at the site of what te now Altunu were three brothers.
Presley. Carlos and Columbus Dorris. who took up adjoining home
atead In the area In U70. Presley had seen th Pit River valley be
fore, in 184 while on duty with th army during the Mexican war.
Impressed by the possibilities of th new land he brought his km with i
him to carve a new home.
To aid them In their ranching work th brothers built a crude but
strong bridge acros the Pit, which wa for many year the only cross
ing of that stream. Within four short years a small but ambitious
settlement had grown up around the bridge site. The village was known
a Dorri Bridge, and contained a general merchandise .tore livery ; SALUTE DAY visitors in Alfuros ond Canby' last week were
table. hotel and In 174 a room wa added to the store building k ... . ;,. j i i ,
to house a post off.ee. Thi structure burned In ti but was replaced , Startled by the red painted faces of many of the youngsters
with a building of native, stone that is MtU standing and in use. j on the Alturos streets. It was freshman initiation day at Mo-
, . , doc Union high school. Here three seniors load up the pop g
for the freshman reception. Left, Jim Souther receives o case iz
AT thti time Dorri Bridge wa still In Siskiyou county. That county i 0f soft drinks from Jim Austin. Kenny Austin is in the back- O
covered the entire area now embraced by both 8lskiyou and Modoc ' QrounH J
the long, hard trip to Yreka. the county aeat. and agitated for a dlvl
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ton of the area. On February IT. 17, an act of the California legis
lature created Modoc county. The town of Dorri Bridge was decreed
a the teat of county government until otherwise provided by law.
In 1S76 a community vote changed historic Dorri Bridge to Alturas.
Altura I an Indian word meaning "Top of the Mountain" and I liter
ally true In this case. Altura lies In the center of a high plateau and
the ground slope away from It to the east, south and west
Fort BldweU. to the east in Surprise valley, wa created In 1865.
. in th area which offers hunting during special season period and
serves a a tourist attraction at all time. '
j Speaking of tourists, here one that keep the Modoc County
chamber of commerce busy. Tourist passing by always mark th old
offices of the NC and O railroad. Thla old structure, now cut up Into
private offices and apartments, was built many year ago and follow
the general outline of the missions scattered throughout California.
People driving through spot the high old bell tower and the bells In II
and helped to hold down the depredations of the various Indian tribes, and en write back to the local chamber "If the bell in that abandoned
Including Modoc. Piute and an occasional invasion bv the Shoshone. ; mission aren't being used is there any chance that we might buy on
More ranchers brought their herds into the area and started th estab- , 'hem?"
llshment of thi Inland cattle empire. ln C,UJ ,ct 0,1 lT one of the bells Is made for actual use. the
others being dummies. And the one that 1 In use Isn't for sale. Tough
j luck.
EARLY day cattlemen drove their cattle a far as Marysvtlle. Cotton- I
wood and Anderson to reach railroad where they could ship. There
are still many resident ol Alturas who took part In these drives and
who can tell vivid tales of the rugged trips.
In 1909 the first railroad reached Alturas. a narrow gauge line
which ran to the city from Reno. This road was taken over by the
Southern Parifie when thev nut ln thir lln fmm A t.ira in T v
new. thus putting Altura on a main line railroad. , i ,,?n "l th ""mJon ervtr ' ta her report to leader of the
Present dsr Altura 1 a living symbol of this slow but .teady ; I1" U?"1"" the county will re- : extension group. Joan Howell ex-
, v. . . .UUKa .luMtiwuini revision Ol -HClUb
a clearer conception of their duties work and Invited those Interested In
Officers of Home Extension
Units Get Special Traininq
growth. The cattle Industry, always one of the most stable In the
United State, tended toward strong growth rather than a boom growth
and subsequent drops ln business and population. There are no empty
Industrial building In the city today. Store and shops do a thriving
business with assured demand for the goods and services of each.
as leaders as a result of the In-' that ohase ol vouih wnrk n ..
struction offered them on "Officers' her office for more Information
Training Day." ; Members of the county committee
There to Instruct the women on Present at (he all-day meeting wer
their dutle and to explain the pro-1 Mr'- 0mson. chairman: Mrs.
' rf the mo that "boom" peeped overthe horiion. The Pickering ant .tate leader of the home exten-' of Mr. Percy Cook. Mr. CUude
Lumber company announced ln June of MS plans to build a 1.000. 000 slon ,u, and MlrT oltfn home Williams, historian: Mm. Frederick
mlU unit ln Al uras which would supply employment for some 1500 'extension demonstration agent. Markw.rdt. Aalea House- Mr. E
-men when completed. In October of the sameear the Southern Pacific i . ... . . , ., .... j Lahoda atww- .h ii i k.
told their plans to make Altura. . division Joint on the Portland to ' ."rjr- "M ' Webtt oubl
Klamath Fall line. , ,sion staff, and Mary Glenn, home "eoer. pupi.fwy- ,
The news spread and the oooulation of Altura oared from 1500 to " mmnJ comm,IlM- r. Kay; T
'ZJZP?JZrL?J! .' TrK , STth"; LTeSr ST Priest ' Madras
vusaau uwwuu psawu uuuu. l"w iiuwta wwiv uuiit III MTC Hiwu, vut lliriC . . l j . I . .
wa an utter lack of planning or foresight. Consequently the city was ' JJg ' v "" UD UClegatt
Th .tat hoard of he.lth nVni.nrixI th.t th. rit. Im-rm. """" Mrs. Mark
and sanitation facilities. The lumber company threatened to move to ! ,. the Pevu"on 01
another site for the same reason and demanded paved street on top ; amra rfqu"''mfnl-
oi mat. ine aty went out ana spent over f300.ooo to do this.
caught snort a far a lacume were concerned. The water system wa , . . . . , . . t kew DELHI iPtA Jmuii nn..
were In sorry shape. , ..-.hi ...., .. .. ...Jj Indian delegation to th. imni v..
Hons Oeneral Assembl at Lag
,8uccess. Th Rev. Father Jerome
De Souza. principal ol Loola Col
leg at Madras and a member of
the Indian Constituent Assembl b
THEN came th crash! ' pKI' PtrmlM10n 01 Pope, ha
. I The mill had been buill and machinery ordered but It never came. nome extension unit's acceptea nis second governmenui
. m.i. .i . . . . . ' rullT dar mt?tmaT a kih w.lsnmint in ffrwinaT tn tnin k
hum uc wu iQuoMra naruj uj un awn oi ncicTinf tna t u " " . ; . i . . V" i
Tne znpetlnK fu oDened bv ir 1 recoenizd u on ot tha kixmMt
w. irh LMTison, chAirmap. At the
Fairhaven
bankruptcy for the company.
The depression changed the BP'S plan and the promised division
point never materialised.
Alturas wa ln the hole. And no ready cash to get out. But again
the aggressive spirit of the citizens came through. They paid off the
debt at 65 cent on the dollar and squared away for future growth.
Thst that growth came steadily 1 pointed out in the spacious, well-
MiliinnH crhnnla anil In a i mmtv .vnanHowl hi.lM. i.ihm Mill-
Into their own. adapted to a smaller scale operation. Smaller scale but I t'T;,- PercT Cook Mr"' A1
ateadllv arowlnc. Todav huir lumber truck roll alnn. th. hlshwan In -
teady procession.
snort business meeting, members
decided to start sessions at 10 a. m.
and close at 3 p. m. Reports of the
homemakers' camp held this sum.
! mer were given by Mrs. Lee Holll-
AKE a look at the area around Alturas today:
The following chairmen were ao-
polnted. 4-H club. Mrs. Hsrold
Schlefersteln: standard units, Mr.
Roy Cook: hospitality and mem
bership. Mrs. Robert Hurlbut and
Mrs. Ed Thompson: finance. Mrs.
Percy Cook and Mrs. Lee Hollldy:
publicity. Mr. Hans Zlehnert. and
Mr. Clari Williams: recreation.
It draw trade from a number of smaller towns In that area, such
as Likely. Canby. Adln. Davis Creek and Lookout. From the Surprise
valley area to the east com the people of Cedarvtlle. Fort BldweU,
Lake City and EagleviUe.
To the north and west of Altura He a half million acre wilder.
ness appropriately called the Devil's Garden. An area of lava rock and ! Mr- A1 Holliday: ACCW, Mr. Putt
sagebrush but pocketed over the entire area with beautiful valleys I Roberts.
and meadows wher rancher have taken up their trade. i Project leader for October will
It wa ln thi area some 40 or 50 years ago that the once-famous Mr' Holliday and Mrs. Schiefer
Triangle ranch reached it heyday. It waa one of the storied ranches i A potluck luncheon was
of the period and at one time supported not only a Urge operation with erved t noon,
all the attendant building and stock corral nd what not, but operated Those present were Mr. George
Its own store and school and had a post office located there. McDonald, Mrs. Paul Talley, Mrs.
To the south lie one of the richest pasture and hay area in the inompson. Mrs. Harold Schl.
West. Both the 6outh and North Forks of the Pit river flow around
Oil area along with creek too numeroua to name that offer water to
Irrigate the land. Rancher grow enough hy on these and other area
that they never have to ship cattle out of the country for th winter
montns out teea mem on home lots.
Also In the south, slightly east of Likely, lie the biggest- bed of
peat mos ln th northern hemisphere. Thi peat I mined during the
dry summer month and counties carloads of It (hipped to the south
for use by nurserte and other place needing it aid to the soil.
To the west lie vast area of pumice toll, now o highly prized ln
the making of pumice blocks for building. Many firms ln the area are
engaged ln manufacturing the bricks made from th pedal and,
which 1 mined on an open pit bast and is so pure that little need be
done but to (cratch off the sagebrush and larger rocks.
To the north and east is found a deposit of a peculiar sand called
Peril te. ,
pERLITE Is a gray colored sand which when heated with a pedal
r process expand and form the basis of a new lnsultlng msterisl.
A fairly large deposit of this Is now being worked and shipment are
being made by truck and rail.
In the air transportation picture Altura stands high a a "probable"
for feeder airline service via Bonanza Airline. Bonanza. If and when
the case la reopened, has applied for service from Phoenix to Klamath
Fall with several Intermediate stop. Altur would utilize th war
time army field built aeven mile north of loan for thi ervlc. Th
field was built a an emergency landing strip for B-20 and haa more
than enough runway space for any commercial ship now operating
on thi rout. One feature of the field I tht ln taking off to the
south from the time the plne' wheels leave the ground th actual
flight may be made downhill for the next 36 miles.
In the city of Altura they are getting under way with it I1M000
civic Improvement project which will see greatly expanded service for
wter and wge ystema. Thi entails the sinking of everl new wells
t strategic point around the town and an extension of sewage faclll
tie designed to give adequate aervlce both now and In the future
should there be an appreciable growth of the city.
The hospital I currently being enlarged by the addition of a 25
brd unit, construction of which Is expected to be completed In the next
fw months. An eight-bed unit I also going up In Cedarvllle. These
are financed by a three-way dlvlnion of the expense by federal, state
nd county fund.
IJUNTINO nd fishing in the area is considered some of the best in
1 the state and thoussnds of hunters flock to th fields and stream
for a crark at deer and duck and gees, not to speak of the eager
Walton who com in search of fish. A larg antelope herd Is located I
ferstetn. Mr. W. E. Davison. Mrs.
Karl Fredrich, Mrs. Merlyn Mlkkel
sen. Mrs. Claris Williams. Mrs. Hans
Zlehnert. Mrs. Lee Holliday, Mrs.
Percy Cook, Mrs. J. Roufs. Mrs.
Roy Cook. Mrs. Robert Hurlbut,
Mrs. Clinton Myers. Mrs. Al Holli
day. Mrs. Lee Holliday, Mrs. Kleth
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