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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1954)
; FRANK JENKIN8 BILL JENKINS Editor Managing Editor Entered u second clas matter at the post, office ot Klamath Palls, Ore., on August 20. 1906 under act of Congress. March S, 1879 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for publication at all the local news printed tn this newspaper as well as all AP news. SUBSCRIPTION RATES MAIL BY CARRIER 1 month . I 135 1 month 1-35 S months . f 4.60 8 months I 8-1 1 year 81100 1 year 818-30 BILLBOARD By BILL JENKINS - Life magazine In a recent Issue ran a picture of a couple of near sighted landowners Inspecting their "Texas ranches" which they had Just acquired from the Lazy C ranch in Texas. All well and good as a publicity stunt, and probably just the sort of thing that Life would fall for In a big way. But It's too much for the aver age normal American to bear when the Jack Cage Company, owners of the outfit turn their publicity gang loose with lite statement that , , , "the anxiety if all non-Texans to be land owners in the Lone Star State." With that we Icko issue. There are a good many more people who don't want to' be land owners in the Low; star State than there are those who do. Even for the two square inches offered. I can point out to. you a couple of fellows here in town who Imp- pen to own some oil land tn Texas. And they'd sell It for a song if they could find anyone who could carry a tunc. I take no Issue with Texas- or Tcxans If they want to do some outsize boasting about their state. But leave me out of it. Busier. Leave me out of It, Chap by the name of R. A. Twcedie Is sitting around up in New Brunswick Just itching to tell you all about his country. 'Special Northwest History Highlights By DAN E. CLARK Professor Emeritus of History, University of Oregon Today's Question; What were the eflects fo the Frascr River gold rush? i During the summer of 1857 a number of men, mostly from the American aide of the Canadian boundary, found rich gold-yielding . bars along the Fraser River, The news soon spread and by the spring of 1658 there was excite ment all up and down the coast. On Puget Sound mills and coal mines lost their laborers. Soldiers deserted their posts- and sailors their ships. In the Willamette Val ley there was similar excitement. But It was in California that the news of the 1 Fxase River gold finds had the most startling ef- lect. it was estimated that 33,000 Callfornians, including not only .miners, but merchants, artisans, and gamblers, Jammed the shlp3 sailing from San Francisco to Vic toria; and that as many as 8,000 more started overland. Many of these reached The Dalles by a route east of the Cascades. This sudden concentration of population . stimulated organized transportation for the purpose of Linens Leathers Whites Pastels ly the spring bear hunting. Seems that this Tweedie chap works for the New Brunswick Travel Bu reau, and can be reached at Frederlcton in that province. If fact there are so many bear up thataway that If you drop In they'll give you a license for free and allow you to kill tour bears, guaranteed to be in prime condition. All you gotta do is take off. Oh. ves. they'll appreciate It If you ride via Canadian Pacific. Bnftskinor of hunting, we have ft real native hunter in Klamath Falls now. Bob Aderns just went down yesterday to get his free-fni-.iiniiitnff lip2nr.B h5ause he has put in the required 60 years in the state. Just In time. Bob, only ten more days until lisiu.g season opens. Congratulations - tiie gang down on the Shasta Forest. A mes sage from Bob Jones tnere In forms us that the area got uirougn the spring debris burning season without a sniKle ouibrcnx. urai narllv they will have from five to six fires caused by careless oper ators burning off their debris. Let's try and remember that the fire season Is rapidly ' ap proaching. Now's the time to start a little mental training to stamp out that butt, put out that fire and watch those matches. furnishing the miners with neces sary supplies. Much of this activ ity originated at The Dalles and Walla Walla on the Columbia. Joel Palmer, who had recently been superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon, too. loaded wagon trains with supplies to the Fraser lllver mines In 1858 and 1859 by way of the Okanogan country. Other men engaged In similar en terprises. The Fraser River gold rush had Important effects In British Colum bia. It transiormed Victoria from a small village clustered around the Hudson's Bay Company's post into a bustling town. It led to an extension of placer gold mining into other areas, such as the Carl- boo, far Lo the north, and the Kootenai country bordering on northwestern Montana. Most Im portant of all, the rush to the Fraser River caused the British Parliament to pass an act in 1853 creating the colony of British Co lumbia, thus terminating the gov ernmental prerogatives previously exercised by the Hudson's Bay Company. Clip and paste In your history scmpbook. (If you havo a question Ce They'll Do It Every 1 you WIT IN FIFTEEN , J?rg0M &2ttZZ.s : I MILES (WHEN YOU t ': Jf gSgS- f, I So you drive tffi'l ;.- I Jsgiir on until you d ffak 1-rtfcts2z cowetoone- Jswwee lgSKil5P ALONG NATURE'S TR M' by KEN McLEOD As I have written before, the Bureau of Reclamation's Trinity Rucr Circus aUempt at Redding was organized to give the record th appearance of unnmity, local opposition would be little, if at all, it would be those irom outside the area who would have to voice the objections. In the usual circus procedure the objectors are crowd ed into as short a space of time as possible, and, close as possible to the start of the proceedings, if their number Is small, so that the bitter tilings they say can be water ed down by the host of well trained puppets who are to follow. I re- ember the hearing at Weavervllle, those of us who went to protest this diversion of waters of the Klamath River Watershed were put right up front by the gracious bureau, then after we spoke our little piece we were excused with equal grace "You boys have a long way to go to get home to night, we thank you tor your re marks and attendance (now goodbye.)" However, we didn't ex- cuso so easily but sal there to listen to the organized travesty. That our presence was far from welcome was made amply clear during tne rest of the performance which was purposely designed to produce for the record a story of unamlnous ap proval of the program. The next day the local papers came, out with. "Oregon To Divert the Trinity Riv er." these bureaucratic jokers and their supporters save a most droll sense of humor. , At the Redding circus, Oregon was not present to divert the Trini ty Into Oregon for those of us In the upper reaches of the Klamath were derelict In our duty to offer support to our neighbors in the lower reaches of our watershed; and, to whom the waters of the Klamath are of such vital lmport- you would like answered, about Oregon or Norhtwest history, mail it to Dan E, Clark, care of this newspaper.) OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT! Flats O Wedgies O Sandals O Bare Foots O Nationally . . known i brands HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH Time ance. Tnere is a prevalent altitude among the people above the Kctio shelf that what ever happens to the waters of the Klamath or its tri butaries below Keno isrof no con cern to the Klamath Basin. (We've got ours let the rest of the watershed fight for theirs.) The day may come when we may regret this lack of cooperation, the lower basin of the Klamath is due for a great expansion of recrea tional and Industrial development, they will have a great demand for water. If the Bureau of Reclama tion is allowed io siphon off the waters of the Klamath watershed just because they are within easy reach of the Sacramento Valloy the burden of supplying this water that will be needed for the develop ment of the lower Klamath region will fall on us. The burden of the defense of the waters of the Klamath Basin at the Redding session, fell upon the people of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties and they jolted the pro ceedings by taking up two and a half hours of the precious time the boomers would have liked to devote to the glories and wonders of this bureaucratic dream. The delega tion from the Lower Klamath Ba sin was led by E. Larry Myers of Klamath, California. There are many people In the Upper Klamath Basin who remember Larry as an outstanding sportsman and ardent conservationist. The theme of opposition as voiced by Myers was: "We are opposed to the project until a thorough study of coast counties are made." When I opposed the diversion plan at the Weavervllle hearing I did so on the grounds that California should de velop the waters of the Sacra mento Basin completely before seeking to steal water from the Klamath River Watershed. Calif ornia is wasting a tremenduous quantity of water down the Sacra mento which by proper develop ment could be utilized for the bene fit of agriculture, A puppet of the lt's Leon's PLAY - Think of it! ! Right at the start of the season . . . Over 1,500 Casuals and Play Shoes go on sale at wonderfully low prices ... You won't want to miss this grand change to, buy your summer shoes at a big saving . . . sal starts today ... FALLS, OREGON ty Jimmy Hatlo burcnu answered me Very clearly ard with a mo-,t , appropriate ex ample "We arc not building a !a,dder a ma; at a time. We're building a fence and it makes no difference where we atari." This Is the type of thinking and argument that Larry had to organize against in his battle to preserve the waters of the Klamath River Basin for the Klamath River Basin. - . ; Larry Myers to'.d the congression al committee; "The future of the people of the Klamath River Basin is not solely dependent upon farm ing. We have other resources that arc of equal impoitance to our wel fare." He then went on to speak -of recreation. Its great sports fishery as well as its substantial commer cial fishery.- Larry stated in con nection with these r&ources "the people of this great river basin feel that these natural resources have not been given the study and consid eration in the projected plans of this project that they deserve." "In order that we may; protect our future growth and development, the people of the Klamath River Basin are firm in their opposition to the Trinity River diversion pro ject until we have a complete and thorough resource study of this ba sin and full protection is made for the development of all our resour ces," Larry continued. Do you think that Larry Myer's plea will be listened to in this half a billion dollar pork barrel pro ject? Annual Congress Bail Game Planned DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. With two days of spring "training" be hind them, the congressional base ball teams play an exhibition game here tonight, The teams, getting ready for the annual congressional game at Washington June 15, will break camp Saturday. HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND EUGENE, ORE. MEDFORD Thoroughly Modern Mrs. J. B. Barley Joe Barley Jr Proprietors , Spring . . SHOE I) Letter From HARRIS ELLSWORTH, M. C. 4th DISTRICT, OREGON The House is in recess over the Easter week-end and until Monday the 26th of April. Meanwhile the Senate will continue working since It is now somewhat behind the House in handling the bills which must be completed this session. The difference between the House and Senate time-tables is accounted for by the fact that most of the major legislation of this session thus far has had to do with either taxes or appropriations. Such legis lation originates in the House and is first acted upon there. Then It Is sent over to the Senate. Another thing which makes it easier for the House to complete action on legis lation is the fact that all debate time in the House is controlled, whereas the debate in the Senate is generally unlimited. This differ ence In procedure is due to the fnct that the membership of the House is so large, 435 members, as to make unlimited debate im practical. The House has completed its action upon all of the major ap propriations bills except the one for the Department of D?fense. That bill, I understand, will come lo the floor immediately following the Easter recess. The completion of its hoavy schedule of bill? by the first of May will constitute some thing of a record for speed on the part of the House Appropriations Committee. . Many Eugene people will remem ber Don Zimmerman whose home was on 11th Street out near the University. He attended the Eugene public schools and the University of Oregon. He was appointed to the Military Academy at West Point and enjoyed a distinguished mili tary career, most of which has been ns an olf icer In the Air Force. I have known Don since college days, although he entered the University some time after I did. The other day Brigadier General CURRIN'S-for drugs OlhnnHMnin : Fragrance Windfall civOrvcC Just imagine ! A large 4 ounce bottle or' lilting TABU Cologne plus four purse size flacoiu of Dana's famous perfumes in the beloved fragrances ...TABU, 20 Carats, Emi and Platine. AU for the price of TABU Cologne alone $3.75. PriapUitax 0 Come early when your election of sizes, styles ond colors is the best! Washington Donald Zimmerman walked into mv office and we had a good visit. I had not seen him in a long time -and shortly discovered the reason why. He has been stationed In Ja pan for four years. I mention him and his visit now because in last week's letter I gave some information regarding the new Air Force Academy which will begin operating next summer. For mer Eugene resident and Univer sity of Oregon student, General Don Zimmerman will be Dean of the Faculty of the new "West Point of the Air". ' , There is quite a little talk about state primary elections these days In the next six weeks or so there will be primaries in: New Jersey Arril 20th; Alabama, Florida, In iana, New Mexico, and Ohio May 4th; Pennsylvania May 18th; Ore Eon May 21st; North Carolina May 29th; Nevada and South Dakota June 1st; Iowa June 7th; and Cal ifornia and South Carolina June 8th. Others will follow throughout the summer, ending with the Rhode Is land primary September 29 th. Maine holds Its general election September 13th. 'AH other general elections will be on November 2nd. ThA uiiv nnri Means Committee of the House has been holding hear ings for the last several weens on ha IHminKtrntinn. sponsored bill to amend the Social Security Act so as to increase benefits, and to oring ten million additional Americans -mostly tarniers and professional numb iinripr social Security. The bill Is not expected to reach the Floor of the House for consid eration until late In May or early June. FIRE TRUCK ROGERS, Ark. i The Rogers fire department was fighting a grass fire when the fire truck ..-hi two rhif Frank Jacobs and his crew stood by helplessly while the truck became a mass of twisted .steel. KflOne '6.50 value Let's Go To 525 MAIN ST. KLAMATH FALLS WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21, 1954 Dinfl Eveosed SAN QUENTTN, Calif. UP) A narcotics ring operating within the ,, o ountln Prison hn wans ui on,. - been uncovered and broken up. Acting waraen uougms ivibs ma yesterday a cache of 400 morphine ..u.. u,o0 fnimd hidden In ths Uluicia " hospital surgery ward, three con victs have admitted complicity and have been locked In solitary, and others are being questioned CONFERENCE PARIS I "Premier Joseph Lauiel and Chief of State Bao Dat of Viet Nam conferred Wednesday amid reports that s declaration of , independence for the beleaguered Indochlnese state was Imminent. QUICKIES . By Ken Reynold. . hi. h,,r4 In in today's' Herald ft New. Want Ads I'm f sale!" Larg.it flack Laa lag aisk Ubm la Ikii ' al ( wait Bant a talatl Ian. -Until lor aaasa s-laa. Hemmond Organ Chora1 Orgeat LOUIS !i MANN PIANO CO. 120 N. 7th mm. '
