; FRANK JENKIN8 BILL JENKINS
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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
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They'll Do It Every
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MILES (WHEN YOU t ': Jf gSgS- f, I
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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.)
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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