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PAGE SIX HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON KKIUAY, AI'HIL 23, HJiH FRANK JENKINS BILL JENKINS Editor Managlnc Editor Entered u second laai matter at the post office 01 Klanuto Falls, Ore., oo August 'JO. 19M under act of Congress, March 8, U7 MEMBER OF TIIB ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use for publication of all Uio local news printed In this newspaper as well as all AP now. SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 month 6 months 1 year MAIL BY CARRIER t 1.35 1 month 1 35 f (.60 C months I 8.10 $11.00 1 yeary 818.80 BILLBOARD By BILL JENKINS A sad tnle of woe from Bert Hall the other day. Seems that he went into a seed store to get a lit tle fertilizer lor his lawn and they bold him a guaranteed product. "Same stuff that Major Under wood uses," they said, as they put It In the back seat. "And he's had to mow his lawn twice since he put It on." "No," says Bert, "I'm out mowing mine. The stuff's too good." Having recently acquired a five weecs old pup. Boxer, we are learning a good deal more about' the early spring mornings than we knew before. It's really pleasant around live o'clock In the morn ing, what with the fresh air, the dew on the grass, the geese rais ing a fuss down on the dike bank and the ducks waking up on the lake. There are quail and pheas ant on the hill, bluejoys to cuss you out and plenty of outdoors In which to yawn and stretch and wonder why it is that all puppies have a built in alarm. You should try it sometime. In fact, Just drop by any morning and we'll have a cup of colfee. The pup is quite an addition to the family. Gets along fine with the cat, a Siamese, but the cat doesn't get along with him. Doesn't trust him as yet. The pup is also quite a showoff. First day we had him a couple of firm lriends dropped in for an inspection and the dog put on his whole show. He performed a couple of natural functions which we hope to train him to perform on vacant lots in the near future, and then to top of the show he threw up for the people. Nothing like a dog around the bouse. Absolutely nothing! Thcyll Do It Every Time i -.,--- By Jimmy Ilatlu VTmN THE PRST BABy ARRtVED.Fum TOOK AND HAP TAKEN b11LL&,NMUOi MOVIES .FDRTRAITS AND OIL BMMTIrJSS" TeyVE BEEN BLESSED WITH TWO MOPtTCMiLDREN SINCE "WANNA SEE . THEIR PICTURES? LET'S ASK'" ! O5-0H-WESEAJe Y ?r 1 , -1 'fv ALL OP JUNIOR... "S III, YlH ffS-tizt . WE ii i s ssti, There's also nothing like having a bouse painted at the same time carpenters are busy ripping opt windows to make doors of 'em and the electricians putting in wir ing, ail the while trying to drown out the sound of the aforemen tioned pup's outraged shrieking because he was locked In the dog run. I guess spring is a wonderful season. ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL by KEN McLEOD Northwest History Highlights The Trinity River Diversion plan of the Burea . of Reclamation is now. being billed as a 1190 million dollar "wonder.". Perhaps the 1 strategists of the Bureau who are skilled in the art of selling "gold bricks" to the nation became con cerned over the (207,334.000 figure they used .in their January 1952 report, and now figure that the bargain basement technique is the proper approach in selling a bar gain to the nation. (190 million probably sounds small in compari son to (207 million, however, since the history of the Bureau has con tinuously disclosed their willing ness to underestimate the final cost of projects by more than sub stantial amounts I hardly think that they have had a change of policy, now, and, especially when they filed for water rights, they disclosed a total cost of handling the water, according to the appli cations, of (497,952,000. Such an observation is ample justification in placing a label on the Trinity diversion as being a half a billion dollar project. There is little doubt but that the einglneers of the Bureau can find ways and means tor justification of this expenditure of public funds after a half a century of exper ience. Here is one example from a recent Bureau press release: "Total payments from Federal reclamation areas in income taxes alone have aggregated more than 1.2 billion dollars since the feder al Income tax laws became ef fective in 1916. Additional federal taxes from reclamation - areas through gasoline, liquor, and oth er levies are estimated at an addi tional (400 million dollars. "These are revenues from sources which, but for reclamation would never have been visited by the tax collector because there would have been little, if anything, but desert landscape to tax." Granting that the areas might not have been visited by the tax collector, there is . little doubt, however, that the people now oc cupying reclamation areas would have been reached by representa tives of the Treasury Department regardless of where they had made their homes. In chalking up a net credit of 1.2 billion 400 million dol lars, the Bureau apparently as sumes that all pec. ie now occupy ing federally reclaimed lands wpuld not have made one cent of taxable income, would not have bought liquor or cigarettes, par trontsed theaters, purchased auto mobiles, chewed gum, eaten food, or, would not have existed if It had not been for the Bureau of Reclamation. This Is the type of much of the so called economic justification thinking that goes on In bureaucratic publicity. The Bureau of Reclamation has lost a lot of prestige in Califor nia due to Its boondoggling pro grams and extra high costs. There are a lot of people starting to Wl RtCOMMIMD DU PONT rTP-V C-F P l--Wk ' AUTOMOIILE ASHLEY CHEVROLET By DAN E. CLARK Professor Emeritus of History, Vniversly of Oregon Today's Question: Where were the principal placer mining re gions in the "Inland Empire"? A small party of prospectors led by E. D. Pierce discovered gold In paying quantities in 1360 near Oro Fino Creek, in the Clearwater country of what is now Idaho. Dur ing the winter news ol these dis coveries reached the settlements. ! and In the spring of 1861 a mm j lng stampede was under way. Gold : lever caused farmers and median- ; ics in the Willamette Valley to i secure pack horses or board river steamers and set out for the gold ltelds. There was another large exodus from California. Every pan. pick, and shovel in Walla Walla was bought by the eager gold seekers. The town ol Lcwis- flces of the Bureau have comej 1 . " Y y ,culs- 51,rBn? into existence to serve as an out- worry over the mounting debt to the federal government being sad dled upon them by the enthusias tic engineers. The overstaffed of- under special criticism. It Is in teresting to note that the Bureau employes totaled slightly over 7,000 In 1940 and generality held at this level through 1954 when slightly under 8,000 were em ployed. In 1948, the personnel was increased to over 14.000 and con tinued . upward to a high of 19.000 in 1950, with employment in 1953 running around 13,800. Appropria- tions for general administrative expense of the Bureau show even greater variations increasing from a low of (660,000 In 1945 to a high of (6.860,000 in 1951 with (5,250,000 lor 1953. Every project under the Bureau has, felt this increasing burden of o.erneaa. one ol the chief argu ments for the acquisition of the Central Valley Project in Califor nia by the state of California has been the saving that would, he ef fected by the elimination of the excessive administrative burden as well as getting rid of conflicts with bureacratic administrators. One salient point stated: "Con struction, operation and manage ment by the Bureau of Reclama gant and generally unsatisfactory. The tremendous overhead Involved in a staff of over 2,800 people with payroll totaling in excess of (12,000.000 per year jeopardizes the whole financial feasibility of the project" This staff of em ployes la as great as those of the cities of Stockton, Madera. Mer ced, Fresno, . Visalia, Tulare and Bakersfield combined. The original estimated cost ol the Central Valley project was (170,000.000. '- It was authorized some 15 years ago. at the present rate of salaries the Bureau is costing (190,000,000 every 15 years. ine uenirai vauey rroject, oper ating for the first time as a com plete unit in 1951, hsd a total net revenue of (8,054,133 which falls some (4,000,000 short of equalling the Bureau's bulging annual pay. roll. , There seems to be little Ques tion why a lot of Californlans are beginning to look closely at the cards stacked against them. Radioactive Dust Reported Found SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. WV-Dan Getman, a South Haven industrial ist, reported today radioactve dust fell on this southwestern Michgan City (pop. 5,629) last Sunday. Getman siid he scraped a fine red ash from the top of his car and tested it with a Geiger coun ter. He said he got a definite reaction. fitting point for miners. By mid summer six or seven thousand men were in the region in such thriving mining towns as Pierce City, Oro Flno, and Elk City. In September, 1861, came news of astounding prospects In the rugged country along the Salmon River about 110 miles southeast of Lewiston. Immediately much of the Uoating population In the Clearwater region rushed to the new diggings, centered around the mining town of Florence. By No vember there were nearly 2.000 miners in the district. Those who remained over the winter suffered great hardships, for it proved to be a winter of unusual severity, lasting from December to March. In the mountains, where the min ers huddled in rude Cabins and dug outs, the snow was from sev en to ten feet deep, and the cold was intense. Nevertheless, in the spring of 1862 more prospectors rushed to the Salmon River - gold fields. The Placers there were soon exhausted and the miners went off across the canyon of the Salmon River to Warren's Dig gins where new discoveries had been made. . Contemporaneous with the rush es to the Idaho mines were dis coveries of gold In the many gulches along the Powder and John Day rivers in eastern Oregon. In the Powder River country the mining camp of Auburn once had a population sometimes estimated at 5.000, but It soon dwindled to nothingness. Canyon City, Elk Creek. Dixie, Olive Creek, and Granite Creek were among the productive camps in the John Day Valley. There was also placer min ing along Burnt River and further south along the Malheur River. Placer mining In eastern Oregon continued for several years, but by 1863 a large portion of the mercurial miners had rushed off to a new eldorado In the Boise Basin of Southern Idaho. The remaining portion of the story of placer gold mlnuig In the Northwest centers around the rich discoveries In the Boise Ba sin, and especially in Montana around Alder Gulch, Virginia City and Helena. It Is said that about (65,000.000 worth of gold was taken out of Montana alone. Clip and paste in your history scrapbook. (If you have a question you would like answered, about Oregon or Northwest history, mail it to Dan E. Clark, care of this newspaper.) QUICKIES By Ken Reynolds WHY PAY MORE? You Can't Buy Better Auto INSURANCE ivv That's whal mora than t.;tril,0W car twri. ra are aaylnr the cnonlr aver when ihtf roraoare AJIitate'i low rati a. Before 7n apena iroflier dollar for anla In a ranee, check AHitaU'a law rate tor oar car. See how marh ymm can Bare and how marh more aretertlen Allttale'e Streamllned Illaatralor Policy give ro ot n eilra ceit!- Phone) or Vfsir FRED LAWRENCE ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO. Sears Roebuck Storo Ph. 5180 Homo - 9702 S i jfltQKri5E i " . . . it'd be like cutting our throat If we told 'em about Her ald News Want Ads!" tRIPPV j ITOPS 111 QUALITY,! Fort Bragg Holds Atom Yar Games FT. BRAOO, N. J. Wl-An "a .lessor" force, 10,000 strong, ad vanced on this Army base at Mu rine today. It was the opening ground move In Exerclso Flash Burn, tills oouulry'a first major atomic defense war game, Bpread throuih the plnry wood of the sprawling reservation were about 5.000 U. S. forces primed to resist the attack. Ilia exoiolso exmually will have nearly loo.ouo troops and airmen engaied In teats of atomlo woapons and changing military atrateiy. Hie Air Force's Tactical Air Command la holding a big training exercise. Operation Tacalr M-1. In conjunction with Flash Burn, This will let (lie Army call for immedi ate Air Forco support. The Ural phase of Tacalr M-1 was marred yesterday when a CI It Flying Boxcar blew up and crashed south of Ooldsboro, N, O, Two crew members were killed and two others parachuted, escaping with minor Injuries. V. S. forces In Flash Burn planned (o fall back slowly More the "aggressor" soldiers through the weekend. Next Monday the buildup phase atiirls. The Mint Air borne Division from Ft. Uniuit will be dropped on the battleground u erlabllah an airhead. This will be used to laud two regimental com bat teams from Uia 31lh Infantry Division at Camp I'olk, La. Simulated atomic explosion will bo set olf throughout the exercise. The U. 8. forces bearing the brunt of the first assault are prin cipally the U5tli Keglmental Com- but Team UtCT) of the 31Ui Division. In the "aituroHior" forco are lha 378lh ROT from Ft, Davena, Mass. umi armnrml cavalry from Oanip I'ti'ktitt, Va. OFFICE SPACE City Center Main Street Intranet Quiet Drews Manstore I'm CHICK DAY, SATURDAY. April !4. Bring your own containers and receive la free thicks. Stand ard reed Store 1 So. gth. SACRED HEART NEWS NOTES By BEATRICE WALSH Academy nine traveled to Tule lake Tuesday, where they defeated the Honkers by a score of 34-4. Trojans play the Bonanza Antlers today. In a home game. "It Happens Every Spring" was ine appropriate title ol a movie i presented by the seniors yesterday. Senior girls attended a tea April 19 at the Wlnema Hotel, sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's Club. Each girl has been given a sterling silver spoon In the pattern of her choice by Rlckys Jewelry store. "Over the Rainbow" Is the theme selected for the, Junior prom to be held May 6. Decorating the gym will be the Juniors' next problem. John Ely has received the $150 music scholarship given annually to a senior music student by the Mothers' Club. John will major in music at the University of Port land. The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Conlercnce to be held at .the Klamath Agency Monday, April 31. will be the climax of weeks of preparation. Representatives from each discussion club and Sacred Heart will be on the afternoon panel. Dlno Reglnato and John Ely will represent the Academy, speak cn "The Bible and Tradition." lIITTI0ll$fc I UTTU 900 J , LOW IN PRICE J D0NT WO? WE FIX ..Creaaie. htdtrt, ..Dears aae Sittk$s. We're axparta at rastoring crumpled metal to it orifinal appea ranee. Wa bump out dent W erase ecratchw And than w npaint with Duoo bequer or Duunt ana aaol Du Pont's "factory matched" colors to make msr ear, look new again. . It costs k i than you think. "l dupontJ w m 1 "rr white LSETJ H. E. HAUGER 13 J0 Mela MM. 5151 "Man! What a BOURBON!" 410 So. 6th Mwn. 4111 GRANITE and MARBLE MEMORIALS Bronze Tablets, Voiei and Inscriptions CLARENCE WARD Klamath Monument Co. . Rearnentinf Ore Granite Co. of Medferd MS Hied Pheno 3J3 SAVE 10 on SHADE TREES When Iran com Into e nurury (hay are planted temporarily until the leaves appear. Thin they must be planted, permanently, far summer. This Is a very expensive ration and certs ehoirl 10 af the value af Hie (ran. . 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