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PAGE EIGHT Survey Shows Methods Of Reclaiming TL Alkali Soil TULELAKE Results In the rec lamation of alkali soils In the Tule ' lake basin have been very encour aging, according to Ken Baghott, Tulelake farm adviser. The work conducted has demonstrated that severe alkali soils can be reclaimed or Improved by the use of soil cor rectives, irrigation, and proper drainage. This program, coupled with growing the most alkali-tolerant crops, has proven most helpful. The extent of such soils in the Tulelake area Is indicated by a re cent survey conducted by the Uni versity of California Extension Ser vice. This survey showed that some 3.400 acres of Irrigated land in the Tulelake basin was affected by a severe alkali condition. The survey also disclosed that an additional 3.600 acres of Irrigated land was af fected to a somewhat lesser degree by an alkali and high salt condi tion. An examination of these areas by extension soils specialists and the farm adviser showed that all soils contained some accumulation of salt, which was no doubt caused by poor drainage, together with a high percentage of sodium saturation in the clay. This was particularly true where "slick spots" existed. All Seed Imoort Figures Told The U.S. Department of Agricul ture June IS release on imports of seeds admitted into the United States under the Federal Seed Act lists 5.039,100 pounds of Aisike clover seed entering this country during the period July 1, 1953, to May 31, 1954. Aisike seed entering the United States for the same period a year ago totaled 4.094.700 pounds. Young Amateur Fans Tour State Two college students. Jack Singleton, Portland and Bob Res fro, Tacoma, Washington, ham ra dio operators from W7ROM and W7TBU Portland, arrived in Klam ath Falls today and will be on hand for the Oregon State Amateur Ra dio Convention this weekend. The two men have been touring Oregon for the past ten days, sleep teg In file open and cooking their meals over a campflre. Needless to say their ear is also radio equipped. ' Singleton attends school at Mult nomah College, Portland, and Ren in will enter a college ' in New York this fall. find Now is the time to protect your garden The bugs aren't qoinq Is wort They're out in your ejarden new! HllV BUILD UP THE SOIL SOLUBLE PLANT FOOD . . Mix with, woter ond sproy it on the plant itself, or on the ground. FERRO F.T.E.: If plonts are yellowed, lifeless, use this to revitalize the soil. CONTROL THE INSECTS AND DISEASES DuPONT'S APHID ond MITE SPRAY . . . th. best for aphis, red spider, etc Mix with water and spray It on . . , DuPONT'S METHOXY. CHLOR . . , Insect con trol on vegetables, flow ers, ornamentals. , VEGETABLE GARDEN DUST FLORAL DUST FRUIT TREE SPRAY I ROSE DUST Many DuPont sprays are combination In t aectldes and fungicides . . take care of bun and fungus in one spraying application. We The soils proved to bo calcareous and had an Impervious layer at depths of from 18 to 34 inches, which pre vented leaching. In March 1950, four experimental plots were loomed in the alkali area to determine the most rapid and economical means of reclaiming the soil. Treatments used consisted of the application ot gypsum at tne rales of 3, 4. 8 and 16 tons per acre, and sulphur al 500. 1.000 and 2.000 pounds per acre. Water rec lamation plots were also included In these experiments. All treat ments and checks were leached Ihree times before planting. Observations disclosed that the water was very slow to get away in the first two IrriKatlons. but moved relatively rapid in the 4 8. and 16 ton gypsum applications after the third irrigation. Water penetration was slower where the two ton application was made and did not seem to penetrate the check plots or where the sulphur was applied. Finally the water on the sulphur and water reclamation plots evaporated, causing consider able cracking and an even higher accumulation of alkali and salts. As soon as the plots had dried sufficiently, they were seeded to alfalfa, yellow blossom sweet clov er, alta fescue, tall wheat grass and Lemons alkali grass, together with a cover crop. The first year a spotty stand ot all five mentioned plants were ob tained on the 4, 8. and 16 ton gyp sum plots. A sparse selection of plants appeared on the two ton gyp sum plot, and no plants germinated on the sulphur or check plots. The first year the plots were watered nine times. The second season the plots were all reseeded to Ladak alfalfa. Bag hott reports excellent stands were obtained on all gypsum treated plots. A stand apparently could not be secured in the 'sulphur check plots. Although the growth was slower In the two ton gypsum plot, a good stand was obtained, and during the third year the alfalfa growth on the two gypsum plots were as vigorous as the others. ' . After three years of leaching on seven different plots the application of sulphur up to 3.000 pounds per acre has shown no appreciable ben efit. Gypsum and sulphuric acid seem to be much more economical than sulphur. Field tests indicate that the areas of the field where a high ac cumulation ot alkali is present, gen erally called "slick spots" will re spond more rapidly to applications of sulfhuric acid than to equivalent amounts of sulphur applied in the form of gypsum. These slick spots should be diked and leached sev eral times prior to planting, other wise suitable forage type cover cannot be obtained. ikpohl&A Service What We Sell Spray Center of the Northwest V j tT oardtn deafer new Phone 7-2391 Tulelake California SWIMMERS JAM the new Klamath Falls swimming pool at'the new pool was officially dedicated last Saturday, June 19. Board Probes Navy Disaster . OITOW CTTP PTYTNT. R T It will bo possible to pinpoint ex actly what caused the explosion of the hydraulic fluid in the, air craft currier Bennington's cata pult system on May 36. Rear Adm. John M. HOSKins, presmem ui a Naval board of inquiry, said here Tuesday. A the innulrv neared Its end. Adm. Hoskins said that all of the evidence at both closed and open sessions has indicated that a fail m in ikm crnmtitator of the port catapult, which carried 3.500 pounds or air, aiscnargra uic atomized hydraulic fluid into the ship's ventilating system. But all of the technical testi mony that has been taken at closed sessions has failed to de termine exactly what caused the accumulator to blow and what sparked the explosions which took 103 lives. . Reds Holding Airman Prisoner 1EWISBURO, Pa W Mrs. H. L. Baumer has received word that . Bn air Pnwii hnmlvr nllot -Y. Mnm mwR Nnrth Korea. 16 months ago, is, alive, although a prisoner 01 uie jicus. Mrs. Baumer said she received . from the Air Force in Washington last night saying her son, MaJ. WUliam n. oaiuner, wbji reported alive and a prisoner of war in the Far East. Baumer, 32, was reported miss ing on a bombing mission o North Korea on Jan. 12, 1953. The major's mother told news men. "I am so happy that my son is alive that I hardly know what to do or say. Ever since William - ahjit rlnwn on a mlS- sion, I have been contacting all sorts of military people to mm " what happened - to him. Now 1 llnally got the news and it's good news." : " J Japan , Hit By Flash Floods , TOKYO Ml Heavy Tains lash ing the Japanese islands lor more than 24 hours today touched off flash floods and landslides, de railed trains, flooded rlcelands and homes and caused at least 14 deaths by national police count. The listed aeaa were seven killed in landslides, alx drowned and an engineer killed when his locomotive jumped the tracks. . PICNIC LOS ANGELES W There's al ways a good reason for a picnic here. Newest idea: a picnic for couples marnea ou years or lung er. The lirst of these, held yes terday, attracted 84 golden anni versary couples, the oldest 93, CALL THE HANDY-MAN 3169 HE CAN . . . Install New Screens ...,.p.jr.,. r Install new screen soars, alum inum or weed. Adjustable screens for any site window. NO JOB TOO SMALL! Swan Lake Mldg. 3226 So. 6th Phone 3169 HERALD AND NKWS KLAMATH KAlXS. OKHCiON Sign Leads To Long Lost Son LOS ANGELES I When he tacked up a "house for sale" shin at his home, Vincent Blsogno, 30. never guessed it would bring a quarter-century search to an end. A realtor, John Collins, told a friend: v "Funny thing. I saw somebody putting up a sign out in the Rivera district and I noticed that (he mail box had the same name as yours Blsogno." . The friend was A. Vincent Blsog no. 49, who had been seeking a son he hadn't seen since marital difficulties forced a separation more than 25 years ago. Father and son are happily re united today. Cantor Given Medical Checkup ROCHESTER. Minn. I Eddie Cantor was at Mayo Clinic here today for what he said was a rou tine checkup after signing a re ported nine-milllon-dollar contract for making 39 television films a year. A man my nge neeas a cneca up." said Cantor as he arrived last night. He said he was giving up live TV In favor of the contract, which Tflves -his services exclusively to the Zlv Television programs uo Hollywood, for seven years on both television ond radio. The radio pro grams will"be taped. Indians Sue For Land Payment BERKELEY, Calif. Wl California Ln d 1 a n s yesterday opened a legal fight for 931, million dollars for 75 million acres of California land. Their attorney said the land was taken from them "ln a more cruel and inhuman man ner than any other people on the face of the earth." The 33,000 Indians, under a new law, are suing the federal govern ment for payment for land their ancestors lost to the white man during the gold rush days. Attorneys for the Indians seek to prove the Indians' ancestors for merly occupied about three fourths of California's area. 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Compton. born In Wooster, Ohio died at Cornell Medical Center here. Ha had Buffered a heart at tack last Wednesday and his wife was called to his bedside. , Besides his widow, the former Margaret Hutchinson, he Is sur vived by three children, Mrs. Car roll M. Boyce, Scarsdale, N. Y.; Mrs. Blssell Alderman, Holyoke. Mass.. and Charles, an Instructor at Mount Hermon School, North- field Mass. One of Compton's last public as slgnmcnts was as chairman of a commission set up by President Eisenhower last year to study uni versal military training. He was an ardent aupporter of UMT and ln 1947 advised Its adoption as an urgent necessity for national se curity. Compare before yon buy. Ton can aave money If yon insure frith Hans Norland. Phone Z-3M5. Wofltferful Help for Itching misery (MtetJ by Skiff DfjrritM aainc salw cautea stobbcea, Kefc Mg rriierca aniaawrrr. ScM "ea tioaa aMtbe (Wry ncrt loowi mm an eoftesa dry akm teliel lotam.. Weeds State Grange Thirty-one Klumalh County rung" memuors niirmicu tun mo gun SliUo Oram OnvcMH1 held at Albany, June 14 through 18. Attending troin Bhi'itn View wore: Mr. and Mm. Carl Yancey, Belly and Hob Yancey. Mr. unit Mrs. Fred Lewis, noiutny nun Bub Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. will Neubeii, Mr. anil Mrs. Clyde R. Caldwell and Mary Lou. From Midland were: Mr. and Mr. Vcrlund Huff, Mr. nnd Mr. August Andrleu, Mrs. Leon An drleu nnd Raymond Andrleu. Prom Merrill: Mr. uuil Mrs. Flunk Hud ley and Mia. Annu Hounitl. From Lost River: Mr. nml Mrs. Astronomer Finds Planets ann annnn Mirh. oin , D1h- covery of almost 900 new a-Urrolds or plp-aquenk planets and re discovery of some of those that have been "lost" lor many years was reported today by an Indiana University astronomer wnn snni the findings should help reduce a potential trnlllc hanrd ol any fu ture travel In spaceships. Dr. Frank K. ErinioiKlson told a meeting ol the American Astro tumlcal Society that Uio tiny hcav- enly wanderers miming In ill- ( ameter from two miles to 60 miles had been spotted during a five year search. j And he said work Is now pro In rnltHHItn their orbits. or pathways through space, so as j to try to anci uiciu w uio ui some 1.600 olhcr bnby planets whose orbits are well known to astronomy. Asteroids are believed to be fragments of a planet which ex--I ...i -j .a-, --n nr tiertiaus even chunks ot planetary material I which never got assemoiea imo .. .. , , n-t.s Klirnnut hnnttll lUll-Slie piBllCI. io won- ( asteroid is u mur. u. Edmondson told a reporter thai ; the new discoveries should help tn charting the heavens to assM , spaceship navigation." he said. "You'd have to know where they are and how they movo ln space. Woman Files Big Damage Suit DETROIT W Miss Mary W. 8peers. 14, want more than a mil lion dollars for each of the nearly 18 yeara she spent in Michigan mental Institutions. Her attorney. Eugene Kraslcky. filed suit for 118,400.000 yesterday In Circuit Court. The city ol De troit. Wayne County, the state ol Michigan, four doctora and old ctala of the various Institutions were named defendant. Miss Bpeers, a dignified, stalely woman, waa committed as a men tal patient ln 1938 while held in jail on a bad check charge. be was released ln 1993 on orders ol Circuit Judge Llla M. Neuenfell. who ruled her commitment had been Illegal. Fern Loans I LOW HATX c me NO rocK , I ccmneeinwe ARNHISEL AGENCY 112 U. Ira Ph. 41M KlaMta, lake, Sisklyee eac Meeae Counties BseoeBMO1 Maesyafo Zeaai Ainovndng... - af 4 La MMJtlAcft fulwMMe ' pmip rtgiMering tine Joctml trglnattd th ! type tump. ( Here It ii Jicuxiri revolutloniry new Dctprimt Jet. Now for the feril f.mt, completely iclf- primlng wirer tyitem for deep well to 300 feet and even greater,. .ill without any tnov in merhinlim whitever below ground. It's exclusive with Jacuzzi. Don't settle for leu. 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