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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore.
Sunday. Dec. 20. 1959
Tulelake Growers Speak Out On Wafer Level Issue
By CLIFF JENKINS
Manager, Tulelake
Grower! Association
Statements appearing in some nf
the news regarding the Tulelake
water situation and its application
to the hunting of waterfowl in the
Basin have depicted the Tulelake
farmer as the big man with the
stick who. wants to destroy Ihe
Pacific Flyway.
In the lines which follow, we
hope to prove that these state
merits are distorted and that there
is a real problem which must he
worked out between all parties
concerned without hysteria or pres
sure and in line with sound water
fowl and land use practices.
We do not believe that this is
primarily a problem between the
sportsman and the farmer. Many
times each year our farmers,
many of them, assume the role ol
sportsman or hunter just as the
city resident who once or twice a
year assembles his hunting equip
mcnt and comes to Tulelake to
test his skill.
Many of the farmers living In
Tulelake will tell you that there
has been very little money made
in farming lately but that the op
portunity to hunt birds in their
back yard each fall is one of the
big Inducements which keeps them
here. So the farmer is just as
much interested in maintaining
this valuable sport at its highest
level.
He looks forward to the hunting
season as the time when his
friends will come up and share
in this sport with him. At this
point the farmer-hunter becomes a
guide as well as a host to the
city hunter, and very often the
tanner furnishes room and board,
fields to hunt in, including blinds,
decoys, etc. His pay, the pleasure
and satisfaction of the mutual
Iriendship.
Both the city dweller who comes
to Tulelake to hunt and the farm
er who lives here among the ducks
and geese and who provides con
siderable amount of feed pay the
same license fee for the privilege
to hunt migratory birds. Both are
subject to the same bag limits
as prescribed by the Fish and
Wildlife Service. Perhaps at times
both wonder what the USFWS does
with their license fees, and what
the USFWS gives them in return
for this license fee. Both expect
the hunting to be good, and ex
pect the agency taking their li
cense tee money will provide the
facilities for good hunting.
From here on the similarity be
tween these two hunters becomes
somewhat different. The farmer
knows that before he can get any
irrigation water for next year's
crop he will be required to pay
a water charge of six dollars per
acre, and he knows that a part of
this is spent by his district in
controlling the water levels in
the Tulelake Sump, pumping, dike
building, drainage, etc. If he is go
ing to be expected to pay the cost
of operating and maintaining these
facilities, and some of these costs
are accrued in order to provide
water habitat for migratory fowl
he would like to have his district
considered as a full partner with
the privilege to negotiate policies
which maintain and operate these
facilities in line with good land use
and water management.
The farmer and his district be-
lieve that these policies should be
flexible in order to meet condi
tions as they develop from year to
year. Operation of the sump at the
present high levels prescribed by
the Fish and Wildlife Service will
double the farmers flood hazard
and increase the operating costs to
his district.
For many years the elevation of
the lake bottom has been building
up and on several occasions the
USFWS has raised the prescribed
water levels in the sump as
means of compensating for the
gradual buildup without first con
suiting with the district board and
arranging to share the additional
cost of operation or without con
corn for the additional flood haz
ards that are created. The farmer
wonders how long he will be sad
died with continually higher water
levels to compensate for this grad
ual buildup so that the hunters
who use the sump as their hunting
grounds may reach their favorite
spot with little or no effort. The
farmer believes that through bet
ter management, filling in of the
lake bottom could have been held
to a minimum.
Perhaps it is right for the Fish
and Wildlife Service to take most
of the credit for the good hunting
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THE BOARD of directors of the Tulelake Growers Association at a recent meeting worked
out plans for an all-out drive to recruit new members. This will be the first effort to build up
membership in the association since the end of the five-year membership plan started in
1953. Since the close of that period membership has dropped 50 per cent. An increase
in members is neodnd to keep the association functioning for the benefit of all Tulelake
farmers. Seated is Sam Wynn, new president. Other officers and new directors are,
standing, left to right, Herbert Kirby, new director from the west side; Burr is Short,
George Fabianok, secretary-treasurer; Wilbur Edwards, vice president. Elner E. Olson,
not present for the picture is the new director from the Coppock Bay district.
Photo by Jerry Ternui
U.S. Scribe To Be Tried By Tribunal
HAVANA (UPD-Premier Fidel
Castro announced early today that
Miami Herald reporter James
Buchanan will be tried by a "rev
olutionary tribunal" which could
sentence him. to death.
In a four-hour television speech.
Caslro rejected appeals from the
Inter-American Press Association
for the release of Buchanan, who
was arrested in the hotel room of
prison fugitive Austin Young.
Authorities in Pinar del Rio
province had asked the Supreme
Court to decide whether Buchan-
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could not impose the death sen
tence. Castro said Buchanan will be
tried on charges of complicity in
Young's escape from Pinar del
Rio prison a week ago Tuesday
night, 3B hours before he was re
captured in the hotel room where
Buchanan was arrested about two
hours later.
The premier rejected an appeal
from William Cowles, editor of
the Spokane Spokesman Review
and president of the IAPA, who
had argued that Buchanan should
be (reed because he had commit
ted no crime.
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abroad that its information shows
the newsman Is blameless?..."
Castro demanded. "We have
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least they "(IAPA officials)
expect is that he will be tried
tins newspaper man will go
before the revolutionary tribunals
. . .The courts will decide accord
ing to the proofs before them, and
then will take corresponding ac
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wait.
The premier charged that Bu
chanan paid Young's hotel bill
and furnished other aid to the
fugitive, who had been sentenced
to serve 30 years in prison for
"organizing an armed anti-government
conspiracy."
Buchanan told army intelligence
agents when he was arrested that
he paid the hotel bill with money
given him by Y'oung. He said the
only other aid he gave the fugi
tive was to buy an clastic band
age for his ankle, injured in the
prison break.
The Miami reporter came to
Havana the day after Young es
caped to check a telephoned tip
on his whereabouts. He inter
viewed Young in the hotel room,
rnd filed the story before he was
arrested.
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conditions 'at Tulelake. However,
in the California portion, there arc
9.000 acres of public land set aside
for hunting, whereas privately
owned land provides some 45,000
acres of hunting area. We believe
that the farmer and the private
landowner is providing some of the
finest and most used hunting
grounds. The primary object of the
Fish and Wildlife Service appears
to be that of bird protection, as
they plant some 2,500 acres to
grain which is not open to hunting.
This grain is not harvested but is
left for bird feed and holds the
birds in areas that are closed to
hunting.
The farmer further believes that
the Fish and Wildlife Service could
do a lot to improve hunting con
ditions at Tulelake by opening up
more of its land to hunting and
that other portions of the refuge
might be more effective for hunt
ing than some of those now open.
The sportsmen and farmers also
question why the U.S. bag limits
are continually restricted, whereas
in Mexico, which is also encom
passed in the Pacific Flyway, there
are fewer regulations on bag limit
and the commercial hunting of the
birds is still practiced.
The farmer-hunter would like to
see the USFWS take some of his
hunting license fees and use it to
provide more and better hunting
areas. If hunting on the Tulelake
sump must be maintained, tne
USFWS might also open up chan
nels through the tulcs to these
choice hunting areas.
The farmer's costs are contmu
ally rising, whereas the prices he
receives for his commodities are
increasing very slowly if at all.
Therefore his net income has been
decreasing for several years. He
is therefore very much interested
in having his water district and
the Fish and Wildlife Service work
out a division of these costs which
accrue primarily for providing bet
ter hunting facilities.
He too wants to see good hunt
ing at Tulel.'. -s and believes that
his hunting license fee might be
put with that of the city dweller
to provide some of these things
which makes for better waterfowl
habitat and good hunting.
A person who loves migratory
waterfowl will enjoy a trip through
Ihe refuge during the hunting sea
son, wnen he drives mrougn tne
refuge and sees the millions of
birds feeding there, the farmer and
hunter wonder if the water levels
in the sump have really had much
effect, from a disastrous stand
point, on the Pacific Flyway which
normally has a population of from
eight to 10 million migratory birds.
We are told that there was a
eduction of hatch of some 13,000
birds this year on the refuge and
that botulism caused another loss
of 2,900 birds. These figures per
haps seem quite startling at first
glance but after you have figured
this out mathematically, we find
that it is a very small fraction
of one per cent of the birds in the
Pacific Flyway, actually .002 per
cent of one percent.
The farmer being familiar with
breeding problems and fluctuations
in normal losses in nature wonders
if perhaps this isn't a normal
situation among waterfowl just as
it is in all other forms of animal
lile. Then, when he is told there
was a reduction in the bird hatch
over the entire Pacific Flyway
hatching areas, the farmer won
ders if normal weather and climat
ic conditions are not largely re
sponsible for the smaller hatch at
Tulelake also.
At the time the Tulelake Irriga
tion District was organized the
farmer was told that his district
contract specifically provides that
problems pertaining to migratory
waterfowl management will be
worked out through negotiation and
in consultation with his district
It these consultations were held
and the bird losses were still too
great, isn't it possible that some
one other than his water district
made some mistakes?
The farmer also wonders why
Ihe USFWS insisted on raising the
water level so rapidly during the
nesting season, and if all of the
directives issued to his district
arc in accordance with the district
contract? The farmer is apt to
be the first one to agree that there
is room for good hunting and good
farming in Tulelake and that the
medium through which this may
be achieved is through sincere ne
gotiations and bargaining between
his district and the various agen
cies involved.
He expects his elected district
officials to operate the facilities
of the district in an efficient man
ner in line with good water man
agement which will result in the
greatest agricultural economy for
the Basin consistent with the terms
of his contract.
He also expects the representa
tives of the Fish and Wildlife
Service to counsel and negotiate
with his district officials on mat
ters pertaining to waterfowl habi
tat and management.
He knows that the problems per
tinent to the development of the
Basin which will provide for the
host land use and the best mi
gratory waterfowl habitat and
management are very complex.
that these problems can and will
be worked out to the best advan
tage of all, through conscientious
planning and negotiation. Such ne
gotiations arc best carried out in
the absence of pressure groups
and high emotions, and by group
consideration of all tha facts.
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BASIN BRIEFS
Burncy Guests at the home of
Charles Demick last Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs. Salve Bue, brother-
in-law and sister of Dr. Gregg
Hawkins and Mrs. Demick of AI
turas.
Weekend Guests of the Arnold
Criss family of Macdoel were Mr.
and Mrs. Courtney Gordon, Duns
muir. Dinner Guests Mr. and Mrs.
Delmcr Criss and family of Mac
doel were recent guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Arnold Criss and fam
ily, also of Macdoel.
From Adin Recent guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John Archibald of
Macdoel were Mr. and Mrs. Loren
Van Allen, Adin.
Spend Weekend Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Funderburg and family of
Weaverville, California, spent last
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Cacka Sr., Macdoel.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Dysert, Macdoel, were Mr. and
Mrs. Russell McFall of Tulelake,
last Monday and Tuesday.
Trip Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wilson,
Macdoel, spent last Wednesday in
Reno and Thursday at Lake Ta
hoe.
Hiro Moto N'amba prepared
sukiyaki for Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Ross and family last Sunday. The
group ate the meal Japanese style,
on the floor. Additional dinner
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Clark. Namba is in this country
on a three-year work basis from
Japan.
Smorgasbord Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Duncan held a pre
Christmas smorgasbord last Sun
day at their home in Mount He
bron in honor of the Mt. Hebron
Ranger Station's staff. Those pres
ent were Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoc
Reames, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Arra
sim, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant
Longmore. All the guests were
from the Macdoel and Mt. Hebron
area.
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COLUMBIA, S. C. (UPI) A
little girl whose family moved
here recently from the New York
area had this question after pay
ing a visit to a local department
store Santa Claus: "If he comes
from so far north, how come he's
got such a southern accent?"
Hollywood Men Reluctant
To Play Opposite Marilyn
By VERNON SCOTT
L'PI Hollywood Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD (UPD-Marilyn
Monroe proved today she still has
tne capacity for setting Movie
land on its ear. This time it is
an uproar over a leading man
for her new movie.
The blonde glamour girl ar
rived here more than a month
ago to co-star with Gregory Peck
in a film modestly titled The
Billionaire," since changed to
"Let's Make Love."
She was accompanied by hus
band Arthur Miller and drama
coach Paula Strasberg. Miller
came along to rewrite his wife's
role. Paula made the trip to keep
sharp eye on Marilyn's cam
era angles on the set.
Peck, who had future commit
ments, didn t like the idea of a
rewritten script. It figured Peck
couldn't help but come off second
best with Marilyn's role being
fattened by her own husband.
Then, too, la Monroe special
izes in being late. Both she and
Peck began dance rehearsals, but
time dragged by without a cam
era cranking. Peck gave up in
disgust and begged off after
learning a few simple dance routines.
Undaunted, Marilyn continued
o rehearse her musical numbers
without a leading man.
Charlton Heston's name came
up as a suitable co-star for the
curvesome sex goddess. On sec
end thought the powers that be
decided a man who had played
Moses in '"The Ten Command"
mtnts" and the title role in "Ben
Hur" shouldn't be playing lover
boy to Marilyn.
In a flash of boxoftice brilll.
ance the brass chose Rock Hud
son, beefcake king of the movies,
to star with Marilyn. .
But Hudson is under contract to
Universal-International, and that
studio bombed the project from
the beginning, refusing Marilyn'i
offer to star in a future picture
for U-I.
Those close to the scene know
that Marilyn is difficult to work
with. She demands and gets-
retakes whenever she feels a
scene isn't right. She has a tough
ime remembering lines. She is
chronically late. She plays the
role of "movie star" to the hilt.
Stars Tony Curtis and. Jack
Lemmon, who worked with her
in "Some Like It Hot," swear
they will never appear with her
iin. Director Billy Wilder, a
good-natured little man, was dis
traught throughout Ihe picture.
They all had one compensation.
The picture was a hit. '
Producer Jerry Wald, who ad
mits Marilyn's new film will be
at least a month late in starting,
says, she is not temperamental.
She's the most cooperative girl I
ever worked with."
Now rumor has it Marilyn may
back out of the project altogeth
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