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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Fall, Ore.
Friday, January 11, 1963
math Irrigation Prospects Good
Despite Poor Snow Pack In Mountains
"The outlook for 1963 Irrigation
water supplies in Klamath Coun
ty Is relatively good for lands
served from Upper Klamath
Lake and Clear Lake, but only
fair for acres watered from Ger
ber Reservoir, according to a re
port released today by W. T.
Frost, snow survey supervisor I
for U.S. Department of Agricul
ture, Soil Conservation Service,
cooperating with Oregon State
trip Opened
To Aircraft
By Forest
ALTURAS Bill K. Cooperrider
Modoc Forest supervisor, had an
nounced that the Devils Garden
Airport Is now open to the publi
for aircraft purposes. "It will not
be possible." Cooperrider said
"to remove the "closed airport'
markings from the runway before
early nert summer due to weath
er conditions.
The opening of this airport to
the public is in response to an ap
peal made in November, 1962,
byl the Modoc County Chamber of
Commerce manager, A. F. Van
Horn, and has been made pos
sible through cooperation with
the Federal Aviation Agency.
Dates during which private air
craft may use the landing strip
are Jan. 1 through June SO;
and Nov. 1 through Dec. 31. The
airport will be closed to public
use, except lor emergency land
ings, from July 1 to Oct. 31. Dur
ing this time the forest service
will have one or more air tank
ersJn readiness for immediate use
In -fire suppression. "Without con
trol tower facilities, the hazards
of-public use during this period
of die summer make dual use pro
hibitive." Cooperrider stated.
Hie Devils Garden Airport Is
fenced to exclude cattle and has
a locked gate on the road to Al
turas. Access during the period
of .public use may be gained by
contacting the Modoc County
Sheriff, Alluras.
Cooperrider, in discussing pub
lic; use of the airport, points out
that the forest service cannot and
will not assume responsibility ei
ther for vandalism to parked air
craft or for the usual mainte
nance requirements of a public
airfield. Furthermore, he stales
that use of the runway by drag
sters, go-karts, etc., is prohibited
and. that such illegal use will be
prosecuted to the full extent of
the - law.
Conditions of the aiport are: no
lights, no communications, no
ground transportation, no fuel, no
food. Caution down drafts on
final. Caution deer and antelope.
University and state engineer.
Mountain snow pack is extremely
poor for this date with no snow
to be found below 5,000 fect ele
vation. Moisture in the upper wa
tershed soils is very good and
will favor runoff from melting
snow in the spring.
Water content of the mountain
snow cover is 33 per cent of the
January average and is only one
fourth of that measured a year
ago. Temperatures need to be
more nearly normal to permit
future storms to deposit snow
rather than rain on the water
sheds. Heavy fall rains have recharged
the upper watershed soils to
about 80 per cent of the total
capacity. A year ago these soils
were etxromcly dry under the
snow pack and soaked up much
of the runoff that melting snow
should have provided.
Storage in Upper Klamath Lake
is 364,500 acre feet compared
with 269,700 a.f. a year ago on
Jan. 1. This is an excellent start
for the 1963 season.
On the other hand, storage In
Gerbcr ind Clear lakes is 20 and
40 per cem below the 15 year aver
age (1943-571. Clear Lake holds
111,500 a.f. compared with 54,100
a.f. a year ago and Gerbcr holds
27,200 a.f. against only 1,600 last
year. These two reservoirs are
completely dependent on rain and
snowfall and greatly need large
amounts of runoff to provide
adequate water supplies next
summer.
Inflow to Upper Klamath Lake
'from preliminary data furnished
by Pacific Power and Light Co.,
Medford, has averaged 131 per
cent of the 15 years average since
Oct. 1 and flow into Gerbcr and
above normal. '
A normal snow pack on Klam
ath watersheds this year should
produce excellent water supplies
because the watershed soils are
well recharged.
Statewide, the early w inter out
look for Oregon's 1963 irrigation
'High Level' Discussion
Centers On Arty Topics
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Just
about everything has turned up
at some point in U.S.-Soviet rela
tions. Now it's the Mona Lisa,
The famous Da Vinci painting
figured, somewhat mysteriously,
in high-level talks between Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk and So
viet First Deputy Foreign Mini
ster Vassily V. Kuznetsov here
Thursday.
Without saying exactly how all
the subjects came up. the State
Kuznctsov's three-day visit here,
including his talk with President
Kennedy Wednesday.
Kuznetsov Is returning to Mos
cow after more than two months
in New York negotiating with
U.S. officials over Cuba. He Is one
Kremlin diplomat with whom U.S.
officials always have gotten along
well.
In the mutual sizing-up now go
ing on, Soviet Premier NiKita
Khrushchev appears to be facing
water supplies is fair. Snow cov
er, in measurable amounts, is
found only at high elevations and
surveys there range from 0 to 33
per cent of the usual Jan. 1 snow
water amounts. Reservoir stor
age is much better than last
year at this time, and, cou
pled with good oil moisture con
ditions over most of the slate, is
likely to be the safety factor
needed to offset a low snow year.
Fortunately, there are still two
to three months remaining to im
prove this low snowpack.
The next report on snow sur
veys and water supply conditions
will be issued on Feb. 8.
Department said the conversation far more urgent problems than
Firms Seek
Atom Power
PORTLAND Five Northwest
electric utility companies report
ed' Tuesday tliey are negotiating
w ith tho Washington Public Power
Supply System and Bonneville
Power Administration for con-
tr.ids covering the purchase of
hall the output of the atomic-pow
ercd stram-clcctric plant slated
for Ilanford.
The five companies are Pacific
Power & Light. Torlland General
Electric. Washington Valor Pow
er, Montana Power and Tuget
Sound Power 4 Light.
A spokesman said attorneys and
officials of the companies and the
agencies have held meetings for
mote than a month, and in Port
land almost day and night since
Jan; 3, dralling agreements In
volving equal shares oi the 400.000
kilowatts of the output that Con
gress had required WPPSS to of
fer lo the utility companies.
Eorlier meetings with BPA rep
resentatives had laid the ground-
wnrK inr the intensive sessions
now in progress, it was reported.
covered not only general U.S.-
Russian relations but the Mona
Lisa, the Bolshoi Ballet, the Her
mitage Art Museum In Leningrad,
and bowling, one of Rusk's sports.
No business was transacted, a
U.S. spokesman said. "They had
general discussion. No details
ere explored on any subject...
they did not get into Cuba. A
general reference was made to
disarmament. References were
made to the hope that we are
entering a period in which some
outstanding problems might be
solved. Both sides expressed tho
hope that this was the case."
All this summed up pretty close
ly the current period of U.S.-
Sovict relations in the aftermath
of the Cuban situation
which both sides appear to be
sizing each other up and waiting
for the other lo show a new
policy.
The Kennedy administralion nad
served notice to Russia it wanted
the Cuban missile crisis settled.
That now has been wound up
after a fashion with the removal
of Soviet offensive missiles and
bombers from Cuba in November,
and a U.S.-Soviet statement this
week agreeing to disagree on re
maining Cuban issues. These Is
sues include united Nations in
spection, which this country never
got, and Russia s demand lor a
Kennedy pledge never to invade
Cuba which Kennedy never gave.
Around the world the other is
sues remained as unseuica as
ever.
Disarmament has apparently
been one of the main topics of
the United States his dispute
with China, declining satellite
economies, severe competition be
tween consumers and the military
over resources, sctoacks in the
Congo and elsewhere in the under
developed world, and his recent
retreat in Cuba.
The United States can afford to
take much more time choosing its
next policy moves.
Oregon Ups
Booze Price
PORTLAND (UPI)-The Ore-1
gon Liquor Control Commission
announced Wednesday that hard
liquor will cost an additional 15
cents a fifth and 10 cents a pint
cfcctivc Feb. 1.
The announcement was made
at a commission meeting. The in
crease, which will not a f f e c t
wines, is expected to add S3 mil
lion to the state's general fund
during the 1963-65 biennium.
Ted Turner of Portland, a rep
resentative of the Oregon Non
profit Organizations, appeared at
the meeting to protest the action.
He said the commission arbi
trarily was raising liquor prices
without legislative action.
Drop Noted
In Jobless
WASHINGTON (l'PI - Unem
ployment dropped slightly in the
nation last month, the government
said today, but indicated the 5.6
per cent jobless rale was disap
pointing. A panel of Labor Department
experts said the number ol un
employed remained unchanged in
December from November at 3 8
million, although the seasonally
adjusted rate declined to 58 per
rent compared with 5 8 per cent
in November. The unemployment
rate in October ai 5 5 per cent
Premo Baby
Funeral Set
Funeral services will be Satur
day, Jan. 12, from the Burney,
Calif., Presbyterian Church for
Debra Jean Premo, 4, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Premo
of Chico. Services will be
charge of Clark-Booth and Yard-
ley funeral directors, Sacramen
to. Interment will be in the Bur
ney Cemetery.
The little girl was critically
burned when she tumbled into a
bucket of hot water, being used
by her father to scrub a floor,
two weeks before last Thanksgiv
ing. She was taken to Children's
Mercy Hospital, Sacramento, and
was believed to be Improving
wnen she died Jan. 10.
Her father is a student at Chico
State College. The Premo family
formerly lived in Klamath Falls,
Survivors include her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Premo; grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Low-
ry, Pondosa, Calif., Mrs. Edna M.
Premo. Burney; great-grandmother,
Mrs. Ethel Premo, Olympia,
Wash., and an uncle, Jerry Pre
mo, baa Francisco.
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Patron Meet
Date Changed
MERRILL - Merrill Parrents
and Patrons will meet for their
regular monthly meeting on Jan
M at 8 p.m. instead of Jan. 15.
The meeting will be held at the
slcmcntary school.
Mrs. Robert Trolman, presl-
dent, stressed the importance of
the meeting as a discussion on a
science fair for Merrill schools
will be held. Guests from Klam
alh Falls and Henley w ill be pres
ent to answer questions pertain-i
ing to the (air.
Many parents have asked about
holding a fair in the Merrill
schools as all other county schools
have participated in past years.
vo the Parents and Patrons de
rided to spoaor the event. The
Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry will furnish all material
and ribbons.
Local competition will be held
in M.irvh. and all parents are
urged to attend the meeting and
encourage their children to pre
pare a project. Regional contests
will be held in Klamath Falls at
a later date, and those winning in
the regional contest will have
Iheir projects sent to stale competition.
Temperatures during the 24
hours ending at 4 a.m. PST today.
High Low
Astoria
Baker
Brookings
Lakeview
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
The Dalles
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York I SI 40
San Francisco I 54 47
Washington 53 39
Northern California: Fair
through Saturday.
Baker and La Grande: Fair and
cold; high 5-15; low zero to 10 be
low.
Portland Vancouver, Willam
ette Valley: Fair and cold with
trong cast winds; highs 20 - 23;
low 5-10.
Five-Day Forecast
Western Oregon: Temperatures
moderating early next week with
highs of 15-25 rising lo 30s and
low 40s and lows of five below lo
15 above rising to 15-30; little
snow early next week.
Eastern Oregon: Highs zero to
15 rising to 20 next week: lows
near all time records ... to below
to 30 below, then moderating:
little snew early next week.
IfS A UTTie GLASS THINS THIS L0H3. AND IF
Friendly Whale Frolics
With Venturesome Four
LA JOLLA, Calif. (UPD-Four
San Diego amateur photographers
had a whale of a time Thursday
with a whale.
The four frolicked in the ocean
for three hours with their new
found friend, photographing it
close up, riding on its back and
even showering under. its spout.
'It was a one-in-a-million ex
perience that every photographer
dreams about," said Charles Nick-
lin Jr., 35, operator of a local
diving shop.
He said the 45-foot finback
whale was crippled and exhausted
because it had been entangled in
a nylon line which they were able
to release.
Nicklin said he, Alving SanU
mycr, 35, a diving shop operator;
William DeCourt, 24, a design
draftsman, and Frank Morejohn,
32, an architectural illustrator,
first sighted a whale spout about
l'i miles offshore.
"We thought at first it was
sleeping because it lay so still on
the surface. Nicklin said. When
we got up close we were so ex
cited we kept dropping film all
over the boat.
"As it made no indication of
taking off, we suited up and took
underwater pictures of it. The line
had cut into the whale's hide and
he was apparently so exhausted
from struggling, he couldn t sub
merge. 'He just wallowed there.
rocking back and forth.
"He was really big," DeCourt
volunteered.
'After , shooting pictures for
awhile," Nicklin continued, "We
took turns riding on its back,
clowning around and posing."
'I got a shower sitting near the
blowhole when it spouted, De
Court said.
It was sort of awesome," Nick
lin said, "when we thought of the
size of the whale and what he
might do to us. We were some
what afraid to take the line off
his tail, because we thought he
might do something violent. Fi
nally I dove down and removed
the line that had crippled him.
He waited a bit, gave a spout.
waved his tail and off he swam."
MOUNT SHASTA-One of the
West's newest winter resorts,
Shasta Ski Bowl, has become the
hot spot of Northern California
ski areas this season with snow
conditions rated the best in the
Sierra region of the great state oi
sunshine.
Located a the 7,850-foot level of
the spectacular volcanic peak
that gives the area its name.
Shasta Ski Bowl already has
drawn creuds that have broken
all previous records on the
slopes.
Center of the resort is an ultra
modern lodge, accessible via a
15-mile all-weather road through
snow-banked forests that reach
down to the edge of Pacific High
way 99 at the town of Mount Shas
la. Entering the town the alpine
setting for the resort is easily an
ticipated in the mountain chalet
architecture of the newer inns and
lodgings along the highway.
At the resort at timberline are
a chair lift, carrying skiers to the
9,338-foot level, and two rope
tows that reach to the 8.050-foot
elevation. The facilities can ac
commodate as many as 2,700 ski
ers per hour. -The
west slope of the peak
which dominates the horizon ol
Southern Oregon as well as
Northern California, boasts a
skiing season that normally be
gins in late November and lasts
until early summer. During the
spring months, skiers claim,
Shasta's corn snow is among the
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Briefs
MRS. ALVIN BRENEMA.V of
Klamath Falls is convalescing
from back surgery in Sacred
Heart Hospital in Medford where
cards will reach her.
best in the West. But most of the
year the high and dry climate
results in a fine powder cover.
Last week the aveiage snow
depth was 35 inches, and this w ill
build up as the season progresses.
The resort almost became the
site of file training camp for the
U.S. Olympic ski team this
month when slopes of the Rocky
Mountain region failed in
December to have sufficient
snow. When word got out that
Shasta was being considered for
the Olympic team's runs, the holiday-season
rush from Sacra
mento and San Francisco-Oakland
was on. The chic city crowds
normally have headed for Lake
Tahoe and other Sierra resorts!
but have now learned of the de
lights of Shasta.
In addition to the patronizing
of motels and inns and restau
rants at Mount Shasta, the over
flow has spread north into Yreka
and south to Dunsmuir to bring
a new boom to these tourist-conscious
cities.
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