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— of s et HERALD AND NEWS Klamath Falls, Swi February 26 Ore. 196 Effor Stockm Tell O Firs Irrigati (Continue from Pag 4-D) ee R the than sent the my one teams above down it. I that, to eagerly the goo oppor- ‘an we leveled Ritter’s tunity offered them, for I feel] these checks and put the small grasp was in opinion my thick{rigation— too just thick enough and would be per acre, ‘This I consider no more it stand, fine a |any ~ man than i his a do can is more| prepare and To my ‘surpris it did I pa the price levies so the would hold four- than I had expecte and was) we can or and that it_is easier today to tenths of a foot of water, better than I had hope even ais the asked to to what cover we are properly taken sreat pay! enoug have pay for, and of than it was in the early day land above the check. pleasur in showin it to my er alfalfa the real and: crop of irrigation to pay what we This land was very sandy; many friends and to the colon the mortgag lifter, an no one then had to pay. In support of as is-all of our land in this val- of Bohemians settled on now this I will offer an instance: tract of land on must be pre- the Lakeside ley, and all it of Tule Lake pared so the wat will get over Tule Lake. This piec is almost Walter Ritter will be the party chosen ‘one expect ja par of the Lakeside tract, as tojevery inch of it enclosure ‘refer. In June, to get the best result from ir- it is in the same whom I will we. After prepared|section. Mr. Ritter cut this year! 190 I went down to Mr. Rit-lrigation. goo living litle less than and put the ter’s and laid his land off in|the land a supply| a pros: si2| jwhat is known as the contour|ditches in to fill the checks, Mr.|tons of measured hay off i not a Th farmer. first| check system. This is the sys-|Ritter sowed this plac to feet to the acre the instance my. sthg two| little the Tule Lake|fa. in the and He turned a over on tem experien water|cutting anal a; farmer, where Valley has taught is the proper|some time in July, 190 and\tons thé secon cutting, failure. mad a way to prepare the land for it-|later he came to me to go and|sold the ha at $6.2 per He,measured in the stack, Each|. rigation where alfalfa is to bellook at his stand of alfalfa. shown. I surveye or ran thel|was afraid he had overdone itjacre produced you. migh say,| Falls’ metropolitan Klamath each contour| and sowed it too thick; it could|the first year enoug money t0],re levels’ that so populatio is 35,000 ! *|would be four-tenths of a foot|not grow. But I assured him|pay for the next ten. year ir- that sure we ari sa o su se i ‘g Ce can oot b veget consi te and|£ three| et ve a indep a alfal-| but and| Ha a ton| - Evert Griffith, shown WATER WHEEL William help hi father build the first water whe on Lost River in 1899. His father was Rev. J.B. Griffith and Evert was 2 years old at the time. Ever left the Klamath where Basin with in 1922 moving to FIRST — here he | f Fe 958 th the Tio School District at succu ganize = BUILT Sprin efforts was construction of water; wheel in the Henley area b William Evert Griffith and his father J. B. Griffith. tion a Griffith ‘The elder born in was grandparen and ma In 187 was licensed he in to Alaba- preach ordained was as a Baptis minister. 188 he moved with his family, two sons at that time, brother and ‘hi Stephe to Klamath County He taught school in Bonanza the first year In and.in Klamath Falls his sec~ ond. Then he moved to Po Valley where he continued to preach Griffith Coun At that cattle in another ENTERTAINMENT | | 7 CENTER n - al b part led a which and time, he gat traversed the|sessed: pos-|- and nearly Srery Jackson, lying east of the mountains, includin the pres- ent Lake and Klamath counties, ee si 32 votes Bost a Missi Coast, Survey teams. se ic River liamson Basi Are w (Continued form Page 6-D) “|received D. B. WORTHINGTON In, 1869 survey month 1$4 cast. may " EVE complai about| salary of $10 per, a teachers month. and per . SALARIES received, DAY BOWL HOLIDAY S 882-4648 Ph, 6th and E Main The story of this survey: car elsewhere - us for Nam named. in Teache pardon ultimately a were LOW were to all part of the West. ‘One of these surveye a route from Benicia, Calif., to the Co- and was under} River lumbia R ‘command of a Lieutenant Williamson, for whom the Wil- Chan Here is Klamath’s newest and most modern bowling alley com- plete with all the. facilities and specia events to make bowling more interesting than ever before. 24 lanes ‘to take care’ of leagu and open bowling every day and night. Free learn-to- bowl classes for everyone, bab sitting service, and the excel- at Holiday Bowl. all part of the routine restaurant lent are There’s always something going on at the: Holiday to make your bowling more fun, rail-| cate Poe lrigat GREATE KLAMATH&# t by Wendo- ‘desire his dominion b Georg surveyed, as he had run one and Nus he told us we Val- Cascades and moved through his permission to proceed to the Klamath Basin. Jey assisted by his sons. D. B. Worthington later to be/objective point the state Griffiths In 1899 the. _pur not to his linger, as Expre but chase 236 acres of land in what editor of the Klamath .|were “Hiya sullix copa is now the Mt. L neighbor accompanie the surveying ex: at :th whites) and he his peditio and later wrote an. ar: --|(angry hood. The young Griffith ‘would not' himself respons-| father built a water wheel for ticle about the survey. railroad| for any loss of life or prop-| It was not the first irrigating 7 acres of land. This erty which we might suffer at wheel lifted the water 2 feet. survey of the Basin, however. undertak- their hands. “(They used it until the early  first survey was As the redoubtable captain the of the at 185 in jen. request 1900& when the federal govern- much in in| earnest which very Government was U.S, ment purchase their water he was saying this, we] route| best possibl rights and the wheel was torn isearch of the not inclined to doub him| from the|Were railroad construct a to down. the least. On the following River to the Pacif-| raising was BOWL | HOLIDAY we connected with the state to test the feasibility of a rail- and retui dais “doubl ulead road line from Rogu River Val- should. be quick” to Linkville with ‘feeling ley across the Cascades to the intention Basin,.The route fol- Nurse, plan were afoot for alof joining the “Bostons” in ag- of considerable relief that we Klamath well out of a bad scrape. lowing the. railroad line throug the were Klam-! Applegat survey! pursuits. ath Basin. To the best of our recollection|i, is altogether practicable When made to understand! thoug this the in-| mad ‘The year was 186 and alrea-|that the at was survey not bein was survey exceedingl rough in the -vicin- of a party of wealthy d Captai Jack had. created made for that particular pur-| of Little Butte; but a roug incidents. several unpleasan prominen men of Oregon ity pose, but for a line: of railroad,| surface in building railroads thet clear’ Mit ee evidence ‘wa sti was “oct cosamate, (one of does not cut any very great fig- vests, bullding. toward: wera noted peculiarities) and| showdown. ure said that he did not want a so lon as a sufficiently The peace treaty had been|road; his «poni bein goo easy grad can be obtained. enoug for him and his people signe five years before. Population of Klamath Coun- The Southern Pacific initiated| After a talk which lasted near-| “|ty in 1870 can be gaine from la survey which was conducted| through the night, costing the|’ |the fact that in the precinc - all the tobacco it Jesse Apple-/ across len helpe organiz the Baptist Church in Klam- by First ath was on his interpreter Scar-;da iti when a Jer Klam-| throug Charley, 2 shuttli that he did not|line At were Georgia finished his education ath River, with his — For Edit Accomp Par Duri 186 Surv Fo Railroa da irriga- Amon the earl RI T icture, courtesy H O and the Kla built by J. B cou Griffitl Lost o ‘iver. It wheel Will first Evert water Grifithy in-1904-05 the Griffith water right: in ar b the government and the rah fo dow, tk Ieigeted «70. LOST show #I sone purchase District. Firs Wate Whee Buil ON Museum, eae of 79. He helpe or- and the Laki School age is edi- tio Klamath Falls Express| from 191 to 192 the old wood-| of April 20 189 D. B, Worth- who was a member of| flume of the G Canal was! en said| replace with ‘concrete, the|! he 186 surveying party, the gr consider ‘of this incident: syste attention to the fact, W call expande the Lost River Diver- doubt by sion Canal capacit increased, } thoug forgotten no many, that Hon. Jesse D. Apple the €-G Canal and sipho sur- Lost River connectin with the gate made a prelimina Cascad in 1869 © Canal arohnd the base of Stu-|Vey across the Klamath) penetrate kel Mountain and the G Canal] drainage und were. Drop ene built. “Apple line commenced old James Miller plac the near the Little Butte, followi the River Diversion, on Lower Lost: its head in the same first Dam below Merrill. The i to Fish Lake; thence were} 15 miles of! the J Canal to Lost Prairie; thence Stor- constructed,’ colirse| same nearly the age Dam and Miller Creek and jon summit to main the and the| cross Malone ‘Buck Lake; thence in a more distributing canal in the Lan-| easterl direction to Aspen gel Valley District were: built, Lake; thence easterly to the Improvements Continue Klamath River, and crossin B. E. Hayde took over in the same at the old Nu ferry, additional distributing about three miles below Klam- and The Da Link was Diversion River built as was Sa Sout H oe Diver ca s nd dr a including work was compl ath Falls; in a thence to the course GIB hi th compa y a on standards WE gai ha its cna, established munity in 191 A high schoo scho ‘was started in Chiloqui in 1926 was 65685 ba Fe his highnes questione by Captai Jack, who informed |} not of . . 2 126 No. 7th u hoe a always, them so nee iy ai sale only to gi enti” on ey rop ba BELIEVE a unless it is supporte that our . for refuse o ee neon measure WE find We to J depend tha service nee o our. Sr otte floor our tirely competitive a Here in merchandise. quality r for erni BELIEVE sac that does prov te names « E Fe rr WE se rece keep... we blooded . . i GUITARS hea mentio our we lines in the music busi- thai it stand for perform- that you can put your money names ance, in, Names thot trust mean your on,-and with confidence at uy, ness the h we& pri whe wit the best south- the pumpin plant westerly Orego tunnel for the regulation of ‘and California line. water level in Tule Lake. Ou inf formation in this mat-| borrowed, as ye known as the Modoc Unit, and|ter ig not the partial completion of an out-| scribe (D. B. Worthington was Klamath] one of the chain bearers on that let drain from Lower Lake to Klamath River for regu-| memorable expedition and the levels in Lower| scenes and incidents occurring lation of Klamath along the virgin line are yet under a More vivid in our memory, not- spe-| intervention, cial Joan arrangements, another| withstandin i been brough of many years: 10,00 acres to be ex- under irriga ‘This route the life blood) ceedingly roug in place es- Water has of the Klamath Basin in a alon Butte Creek and true| head tributaries, abounding sense. It was a lon time com-|its ing but toda residents of the ‘in brush, rocks and heav tim- reached the neigh area reap the rewards of far-lber, until of Lost Prairie. Then’ citizens| sighte officials and more ‘who foresaw the extent and the| woods became open. need of water across the entire|and rocky, precipitou gorges Basin, refusing to settle forjand cliffs less frequent ¥ Tom) wound uj half a system and P|there on we ha no great dif- several with the vast agricultura ficulty in that today constitue a major| day, and on reaching the portio of the Basin’ economy. jKlama Basin we had. plain sailing until we sudde and into ran quit ‘OLD TO NEW jack& camp on Lost! the old Bybe and River, ne Th Chiloqui Colwell stock ranch. School an o year Fo we not ae, - wey peo a make S -
