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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
«
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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
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