Page Four
riv.'rsday. April 9, W2Th
THE KLAMATH
IDLE LAKE TOUR
(Continued from Pace l,ne)
Lot river originating below the
Clear lake reeTvolr as taken care
of. A a result the surface eleva
tion of Tule lake was lowered by
seepage and evaporation, over two
feet annually. Today the lake bed
is dry with the exception of a two
or three squire mile drainage bain
in the center where surplus water
from the surrounding imitated land
is held in a seciuue ha-:r..
About 6000 acres made available
by the reciw-imi f Tule lake were
first watered in 1917. Tiay. aVmt
one-third of ue toral area of the
lake bed has been cor- let ivy re
claimed by a perfec; yt:n i!
drainage and irrigation oanaU. and
many thousand acres m.'re will ulti
mately be cla-a?d as etinaliy im
proved. Below the area whiclt may
De irrigated lhc- U1 h? al
equal area for tue growing of lux
uriant pasture and non-irrigated
grain, w here the nn Isture will re
main near enough to the surface of
the ground that irrisaiion will not
be required. T.ie soil is a black
sandy loam enriched by centuries
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8th and Pine Sts.
Open Evenings and Sunday.
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1925 Oakland, new
Guarantee 10?X
1M Buick Six Touring..- 30
1921 Buick Six Touring.
New Paint 500
1921 Buick Six Touring.
Duco Paint 5"5
1921 Oldsmobile Six Tour
ing, Guaranteed 650
1921 Oldsmobile Four 4
Touring, New Paint 650
1921 Nash Touring 3"5
1921 Velie, Fine Condition 600
1920 Buick, 25 License .... 350
1921 Lexington Touring.... 375
1920 Buick. Reconditioned
New Paint, 25 license 4S5
1921 Dodge. 25 License .... 350
1920 Maxwell "Touring, 25
License 125
1920 Maxwell. Sew Paint 140
1922 Bix Six Studebaker,
Calif. Top 1050
1919 Dodge. New Paint
and Guaranteed -- 375
1918 Dodge, New Paint
and Guaranteed -5
1923 Dodge. Guaranteed
Condition. 25 License 500
1920 Chandler. 7 Pass.
Duco Paint 450
1920 Chalmers Touring,
New Paint 450
1917 Buick Six Touring .... 200
1923 Chevrolet Touring.... 375
1921 Chevrolet Touring .... 300
1924 Star Coupe, New
Paint, 25 License.
Reconditioned, guar
anteed 625
1923 Moon. 4 Pass. Coupe.
New Paint 1200
1918 Dodge Roadster 245
1921 Overland Mvstery .... 300
1924 Ford Sedan 25 Li
cense. Guaranteed 500
1921 Ford Coupe, 25 Li
cense 350
And a Big Selection of Guaran
teed Fords.
,.; vcaitaticnal decay. It product
excellent crops of potatoes, alfalfa,
oats, birley and whe.it. and It i
claimed there Is no more pr.duc
the land on tlie Pacific .oast. The
elevation of the Klamath project
is 4u00 feet and prevalent late
spring frosts until early June. pro
hibit the (.rowth of the less hardy
en r. making it es-entially a live
stock country. The irrigating sea
son begins May 1 ami tnd Siutem
ber 30.
The year jnt c! -cd was a banner
year f.'r the Klamath pr. jert from
t'e standpoint of produ tivity. Al
though it was a year of universal
drouth all along tlie coat. the Kia
nuth project had surplus water t.i
..ell to a local hydroXe. trie power
ok . .ird m tre I'" t: i" i''!-' it-:
i-t 'gallon rcriis tts. The Tu'e la'.e
sect oa was proven a "t- n j-'f'Ae
with a nvcrd of 710 ooO SuieN of
grain prod.iad from ap-'r.ix'm.itely .
20 v" acres of its non-irriitcl
area, and the entire project pro
da. ed (rem i;a irrigated land 90.
'000 tons cf alfalfa and nearly 10o.
000 acks of potatoes.
Tule lake was formerly the nest
ing grounds for millions of wild
geese and ducks which still invade
the grain fields of the lake bed (lur
ing the winter months, undismayed
r.y the disappearance of their for-
, The lands i !,e
mer flood lands. M
non-irrigated section are g".
ment lands and leased seasonally by,
local farmers. The harvest on these
lands begins about September 1 and
continues until November. During
the past two years a spirited race
had developed between the anxious
farmers and the hungry game birds
as to their respective share in the
crops.
Bird Reserve SoufrlU
There remains a huge area of the
Klamath project that has not been
prOTen that is the dry bed of Lo
er Klamath lake, a peat bed of de
cayed tules with a spongy, inflam
mable soil running from less than
a foot to 50 feet in depth. Owing
to the nature of the aoll which
would require vast expenditures for
proper drainage and irrigation, the
development here has been retarded
and most of the land has passed
Into private control. Only $30.
000. amounting to 50c per acre,
has been expended since 1917
toward its development.
During the spring runoff the ex
treme flood area of Lower Klam
ath lake was 75.000 acres, and in
the fall the low water area but
25.000 acres. The lake wag fed
through a channel from the Klam
ath river by which flood waters
were backed into the basin and as
the river receded the flow through
the Inlet was reversed In direction
and water flowed out of the lake.
About 1909 the Southern Pacific
railroad built a line Into Klamath
Falls constructing a fill across the
Lower Klamath channel known as
the Klamath straits, making an ef-
West Frankfort, 111., Loses 100 in Tornado
Knight. Templar To
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(ntuliy ('iiiiinisiiiliiry No 10.
knight" Teinplur, will attend dnxier
nervlces In a body at tliK Flrat llau
tint church, in u re hi n x In full mil
fm in from the Mimniilr hull, where
they will I at 10:30 a. in. (inr
rell Van Itlper la the Kmlnniit I'mii-
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' More than 100 persona were killed by the devastating tornado that left the prospermia Utile rli,
bl Aest Frankfort, 111., a total wreck. This alrplans ro'osl'h howj those fortunate cuuuun lo a
f ai-. death or Injury searching in the ruins for the dead and wounded.
feetive dyke at no cos, to the pro- ;.;.. -t , r .p. r. ad over 330 miles There has been repaid b ho .et-
ject. A regulating structure was .( ,, ,rrig.-in canals have 1 n Hers to that ;-" f,,r
Placed in the railroad embankment built. It, addition the proj-e 1- .miction and 18.000 tor opera-,
and this M:e having been closed ive", water lo 5000 acres along t;o and maintenance. 1 no net In-
tontinuailv ince 1M7. the lake the Van Briaier ditch, a pioneer v. stm. nt . the goornim ut on
bed U now drv. . strict below toe town . f pioneer July 1. 1:4. a $:l.!io3.oot.
That part of ,V.e lake ,nd marsh-.tl-'rlct below the Un of Merrill . In the fall of 1922 lo.ooo acres,
. . , .... . 'i iVo,.- Uai..r -a aUo Dumped ' the Tule lake reclaimed land
lanas on tne uregi.n s.oe hthi- .
.. --- v a.., .- f-i.m ! main canal to the Enter- were thrown open
ea iuiu lae iiauia.:i u:auiir,c u.a- -. , . .
...... ioi- .-a ,n ioi7 nri(e Irritation district in the same entry with a preferential right
tract was entered Into between the vicinity with an irrigable area of ex soldiers.
,t;irici and the Eovernmi-nt acreed 3uu0 acres, and the Pine
to keep the flood gates cbscd con- district with 1000 ac
i w i . ft v l
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About 65 tracts rot-
ilrove erlng over 3000 acres, were filed
In addi- on at thut time. Then on January
ditloned upon the district making tion there are eight or ten smaller 15. 1923. the secretary of The In-
certain payments and proceeding district which, combined with the terlor withdrew the public notice
with the reclamation of the lands, new Shasta View d strict Ju.st re- opening the land. Since that date
If the-e condlticas were not com- centty established, will Irrigate an no filings have keen made and It;
plied with, and if the land proved aggregate of la. 000 acres. In the i not known when tho land will
less valual le for agriculutre than vicinity of roaanaa. a pumping dis- again be thrown open to entry. It
a5 a bird reserve, then the gates trie! has been organized with a total suffices to say there are many i
were to be thrown open and the ar. a of Hi. 000 acres, and I.angell thi' i-and acres of this pul lie laud
lake reflooded by 1927. Local in- valley Jut l- -y nd will have 16.- of the highest fortuity which will
terests predict the mare valuable Ot'O acres which will mostly he wa- ultimately lie available for settlers
marginal areas of Loner Klamath tcred for the fits', time in 1925. ' the Klamath country, made avail
will ultimately be dyked off and the Horsefly or Corner dam on llhl" by the I'nited States reclama
the center of the lake, whlih is de- Miller creek, now under construe- I'm service in their conquest to
cidedlv alkaline will again be tion. taking cure of ulioul 60U0 transform 260.000 acres originally
B. 1. O. KLKS MKKT
Thursday evening. Visiting
members welcome. Elks Tem
ple, 3rd and Main streets.
CHARLTON CVRR1N.
Exalted Ruler
TOM DELZELL.
Secretary
flooded. of the total.
The water supply for t'c.e Klamath The probable ultimate irrigable
prcject is derived mainly from I'p-, area of the Klamath project is about
per Klamath lake, supplemented by ' laO.WiO arres. In addition there are
water from Clear lake and Los; abcut 100. 000 acres of irrigable
river when the need arises. Tpper land bordering Vpper Klamath lake
Klamath lake contains a low wa- and the valley of the Spraguc river,
ter area of 65.000 acres, and has moat of which will eventually be
an average annul run-off of 1.-'. irrigated. This land is admirably
500,000 acre feet, and a maximum adapted to growing of forage crops
run-off in excess of 200.000,000 a n it for blue grass and clover mea
acre feet. Tpper Klamath has a d wa such as the remarkable dis
great many important inlets, chief trie: around Fort Klamath, which
of which is the combined Sprague turns off an average of 10.000 fat
and Williamson river and Wood cattle each seasf.n.
rlve" . The United States has spent on
Much Yalcr Available ),,. Klamath project to Julv 1
At the p-esent I'm, water is iv.m. in rnn, ,,,ln,,,nrili ii'sur,.-
aa:iat.ie tur anout 4a. 000 acres of oo in construction
"..u. uc va.i'u .:! maniam nn opera'
lakes, to 150,000
ductive farms.
acres of pro-
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