THE NEWS ANP THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. ORE.
March 20, 1041
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PORTLAND, March 20 (AV
The Southern Pacific railroad
disclosed yesterday it paid 81,
015,868.38 taxes In Oregon for
1940. The largest single assess
ment was 1178,981.73 in Klam
ath county.
Sixty-two Chinese seamen an
route to San Francisco for ship
ment back to China, will pass
through Klamath - Falls at 9
o'clock Thursday morning via
Southern Pacific. SP officials
said Wednesday.
The sailors' vessel was tied
up In Vancouver, B. C, due to
war conditions and, under marl
time law, the orientals must be
sent back to their homeland
Only vessels now sailing for Iht
orient leave from the Oolden
Gate city.
PAHABITE
The shark-sucker, or remora,
fastens Itself to some larger fish
and rides about the sea, living
on the remains of its host's
meals.
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With nearly half of all farms
in the Pacific northwest depend
ing upon irrigation for their pre
ductive existence, the protection
of irrigated land against mil ero
sion and loss of fertility presents
one of the mose important chal
lenges lacing the northwest.
This observation was voiced
today by J. H. Christ, in charge
of toil conservation service oper
ations in Washington, Oregon
and Idaho, as a preface to hiw
announcement that an enlarged
program of assistance to irriga
tion farmers is being planned. by
technical workers of the service.
"It is not commonly realized
that water improperly applied
can become a destructive boom
erang as well as a blessing," he
explains. "Lack of precaution
on some of our older irrigation
projects, for example, has re
sulted in serious top soil disap
pearance, leaching of soil fer
tility, alkali accumulation caused
by poor drainage, weed infesta
tion and other danger signals.
"As a consequence, this means
reduced crop yields and ultimate
bankruptcy if such undermining
losses are not checked. Certainly
it is the part of wisdom both to
intensify our defense efforts on
present lands facing Jeopardy
and to take preventative steps
on new lands coming under irri
gation.
, "From a long background of
experience in this field, the
United States department of ag
riculture and the state agricul
tural colleges have acquired.
large measure of technical knowl
edge to help irrigation farmers
with the problem. It is therefore
a matter principally of sharpen
ing attention to this important
need, and this is the course which
the soil conservation service is
preparing to follow within its
normal operating program.
The service already is equip
ped to carry on a well' rounded
program of . assistance under
present authorizations. In addi
tion to its basic activities in soil
and moisture conservation and
utilization of CCC camp labor,
the service has been designated
as the action agency of the de
partment of agriculture in ad
ministering auxiliary programs
embracing special assistance in
irrigation and drainage,' farm
phases of flood control, sub-mar
ginal land purchases, small wa
ter faculties installations and
farm forestry development, all
of which can play a helpful part
in attaining more stability and
security on irrigated lands." -
In recognition that some of
the most serious erosion in the
northwest occurs on irrigated
land, the soil conservation ser
vice began special studies of the
problem four years ago by es
tablishing a demonstration pro
ject on the Kittitas project in
Washington, with the objective
of finding more scientific meth
ods of applying irrigation water,
Mr. Christ reports. This project,
one of the first of its kind to be
set up in the entire countrv. sun-
plied proof that improved irri
gating and land use practices
can De made to pay substantial
oavioends both in effecting hieh.
er crop yields and in saving top
soil losses. The lessons from this
work and from other experience
that has been gained over the
northwest as a whole during re
cent years can be profitably
drawn upon, Mr. Christ reminds.
' Many northwest farmers al
ready have received special aid
in working out plans for better
and more profitable land use
and the curbing of erosion, Mr.
Christ says, through requests
that are placed with county ag
ricultural agents for the services
of soil conservation service tech
nicians. Additional assistance
will now be extended in this
manner to the fullest extent of
available facilities, he declares,
leading to more widespread
adoption of sound conservation
measures.
"As a means of mnin mi !
the erosion and land use prob
lem with maximum effective
ness, however, the way has been
opened through state enabling
legislation for groups of inter
ested farmers to form soil con
servation districts on their own
, Initiative," Regional Conservator
Christ points out.
"Because a soil conservation
district embodies the sound nrin.
ciple of local initiative, local re
sponsibility and local control,
while at the same time providing
machinery for consolidated at
tack upon an entire land prob-'
lem area, it affords an ideal way
for public agencies such a th
soil conservation service to ex-'
tend extra help that is needed
by local land owners beyond
their own self-help capacity.
During the past. year, 19 such
districts have been formed by
northwest land owners, covering
approximately 8,000,000 acres.
This Is certainly a significant
ftep In the right direction to in
sure the permanent productivity
of our invaluable northwest
lands."
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after a blissful 16 months at Angel Island Immigration Station on San
Francisco Bay, 325 tailors from the scuttled German uner Columbus are
shown pouring Into a special train that will take them from San Fran
cisco to an Internment camp near Ft. Stanton, N. M. The men wer
orougnt by Boat to Saa Francisco Irom Ansel island
Elsewhere
In Oregon
By The Associated Press ' .
THE DALLES, March 20 IIP)
Illumination of Multnomah falls
was asked by the Lions club
here in a resolution addressed to
the federal forest service.
EMPIRE, March 20 UP) A
community center for the Coos
Indian tribe will be constructed
at a cost of $9000 this year,
Ralph Fredenburg, Salem, super
intendent of the Grande Ronde
Siletz agency, said yesterday.
WESTON, March 20 UP) The
Umatilla County Pioneers associ
ation will hold its 49th annual
reunion here on May 30 and 31
LA GRANDE. March 20 UPl
The Union County Dairymen'
association gathered 250 signa
tures on petitions requesting
continuation of the state milk
board in this area.
. ASTORIA. March 20 UP)
Fire destroyed the old Chadwell
school here this week. It was
the first two-room schoolhouse
built in Clatsop county. For
years it had been used as a barn.
McMINNVILLE, March 20
UP) Construction work on state
highway No. II between Me
Minnville and Sheridan has
started. A bridge crew is put
ting a span ever Deer creek
SANDY, March 20 ( Clear
ing the 100-foot wide right-of-
way of the ".7arm Springs cutoff
has been resumed by PWA crews
with the return of spring weath
er. The road will shorten the
distance between Madras and
the Wapinitia cutoff 28 miles.
MILTON -FREEWATER
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please!
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March 20 UP) A board of direc
tors has been named to make
preliminary arrangements tor
formation of a golf association
here. Tentative plans call for a
course near Tum-A-Lum, be
tween Walla Walla and Milton.
WALL OF CHINA
The Chinese wall is 17 feet
wide, and about 18 feet of it re
mains above ground. Including
the spurs, curia and loops, its
length is 2550 miles.
Scientists now report that if
a driver suffers from a defic
iency of vitamin A, headlights
at night will appear as a huge
white blur.
The defense communications
board, Washington, D. C, has
selected Klamath Falls as one of
the strategic points in the state
to locate an emergency power
supply unit for NYA radio trans
mitters, being constructed by
youth workers, as part of Ore
gon s NYA preparations for na
tional defense, according to Ivan
G. Munro. state administrator.
This project will make it pos
sible for reserve power supplies
to be available in Oregon in the
event of any national defense
emergency when normal sources
of electric power are stooned.
While commercial electric com
panies in the state are said to
have very adequate facilities to
cover such an emergency, these
NYA power supplies would serve
as auxiliary units should the
need arise and would be able to
operate independently of any
outside aid.
These emergency power sun-
ply units in the form of gas-
driven electric generators, will
also be located in Salem, Bend
and Portland, after main radio
transmitters for the NYA radio
project in these cities are on the
air.
It is estimated that domestic
airlines flew more than 9.000.-
000 revenue miles and carried
almost 250,000 revenue passeng
ers during December, 1940.
The highways of the United
States have been largely built
with about 18 billion dollars
paid In special automotive taxes
during the last three decades.
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