imposed on those who detuult In payment? ? ment Htutlons und domonutriiliun farm* i>Hliibll*li«nr devotod lo recoive water because of break* or project denied. Lands for experi­ prepurat loti of ground. Tlioro I h no l<«'|M>r public conference was held tn Project whh ordered by ilio Depuri Question 10. What lire your prlndpul crops, where do Klamath Falls, November 9, that the answers submltt»««! to th«« questions _ . you market moni of Agricolture In H0H, unii Ibi them, ami what. If any. organized effort Is being made to put your crop* of the Senate Committee on Irrigation were unfortunately not representa­ work purtlnlly completori, bui inali« into tli<) market under the most favorable condition*? ? bave noi yet beali iaaued covorlug tive of the sentiment of the land owners, and that in some respects they ilio tleld work dono: u comprehen Ans. 10. Alfalfa ami grain. Hom«« Ans. 10. Principal crops, cuttle, were entirely misleading. This Impelled business men ot Klamath County ■ II«- V« y would donili Ini consumt t«un. horses, mules, sheep, hogs, liny, and land owners who. as water users, ar«« vitally concerned, to frame the provo of great vulue lo ilio Hottlor* wheat, hurley, oats and rye. dairy answers now to be offered for signature of th«> individual members of the Queatlon IS. What lire your te-hool t ini 111 I oh , uml how nro school products, potatoes, celery ami other vegetables Live stock Is marketed funds provided? Water Users’ Association, in order to admit of easy comparison the two in San Francisco, Sacramento, Port­ Anu. 18. Good Provided by gen Ana 18, Good public Hcliool aya reports, together with the letters of transmittal accompanying each, are land. Tacoma and Seattle. Hay Is crai taxation und the Irreducible lem, supported by general luxation herewith published in parallel coluiuns. fed to live stock on the ranches. School Fund und Interest from State Irreducible- Mr. Water User an«! Land Owner, which of these reports do you con­ Grain so far lias been chiefly used School Eu nd. for local consumption Hnilroad com­ sider most worthy of your approval, and which conveys the true impression Quest lou 19. Now. In your opinion, cun Congress bout promote th. pleted to Klamath Falls last June of the Klamath Falls Irrigation Project? and considerable shlpnientu of wheat general welfuro of the wuter users und carry out the purposes of th« He Question 1. Is the existing reclamation law satisfactory, and if not, in have been made to California mills clamai Ion Act? what respect should it be amended? this season. An». 19. (a) Enforce unit rule; ¡ Ana. 1». We would ask Congruse Ans. 1. The existing Reclamation 1 Ans 1. Il fairly interpreted th? (b) Remove resident restrictions, ‘ tu previde Klamath grain Is extra high grnde. - fuiids for thè immediata present law is satisfactory. If we ' lotw is quit«« satisfactory. So many winning first prizes for wheat, ont.i le) Extend payment to twenty cotuplelion of all projecta and bave understand Sec. 4 of th«« Reclamation 11 projects having been undertaken as and barley at National Irrigation Con­ years, or graduated payments; thè ileclamatlon Service proc<««d with Act the «»stlmated «*ost of construc­ I to make progress construction slow gress at Sacramento and first prize (d) Interpret act uh |»er our answer thè work u* spoodlly ns ponalbli-, tion should be announ«*ed and con­ and th««refore unsatisfactory to set-1 for blue stem wheat at National Corn to the first question; as for uii ex­ thereb) rcllcvlng thè settlurs of Ione sidered an official announcement tiers; while this may not be ob- Show, Omaha, over all competitors, ample the Engineer* estimated tbe wult and extra cosi. when the Secretary deems a project j«*ctionable as applkd to Government and the various grains taking high cost of th«« project nt >18.60 per acre practical. And no private lands land it works differently with lau-t rank at the Dry Farming Congress ut and finally rained It to >30 per acre. in private ownership; persons owning should be asked to subscribe for Billings, Montana. Private capital would have Irilgated stock until given a definite price per more than 160 acres of irrigabh* land It for >15. acre for irrigation. As we under­ In the Klamath Project are required Question 11. What are your present transportation facilities, und arc tc) llnv«« Wnt<«r Applications to stand Sec. 6 of the said act the esti­ by the law to soil the excess land. they adequate and satisfactory? complv with acreage ami original sur­ mated cost mention«^! in Sec. 4 should This has been complied with to a Ans. 11. Branch line of the S. P. Ans. II. On Southern Pacific line vey made by the government to nvold include operation and maintenance large extent and it is an injustice to Ry. Co., and It Is not satisfactory at building from Klamath Falla to confusion in acreage; and It should not be separated as is keep the settlers who have purchased present, shipping rate 50 per cent too now f) We dealre to have a special Oregon, and when completed done by the U. S. R. S. into two excess lands waiting an indefinite pe­ high, but we hope to have better Natron. will place Klamath Falls on muln line agent appointed by (he Secretary of charg«*s and the cost deterred until riod to maKe such lands remunera­ shipping facilities and markets lu tbe lH>tween Sun Francisco and Portland the Interior to visit th«« projects ut completion of project, becaus«« th«- tive. We are informed, however, near future. The line between W««««d, California, least once a year to Investigate exist recent public declarations, that from act distinctly says in Sec. 4 ’’th«- and Klamath Falls was completed Ing local conditions relative to each charges shall be determined with a this is acknowledged by th«« present during 1909 and the connection to project An the local otficlnln of the view of returning to the Reclamation administration to have bc*en a mis­ the North will be completed prob­ Klamath Project have In many In­ Fund the estimated cost of construc­ take.. and that no new projects will ably within two years: service ade­ stance* acted unfair towards th«« land : be start«*d until those now under tions.” quate; freight and pasetiger rates are owner* nml we have been unable to ' const! uction are completed. too high, adjustment will doubtlcHu get any retire**; I (g) We desire an Itemized stat«»- Question 2. Are your local laws governing the appropriation and us«- soon take place by application of ment of th«« expenditure* of the Interstate tariffs. of water for irrigation satisfactory in their application to lands being re­ Klamath Project from Inception to claimed by the government, or through private enterprise, and If not. Question 12. What is the reasonabl«« present averag«« value per aere date. what amendments are required? < h) Reclaimed lakes and swamp Ans. 2. As fas as ascertainable at Ans. 2. Local laws are satisfac­ of land In your project, exclusive of water right, th«« value being computed lands should all pay their proportion the present time the local laws an« tory, some new acts having been on the basis of productive capacity. Interest being computed at 6 per cent of cost* for drnlnng«« of sain«« nml b«« per annum; and what was th«« value thereof exclusive of water right, prior pased since the project was started to fairly satisfactory. considered a part of the whole pro­ to the construction of tbe Reclamation works? meet the requirements of the Recla­ ject; mation Service. Ans. 12. Reasonable present aver­ Ans. 12. I-and now- under ditch tl) Furthermore, It In proposed by >50 at present and prior to coming age value of Improved, cultivated th«« U. H. It. H. to survey u very low Question 3. Is the administration of the law by the Reclamation of land In project now having water the R«H*lamation Service. Prices Service satisfactory, and if not, what are the objections and what remed;« not affected by the Government irri­ right, >60 per acre; before construc­ Bn«« ditch m-nr the Cl««ar l-ak«« site, to avoid going through rock*, nnd is proposed? tion of Reclamation works >20 per then put In pumping plunt* at various gation. Ans. 3. As to the first clause, we Ans. 3. The administration of the acre. Improved cultivated land not places to rain«« th«« water to th«« lamt I answer NO. Our objections, in the law is as satisfactory as usual with Dry land yield: having water, same basis, 125 per under th«« preliminary survey, which main, are these: It has often been any government work on account of acre; before proj««ct was adopt««d and altogether cheaper, will add grealiv -- > S2 unsatisfactory and unfair, as the red tape. etc. In our opinion more construction commenced >15 per acre to the maintenance cost, nnd ns cut facts will show. When the first sur­ authority should be granted the Pro­ a» ’ Unimproved, uncultivated, raw estimates were made on the basis of vey was made, and land holders were ject Engineer within certain prescrib­ is land, not having water >20 per acre; the high line ditch, wo would object : ST “! urged to sign up their lands, officials ed limits to enable prompt dealing , before project was adopted >7.50 per to same. o stated publicly that their estimates with minor local problems, and also acre. (j) The erection of wooden flumes stowed a cost of >18.60 per acre; would recommend adoption of a sys­ Based upon productive capacity ami bridge* uh they hav«« b««en mad«« bu or > 1.68 >28.00 and we were assured that the aver­ tem of reports that would enable the Rye .... 12 bu 3 and 6 per cent capitalization: under the first unit of this project age cost would not exceed >20 an people of the project to be advised Wheat 15 bu 3 *4 bu or 2.10 35.00 Alfalfa hay, 4 tons per acre, will add greatly to the maintenance bu or 2.00 33.33 acre, and it was with this under­ of developments and progress at Oats .... 25 bu b worth >6 per ton >24.00 of same. standing that we signed up our lands. more frequent intervals than is now­ Average value of dry land at Less expense for water Irirga- Ik) The method of forwarding Some years later other estimates were possible, this being especially desir­ this time and prior to com­ ting, putting up and feeding money to the General laiml Office, made, when it was announced that able where land is held in private ing of Government.................. 132.11 out, >3.50 per ton 14.00 which In this project Is Lake View. the cost would not be less than >30 ownership largely. Is cumbersome uml expensive. Thin an acre. And it is now urged, that >10.00 could be nvold«««! by having the money shareholders will be compelled to Profit, 6 per cent on value per paid Into the Unit'd States Deposi­ pay this added 50 per cent. This acre >165.00 tory within the llmlth of this project seems unjust, and we solemnly pro­ Less cost of water right 30.00 or Into th«« Water Ua««r*’ Association, test against it. As one remedy to or directly to the Disbursing Agent meet unsatisfactory conditions, we af­ 1135 00 of the United States Reclamation Value of land per acre firm that Oregon has not had its Irrigated Grain Iuind, computed on 8ervlce. We ask that all commis­ just apportionment of the funds. If 6 Per Cent Basis: sion* be dispens««d with am! that S>«<- this were given her the project might Ei penso 5 of the Reclamation Act of Jun«« 17, Bu. be completed at an early date. Also, Cçop. I er Acre. Value. Per Acre. 19op, ne amended *o a* to comftly >10 00 with the condition* mentioned above, i >18.00 Rj •• 15 because the shareholders for four 1 1.00 22.50 25 Wheat . years have been at an expense for Respectfully *11 bln It ted, 10.80 21.60 40 Oats BOARD OF DIRECTORS KLAM- keeping up the Water Users’ Asso­ 1 1.30 22.50 40 Barley ciation, without results to us. As a ATH W a TER USERS’ ASS’N. remedy complete the project as soon Ry >43.35 <8gd) >84.70 Totals as possible. We ask your committee ALBERT E ELDER. per arre Average profit to investigate all the reasons for the Copy. Secretary. >10.35, or va. pr. acre at increase of the estimated cost ot the 6 per cent .... >170 no project, and we further ask that the LETTER OF WATER I SERS Ilmlnary surveys were made and up Less cost of water right 30.oO officials of the Water Users' Associa­ purcntly from these surveys e*tl tion bo placed te direct communica- mat«« were mad« which were given >! 10.00 Per Acre Vai. of Lami lion with the Secretary of the In- In submitting tbe foregoing an­ out by Mr. Newell, etc., and were not 6 per cent lui nd, computed on Dry terior. swer* to vour committee the Boar«! less than llo nor more than >30 per basis. With this understanding th«- of Directors of th« Klamath Water acre. Expense. Is your water supply adequate for both irrigation and Ru. Question 4. • Water Users’ Association was organ Per Acre. Value. Per Acre. Us««r»' Association de*lre to call your Izod under the direction of the Re Crop. domestic uses? >14 4 0 Rye ...... 12 > 8.00 attention to a few of the fact* which clamutlon officials and th«« cupitallza Ans. 4. Yes. entirely adequate for As. 4. The water supply is ade­ 0.00 havo . 1 V l) 15 ,;;.ll-< d In th!:, project, a:;4 lion ot slots used al 4-0, and iiutu« Wheat quate. The U. S. R- S. does not sup­ both purposes. «.«no ask that you consider the sam«« In dlatcly the engineers commenced th«* 13.50 .. 25 Oats ply water for domestic purposes. It »00 connection with the answer* above Reclamation Project. 1 4.06 Barley ...... 25 is desired in this project continuously I referred to. In doing this certain purchaser for domestic use from the first of | 135 00 Totals . >55.46 The Klamath Basin under what I* were mail« nt price« which the peoph April to freezing time, or about Janu- ! > 8.75 Average per acre >13.86 known a* th«« first unit at th«« time feel were two or three times the vale«* ary first. Average profit per acre >5.11 th«- United States Reclamation Engi­ of the rights purchased, and certain Question 6. Is your canal and distributing system satisfactory, and or value per acre >35.00 neer* wore endeavoring to secure tho concessions given which the Board if not, what are the defects, what caused them, and what remedy is pro­ For Individual examples as to act­ land for the purpose of putting in a of Director* Is unable to find author posed? ual buying and selling values and ■ytern under the Reclamation law, I zed by the Reclamation Act. For Ans. 6. Canal and distributing crop production see "Exhibit B” at­ had, at that time, privato Irrigating Instunce, H. C. Ai R. H. Moore lu con Ans. 6. It is not. PRIME CAUSE— tached hereto. inefficient service on part of Recla­ system generally satisfactory; some system* which irrigated approximate­ ilderatlon of certain rights on Link mation officials, business and execu­ complaint because of leakage, due to ly 15,00 Oacres, and which could lllver, (which affidavits In our pos Question 13. Are non-irrigable public lands available for pasture con ­ banks being new and unsettled. In tive ability of present project engi­ have been enlarged so as to Irri­ session show were valued at approxi­ tiguous to or in the vicinity of your project, and if so, to what extent and neer satisfactory; PRIME REME­ the opinion of practical frrlgatlonlsts gate approximately the 30,000 acres, mately 115,000), were given between DY—Good business men at the head canals and laterals would have been under what conditions are the same now available for the stock owned by I which are Include«! under the first nine and eleven hundred perpetual of projects; more power to be given better adapted for irrigation purposes water users? unit of the Klamath Project and for horse-power delivered at about a mile to the men in charge of the project if made wider and not so deep, there­ I Ans. 13. Yes. which water may be had by making further down the river than the lo­ Ans. 13. Yes, free to everybody. and less in the hands of Supervising by lessening leakage and danger of application to th«« Reclamation Serv­ cation of their former rights. W« Question 14. What suggestions have you to offer for legislation to ice. At the sain«- time u private com­ full to find any provision In the Rc Engineer. DEFECTS—Poor construc­ breaks and making it easier to main­ tion and always behind time. REM­ tain turnout and gates for placing I make public pasture lands In the vicinity of your project available for the pany was In the field and had under­ clamntlon Act whereby anybody can use of those cultivating the irrigated lands? taken construction of an Irrigating get perpetulal rights for power. EDY—Practical man in charge of the water upon the land. various construction and engineering system which would cover many thou­ Again negotiating for the so-called Ans. 14. Present conditions satis ­ Ans. 14. We favor the placing of sand acres, and their contract* were Ankeny ditch, the Reclamation offi work—NOT BOYS—but men with all adjacent non-tlllable lands into a factory. given for >15 an acre. At the pres- rials give to Mr. Ankeny and Mrs some practical knowledge of irriga­ reserve for the exclusive use of the rlghts under what Is known as the Henley, owners of said ditch, a per tion and farming. first unit, will cover something like petual water right for 1799 acres of Question 7. Can the cost of maintaining and operating the canal and .settlers for grazing purposes. ent time the applications for water land and here too, we fall to And distributing system be reduced, and if so, in what way and to what extent? Question 15. Is the farm unit of your project, as established by the 16,000, and apparently no more land any provision In tne Reclamation Act Ans. 7. Yes, by hastening comple­ Secretary of the Interior, satisfactory, and if not, would the objection be is placed under Irrigation than we whereby Ans. 7. Owing to poor construc­ th«« Secretary of the Interior tion the cost of operation and mainte­ tion of the entire system thereby en­ removed by the addition of pasturage rights as suggested by the foregoing formerly had under our «»Id system of or any of his subordinates are au nance is very high and can not be abling the maintenance and operation question? private irrigation. In order to Induce thorlzed to allow anybody or give made lower without large expense in department to deal with the whole the settlers of tho Klamath Project anybody a water right for more than Ans. 15. Entirely satisfactory. Ans. 15. Y«?s, we should have the enlarging and strengthening main ca­ project more economically than Is pasturage rights a* suggested above to take up the Irrigation under the 160 acres of land. The purchase of possible with a small percentage of it. nal and laterals—banks are too low Reclamation Act, Mr. R. H. Newell, the Clear Lake dam site was made at The unit rule should be enforced and narrow—boxes too high—checks then Chief Engineer, now Director of a price of 1187,000, and wo have af without question. and boxes located in wrong places the Reclamation Service; J. B. Llp- davits in our possession which eatah Reduce force after irrigation season Question 16. What is your source of supply for fuel ami building plncott, Supervising Engineer, an«! T. llsh the fact that the said dam site is over instead of keeping them all on materials, and the average cost thereof? H. Humphrey* at that time termed was placed In a man's hands for sale the pay roll as seems to have been Project Engineer, held public meet­ at the price of >35,000, and he war Ans. 16. Plenty of timber held In Ans. 16. Timber on government I ing In this county, and after what done in the Klamath Project. to get a five per cent commla private «»wnership and available In >12 to or state land. Lumber at I Question 8. Can the water users, by employing reasonable industry >30 per M. forest reserves; prices of lumber from they termed an extensive survey, an­ slon on that price. Again, In th< and economy, promptly make all payments required by the existing law? >12 to >36 per thousand; abundant nounced to the people that reclama­ purchase of the so-called Adams supply of wood for fuel on hills ad­ tion of the lands under the Govern­ ditch, known as the Little Klamath Ans. 8. A man with small means Ans. 8. Results attained by vari­ jacent to irrigated lands, chiefly on ment *y*tem would not cost less thnn Ditch Co., purchase was made for can not come into the Klamath Pro­ ous farmers, affidavits of which are the public domain and principally ju­ >10 nor more than >20 per acre, and 1100,000. Th«« Adams ditch irrigat­ ject, purchase land partly on tlm.i, hereto appended, prove that It is en- niper. Settlers have been in the hab- i induced our settlers to sign up con­ ed practically 10,000 acres of land, make improvements, and live and pay tirely practicable and is actually be- it of procuring fence post* and fuel tracts to the Water Users' Association which would mean >10 per acre—a the water charges. This explains ing accomplished. See “Exhibit A.” from these juniper tre«m on Govern- i on tho*e representations, and feeling very reasonable sum, and this board why the Klamath Project is not fill­ ment land but recently agents of the | that the county would be generally Is unable to ascertain why It Is that ing up with farmers, and largely why Interior Department have exacted benefited by having a much larger the lands under that ditch are not the excess lands can not be sold at upon to payments for such fuel and post« amount of laud placed under Irriga­ compelled and called prices now asked. A large part of little >30.00 since from various settlers at. exorbitant tion, the settlers who were able to pay very land owners would not be able to expense been prices. We deem this unjust practice get water at the les* price, agreed additional has meet the payments, that is at >3 per and would ask for such rulings a* to pay more, that I*, not less than made in supplying water to annum and >0.75 maintenance per >10 nor more than >20, and thereby land under the Adnms ditch, The would enable the settlers to obtain acre according to the present law. fuel and posts free of cost, except authorized the Reclamation Service land owners were offered water By deferring the first two or three to begin the reclamation of land un ­ rights under the Adams ditch for >10 the labor necessary. payments farmers might possibly be der the Klamath Project. According able to pay out on the water charge. Question 17. To what extent have you been aided In your farming to the representation of the Engi­ Continued on Seventh Pago Question 9. What additional terms and conditions, if any, should be operations by information acquired from the work of agricultural experi- neers of the Reclamation Service, pre- STOCKHOLDERS SUBMIT ANSWERS TO SENATE IRRIGATION COMMITTEE Value of Land at Per Ct. 6 Profit.........