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VOL. XIV.
UPPER PROJECT
GLAD TO BE FREE
t ■ --■rtMluty of ('«mt A* Indlinlasl by
I till Inger*» l«*U<*r Bring« Joy
Over Their Itt-leom*
IIONANZA, Or«., r«-b. 25. Tbs
l»e«>pi« of ths UpjH-r l,roj«wt. which
has m«t II» d«*ath In tb<- camp of Its
friends, are nut <aat down over th»-
decision of th-- Reclamation 8v»V 4,
Phoenix-like. they expect to aria«
from th« ashes and niak«- this eectjon
of the country gr*-at«r than the fond
est dreams of Its best enthusiasts hud
ever hop«-d for When th« news was
received that th«- Secretary of th«- In
terior had turned down this part of
the Klamath Project it was gcncrall)
felt thut nothing short of ruin must
follow in the wake of that decision.
This feeling was only temporary. As
th«' facta were laid before them the
land owners accepted th-- alt nation
phllcMophlcally, and are now of the
opinion that what has happened Is
for the Iw-st interests of thia com
munity. This has been forced home
In view of th«* statement contnlnc«! In
th« letter to J. O. Hamaker thnt
the system would coat from $50 to
$65. if th«> S«*cr«*tary hn<i named
either of these figures definitely, a
different feeling would exist. But
the difference of $15 an acre has
wiped out the last shred of confidence
the people here had In th« Reclama
tion S«*rvice
With such n discrep
ancy It remained possible for it to
oven exc«»cd th«» hlgh--st figure, «nil
everyone here realises thnt even at
$65 few of the land owners would
car« to assume th«- coat, for they be
lieve thnt It can be constructed cheap
er thnn that, even If a pumping sys
tem had to be Installed.
A formal letter of notification of
tho withdrawal of the Government
from this part of tho project was re
ceived yesterday afternoon by J. O.
Hntnuker. It leaven nothing to be
hoped for. Tho letter Is as follows:
Washington. 1). C., Feb. 14.
Dear Sir:
From your letter of January n o It
appears that on the same day a nwet-
Ing was held in Bonanza, composed
of the stockholders of the Klamath
Water Users’ Association, who reside
In the vicinity of Bonanza and within
that part of the Irrigation project
designated as the "Upper Project."
It appears further that you presided
at that meeting nnd that the same
had been called for the purposo of
taking some action looking to assist
ing the Government In completing
what Is known ns the upper project.
At this meeting there were present
stockholders representing 90 per cent
of the subscribed land in tho said
upper project. They expressed them
selves as ready and willing to agree
thnt the par valuo of tho shares In
the Klamath Water Users' Associa
tion bo Increased from $20 to $20, In
order that the project might bo com-
KLAMATH REPUBLICAN.
KLAMATH FALLS, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 3, 1910
pl- i-'-l at un «arly
>■ rum the
pro- ecdlng» uf Ibis meeting It would
s«-«m that tin- stockholda-rs In at-
teii-lun««* were under th« InipresHion
thut th« Government would construct
tin Irrigation system to reclaim th-
lands within th« upper proj«-ct nt a
cost of not exct-edlng $30 p< r acre.
From th«- repoit of th« supervising
••i!gln««-r. Mr Hopson. dated D«c«-ni-
ber 9, 1909, In referring to th«- upper
project, It was stated, among other
things, that th«« building charges
would not It« less than $50 and pos
sibly ns high us $65 per acre, bus«- *
upon the assumption, first, thut the
present area of subscribed luixl would
<arry cost. and. second, that 9u per
«•«nt of the Irrignbl«- land would !><■
subscribed
it would seem, there
fore. thnt it will cost to construct an
Irrigation system to Irrigate the lands
within th« upp«r project a sum per
acre largely In «- xccsh of that which
the stockholders at sui<l meeting an-
tlci|«al<-d.
Under existing conditions the de-
puitni- nt has not u sufficient guar-
niitc«- thut th«* cost of constructing
th«- upp«*r project will be returned to
th«- reclamation fun<)
Hence noth
ing <nn I»«’ done looking to th«* imme
diate construction of an irrigation
system to Irrlgat«* lands «ithlu th«
upper project until th«- department
has received a satisfa- tor» guarantee
from th«» owners of the lands to be
benefit«-«! that the Government will
be reimbursed f««r the construction
charges, which, ss above slat«-«l, will
not be leas than $50 and may be $65
per acre.
Hcctlon 4 uf th«» reclamation net
provides that th«- cost of constructing
an Irrigation system shall be return
ed to the reclamation fund
Unless
th«» department is satlsfi«-«! before th«*
expenditures are made thnt such
charges will be returned. It should
not expend any part of th«* fund for
construction purposes.
Mr. Jacob Ruock, «ho is here rep
resenting the stm-kholders of the up
per project, informs tn«- that ho d<a-s
not believe that the owners of th«-
major part of the land within th-'
upper projeet will consent to subject
tho snme to n construction tax as
high us above stat«-!.
in view of the existing condition,
th«- department has decided to ex
cl nd«' th«* upper project from tho gen
eral Klamath Projeet, and will offer
no objeetions to relieving nil of the
laud of th«* upper projeet from eon-
structlon cahrges. Nor will the de
partment offer any obj«*cti«>ns to the
granting of the applieatlon of th«*
stockholders of th«* upper project to
be relieved front th«» stock subscrip
tion in the Klamath Water Users’
Association.
Very respectfully,
R. A. BALLINGER.
The sentiment at thiH time Is in
favor of the people hero getting to
gether nt onco and taking sum« defi
nite steps looking toward r«>clama-
tlon of the land through the organ
ization of a farmers’ or co-operative
association. They nro now free to go
ahead and act Independently, and In
the end believe thnt they will be in
a better position than the residents of
the lower project, which «'vldently re
inalns an Integral part of a system
that has already cost too much
money.
Leave your home with loving
words; they may bo your last.
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NO. 48
for th«» value of their money. The
house was well filled with an enthu-)
r
slastic and orderly crowd, among
whom were seen a great many of our ■
hading citizens, both at the ringside
and In the body of the audience. Al
though there was some disappoint
ment in the sudden termination o' j
the main even, the preliminaries were
OFFICIAL VERIFICATION' OF BE-
all that could be asked.
(ISION ON I’KOJtiT
Ixiuls Gerber most efficiently acted
as piaster of ceremonies and intro-1
It Is quite probable that the City
Th« soil survey of the Klamath dared Mr. Kelley as referee. The
School Board will eith»r have to get Reclamation Project. made by A. T. first preliminary was between Shamus
authority from the voters to erect a Sweet and 1. G. McBeth in 1908, O’Brien and Harry Thaw. The first 10 SECRETARY OF THE WATER OSERS
frame building on th« west »Id-*. or has been published in pamphlet form two rounds were not very swift, but
«•Iso construct u one-story bull ling and is accompanied by a comprehen the boys warmed up in the third and
Excessive Cost !<• tin- Only Rea«on
According to th«1 blds received, it i.< sive soil map of the entire territory. If it had continued for forty rounds
Given for the AbandomiH nt of
evident that un eight-room, two story The only copy known to have been or more they probably would have
tin I upei Project
building of stone or brl<-k cannot be received here was sent to C. P. Chas gained considerable speed. Neither
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built with th«- $20.000 bonds issued. tain. former secretary uf the Water one obtained any d«?cided advantage
New bids have b«-en advertls«*d for Users’ Association, and has been i and the bout was announced a draw.
Following is the decision of the
and a notice of a siwcial election |K»st- turned over to the association until1 Kid Pomeroy and Young Arnold j Secretary of the Interior in regard
<*<l to vol« $10,000 additional bonds, other copies can be received, It is ; were then introduced. and at the to the Klaniith Project . whi. ’ wa
$6 ooo of which Is to be used on the understoo-t that only a limited num- ! sound of the gong everyone sat up received by the secretary of the
west side school. Th«- dire«-tors state ber of these reports have been print and took notice. The first round was Water Users’ Association:
thut this was the only thing left for ed, but copies can probably be secured 1 fast enough to make the average
“Sir:—In regard to the Klamath
th«tn to do If they build an eight through the Congressman for this dis , lover of the game go crazy, for they Irrigation Project, it appears:
mixed, and mixed right. Arnold came
room building.
trict.
’ First—That a system ¡«equate to
in
like he meant business, and has reclaim and cultivate irrigable lands
At the time of the bond issue elec
According to th«* report, the main
lion there was a strong opposition to portion of the Klamath Valley and some good swings. By the time the in connection with what is known as
the school being located on the west the lund in the vicinity of Merrill is gong Bounded on the first round. Ref the "Upper Project" cannot be con
side from jH*ople living near the composed of what is known as Yak eree Kelley found things too strenu- structed without subjecting the irri
mouth of th«- «anal In Farview addi ima sandy loam. As a whole the ' ous for him and retired at the call of gable lands lying therein to a charge
tion. but they allowed the location Yakima sandy loam may be said to the ringside. Guy Merrill took his of between $50 and $65 per acre.
of the building with the belief that be the best soil of the area, occupy place as referee. Mr. Merrill is no
"Second—That less, than 60 per
their section would get the next ing as it does the gentle hill slopes invalid and has a way of breaking a cent of the Irrigable lands in the up
school. This tn one of the most ; ami the better drained portions of clinch that not only pleases the audi per project have been subscribed.
densely populated districts in the city | the valleys, th«- deeper and better ence. but facilitates the game. The
"Third—That a system adequate to
and contains more children of drained portions being the most de second round was a repetition of the reclaim and cultivate the irrigable
school age than any other section.
sirable. The suil is comparatively first, marked by fast fighting and lands in connection with the lower
good work on the part of both boys,
Since th«- announcement that gn- free fr«»m alkali.
project will cost not less than $30
other election is to be held to vote
Yakima sand Is another classifica A good exhibition was spoiled in the per acre to construct, provided there
additional money for the west side tion which Is second In extent. The middle of the third round by a fall is excluded therefrom the elevated
school, the people In the n«»rth«-ast largest areas of this soil occur just over a water bucket in which Young tracts, which can oniy be irrigated by
part of the city feel that they would I south of Klamath Falls, along Lost Arnold dislocated his thumb, and the the erection and operation of a pump
be content with a school at even a River, between the each branch of referee called the fight off.
ing plant at a cost in excess of $50
In the intermission between the
much less cost than $20,000, and the main «anal and Stukel bridge, and
per acre; and by reducing the areas,
that the amount should be amply suf in Sand Hollow, but smaller bodies second and third events. Kid Gib as shown by the attached map or
bons. of Minneapolis, entered the ring
ficient for the west side school. They are found throughout the area.
plat, to about 138,000 acres.
and
challenged the winner of the
realise thut if additional bonds are
The Yakima clay loam is an ashy
"Fourth—The par value of the
Morrissey-Nortli
bout.
issu«-d for this school that it will ' gray or almost white silty clay loam.
stock of the Klamath Water Users’
The third event was an eight-round
mean many y«-ars before it will be , When dry it has a fluffy and flour-like
Association, as fixed by its charter, is
possible to sccur«- a school for Fair texture. These are especially notice go, three minutes’ fighting and one but $20 per share, or $10 less than
view and surrounding territory, and able In Spring Lake Valley and the minute rest, between Frank Shevlin the estimated cost per acre for con
and Jack Linkenback, at 145 pounds.
there is very littl«* chance for the lower areas of Poe Valley.
structing an irrigation system ade
bonds being voted.
1 On th-* west side of Klamath Val Mr. Shafer acted as r«*feree. In the quate to irrigate the lands within the
It is reported that th«- free site of- ley west of Stukel bridge and extend- first round there was some good mix- lower project, and $10 less than the
fered by tho Moore brothers, is no\ . Ing a considerable distance to the ing in which Shevlin showed to, charge per acre as stated In the pub
so free as It would look on the face I south, is an important body of the good advantage, There were some j lic notice as heretofore Issued.
of it. It is figured that the school Yakima fine sandy loam. It is light- good blows landed both to body and
"Fifth—That there has been ex
building could easily be erected for brown or yellowish in color and ex- head. In the second round Llnken- pended upon the project about $1,-
| lie $20,000 appropriated, if it were tends to a depth of five or six feet, back came in unexpectedly on one of 850,000, of which $900,000 is prop
Shevlin recip
not for the excessive cost of hauling there being little difference In color Shevlin’s smiles.
rocated
by
producing
a
stream of red, erly chargeable for construction pur
material
to
the
site
on
the
top
of
the
or texture between the soil and the
poses to the 30,000 acres of land for
tho hill. This is figured at nearly 25 subsoil. Extending west front Adams red liquid, from Linkenback’s nose; which water Is now available, or at
per cent of the cost, or about $6000. Cut. southwest of Merrill, Is another honors about even. Third round— the rate of $30 per acre.
Things doing. Shevlin besides nec
nnd in addition to this it will be nec rather latg«' body of this soil.
"Sixth—That to complete the con
essary to spend $500 to lay sewers
A new classification of soils have essary fighting paraphernalia wore a struction of a system adequate to ir
Fourth round—This was
according to the d«-ed of gift. In that been found which are designated as smile.
rigate all the irrigable lands within
case the free site will cost about the Klamath series. These soils are Shevlin’s round: he pushed tho the lower project, estimated at 138.-
$6500.
alluvial and lacustrine In origin, oc fight from start to finish. Fifth 000 acres, will require a further ex
If the voters at the coming special curring as stream flood plains, fre- round -About even; receiving pun penditure of over $2,000,000, making
election refuse to ,oto the additional quently or oecaslonally overflowed, ishment on both sides: both badly- the entire cost of a system properly
Sixth round—Linkenback
bonds, the directors will probably and as the beds and margin of shal- winded.
chargeable to construction purposes
have to change the plans to a one- low lakes. The principal areas of forcing the fight, the hottest of any of not less than $30 per acre.
Seventh round—
story building. It is believed that it Klamath loam occur in the lower previous round.
"Seventh—That the Government is
would be possible to get along an parts of Yonna, Langell and Poe Val Blood drawn on Shevlin, bleeding not sufficiently guaranteed that the
other year with this site of a build leys. and along the margin of the at nose and eye. Smile still on. The cost of constructing the lower project
ing, and then the following year erect marsh lands of Lower Klamath Lake. go finished with a tame round after will be returned to the reclamation
another school In Fairview addition. An extensive description of the peat which Mr. Shafer announced his de- fund.
lands of the Klamath Lake basin is cision as a draw.
"In view of the above, it has been
The exhibition closed with what
also given.
decided
by the Department (1) to ex
was to have been a ten-round go be-
Many a young man has become en
clude
from
the general project all
Kld
Morrissey
and
Soldier
tween
gaged without knowing exactly how THE FANS GOT THEIR
lands within the "Upper Project" and
It
was
fighting
from
the
start:
North.
It happened. And yet they tell us
MONEY’S WORTH
Morrissey draws blood on North and so far as the Department may act In
that women do not understand diplo
If the sport loving fans, and others, puts him down for the count of nine. the matter, relieve said lands from
macy.
who attended the boxing exhibition Morrissey’s round. Second round— any lien from project charges; (2) to
at the Opera House Friday night did Morrissey pushes fight. He again recommend to the Klamath Water
"Tom went West to make his for not get their money's worth it will puts North on the mat. landing on Users’ Association that the stockhold
tune." "Did he mako a hit?” "Yes, be up to them to go farther than a him with right swing. North failed ers in the "Upper Project” be per-
he is hitting stones with a sledge on town of the population of Klamath to rise to the count and the decision
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a new turnpike.”
Falls to do any better or get more was given to Morrissey.
FAIRVIEW NEEDS SCHOOl VERY BAOIV OIFFERENT SOIL VARIETIES ARE MANY