The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-09-10
sAE Plan 10 RECLAIM
.Hae PRESERVE MISTAKE



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supplies. fuss and Of opportunities tor
.scrsatioaal shooting. and for train.
in.' muscles. nerves. eyes and brain
In tAs manner which was % import.
ant 10 our boys who Are now the bal
work Of human liberties In the ftsAt
ING in Fraaee.
"Morsovse. In addition to the ducks
| and gesee attracted here, the rsssr.
vatioas are proving useful In provid.
Ing nesting places tor salls. Which
fssd upon oaal upon crickets. srass.
hoppeSs and other insects, which are
periodically Injurious to srase and
grain: for pslicans, cormorants and
hsrons, whose principal food b the
small species Of slow swimming sish
lpoa salnoa eggs and the newly
|-minnows and chubs-whieA Prey
hatchsd fish. TO some extent also
the reservations provide protection
tor the sand hiil crane. avocits. ibis.
surlew. willett and the host Of small
wading birds which fssd upoa the IN
hateAsd mosquitoes. snsts and other
insects Which pass their Immature
life b the water and mud.
"Thsse b nothing inccasisteas
with he ueiiisation on the rseeeva.
tioas Of the surplus srsss aad tulss
tor stock iced. provided tAis uttli-
satioa - regulated In sueA . naAnee
as not % destroy the publie assess.
Haying end srasins sstse he esfds
have Rsssea win b saeousased. bat
10 one sAoalA b trappsd ~ unsesu.
pulous aSsats who By speeious eoor
psrisons vesging upoa talsa rsDes-
ssatatioas, nay seek TO unlead upoa
peoepective homessekers. laAd whieh
eaaaot bseoms suitable for such m
tsnsivs agrjsultural usss - should
- pssetiesd b. homsssskess.
'eoms pafts OF the couatsy have
become disereditsd and real progress
has bssa usiiysd by sueh uascrupu.
lous methods Of "promotsrs." Il 81
Q pleasure 70 note the svidsaess oe
progress aad true prosperity n Nla-
math rails and II b 10 b. hoped that
the region 70 the south may not b
Injured By tthoss who may attsmpt.
from eusstioaAbis motives. to claim
that the dsaiiabis tuls laads Of the
Upper Klamdth Laks and Klamath !!
river. ere eompsrsbls WITH the stroas-
y aikaiins lands suSroundiag The !,
lower Klamath Lake. which probab. |
" cannot bs'hasquatsly and safely |
reclaimed sd4spe st . prohibitivs |
cost. either i6t time. money. labor
or ioss by mirSa stock. 80.
"Uppsr Kiansth VIII always - ~ !
maskabls for Ne scsaie bsauty but
~ development viii spSll The doom |
oe The laks -. brssding plses Tor
bisds. The lower klamath laks was |,
sosnssiy md eaa still bseons again
eae Of the grsa4sse astosai sociological
eardsns In the Unitsd States. and
with Malhsur Win insurs 70 Oregon
the greatest sftsaetioas q tAis kind. \
q unique In I'd way . csnera, 'Pask
OF Boston Comnoa n ths east, o. /
City Park IN Portland. which were.
In early times. regarded - too rocky
and swampy for any practical nee.
"whsn. however. that country DE-
veloped 90 that there was . demand
for these areas for commercial usss.
the wise msa q these towns saw J
clearly into the suturs and by hard !
work prsvsated these lands from ~
Ing alisnatsd IRON pubiie usss end
they remain eoassefAeed 70 the pub-
lie service for The bsaseit q future
generations.
II vsnturs The pseAietioa that %
yeass from nov evosy eoe viii voader
that any Dstsoa eoulA. have seriously
considered tie 'drsinass. oe Lower
klamath lake foe Agricultural pur.
posss."