The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-05-15
THURSDAY. MAY I5. 1910.
As OTHERS SEE Us.

Few Of us but grow stale and fai
20 grasp the opportunities that at al
times surround US. That is why We
70 often see the stranger make a for.
tune out Of that which We passed by
un-noticed. II is well. therefore. for
rs to hearken TO the voice OF the
outsider" newcomer" hot air
merchant or whatever you choose
to term him. and to profit by his re-
marks. Also, il is we'll to remember
that We do not know II all and that
these individuals can give us pointers
that are worth dollars to US. The fol-
lowing from the Portland Journal.
tells US some time-worn truths. yet
It is a story many OF US are not heed
ing. So It would be we'll TO study 1t
carefully and look into the future
with a new determination TO take a
hand and do something.
III ever there was a reason for any
thing, full reason appears in Klam-
ath county for Oregon to use every
means for extending irrigation.
'Swheat output increased five fold.
oats ten fold, potatoes ten fold and
alfalfa grown where alfalfa was
never grown before are things that
irrigation has accomplished In Klsm.
afh. Nobody doubts. nobody dis
trusts plans for reclamation out
there. All know BY demonstration
chat water placed on arid land will
not only yield crops. but immense
crops.
"This year. livestock will feed in
klamath pastures in a 10000 acre
basin below Klamath Falls that was
formerly covered by water. Twenty
thousand acres are in Oregon and
the remainder in California. Next
year the area will be titled and big
crops Of agricultural products there
after will annually reach world mar
kets from a basin that was only
waste before.
"In the whole project there are
$4,000 acres. Engineers say IL is a
sufficient area to maintain an entire
city the size of klamath Falls. Rec
lamation in this project was finally
effected, after many years, thru the
efforts OF the klamath drainage dis
trict.
"At Bonanza, the people will have
5000 acres under water this year.
After striving in one way and an
other, they have at last adopted the
plan Of pumping water from Lost
River, which flows thru the district.
III irrigation is worth wafer
pumped by machinery and lifted up
on the higher lands, what is it no.
worth in scores OF districts all over
Eastern Oregon where II can be had
by dams and gravity flow?
Another new project is 1000 10
10000 acres in Langell valley, south
recently voted TO accept the offer oy
the government OF water from Clear
lake, which lies south OF the Cali
fornia line, and which is to be
brought into Langell valley by a
gravity system. 1t is also planned
10 water big body of fertile land in
Yonna valley. north OF BONANZA,
from the same system.
''Tule lake lies 30 miles south and
east OF klamath Falls but west OF
Langell valley, and is separated from
IL by range OF mountains. II was
previously the outlet Of Lost River
and is being drained by diverting its
water into the klamath river by the
Lost river dam and diversion canal.
The lake is very shallow and a strip
of about 5000 acres along its north
shore is reclaimed and put under cul-
tivation each year. There will prob
ably be land opening at klamath
Falls this autum by which the last
strip of land reclaimed will be open
ed to homestead entry by the rec
lamation service. This has been done
formerly by land drawings. A num-
ber of new private irrigation enter
prises are also going ahead to rapid
completion.
1.-THE Kern brothers have a large
tract near Keno, ~ miles south of
klamath Falls, and j. Frank Adams,
a prominent pioneer stockman, has