From 50 Years On The Klamath

by John C. Boyle  

APPENDIX B

REFERENCE MATERIAL

LIST OF DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE UNITED STATES RECLAMATION PROJECT, THE REGULATION OF THE UPPER KLAMATH LAKE , THE ANKENY - KENO CANALS AND POWER DEVELOPMENT IN THE KLAMATH BASIN

1. November 1903. Report of Reconnaissance by H. E. Green , United States Geological Survey.

2. July 1904. Klamath Project. Status of Investigations by J. B. Lippincott, U. S. Geological Survey and U. S. Reclamation Service.

3. January 18, 1905 . 58th Congress, 3rd Session. Report No.3067 by Mr. Bard for the Reclamation of Arid Lands recommending that bill (S-6312) pass favorable to the Klamath Project.

4. October 17, 1905 . Statement of proposed Shasta Valley Project by M. D. Williams, U. S. Geological Survey and U. S. Reclamation Service.

5. 1908. Klamath, The California-Oregon Irrigation District created by the United States Government by W. H. Heileman, U. S. Reclamation Service.

6. December 27, 1908 . Report on Klamath Project by J. H. Quinton, Consulting Engineer.

7. May 1911. Study on Shasta Valley Project, Water Resources and Irrigation by L. R. Fiock.

8. January 27, 1913 . History of the Klamath Project May 1,1903 to December 31,1912 by I. S. Voorhees, Assistant Engineer , U. S. Reclamation Service.

9. August 1913. Report on Survey of Canal from Klamath River to Shasta Valley by Thomas H. Means (feasibility survey and estimate).

10. September 1915. Board of Review hearing and report on Klamath Project of U. S. Reclamation Service.

11. October 9, 1916 . Report recommending the contract for control of the Upper Klamath Lake and lease of the Keno power canal by F. E. Weymouth, Chief of Construction, U. S. Reclamation Service;

James T. Chinnock representing the State of Oregon ; D. C. Heney, Consulting Engineer;

J. G. Camp, U. S. Reclamation Service; R. E. Bradbury, Klamath Water Users Association.

12. February 24, 1917 . Contract between the United States by Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior and California-Oregon Power Company.

13. November 18, 1920 . Report after public hearing recommending the contract be continued but slightly modified by Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Klamath Falls, Oregon State Chamber of Commerce and Oregon American Legion.  

14. December 4, 1920 . Public hearing before John Barton Payne, Secretary of the Interior, with U. S. Senator Chamberlain and U. S. Representative Sinnott.

15. December 10, 1920 . Contract of February 24, 1917 amended expressly granting prior water rights to the United States and better protection to rights of riparian owners.

16. August 1921. Irrigation Project proposed by the Butte Valley Irrigation District, Siskiyou County , California , by C. T. Darley, Engineer.

17. 1922. Klamath River and Its Utilization by E. C. LaRue, Hydraulic Engineer , U. S. Geological Survey.

18. April 1923. Report on Klamath-Shasta Valley Reclamation Project by Gault and Towle, engineers, U. S. Reclamation Service.

19. May 2, 1923 . Public discussion before A. P. Davis, B. W. Davis, Miles Cannon and others.

20. February 27, 1924 . Report of Stoutemyer and Dent, counsel for U. S. Reclamation Service to Secretary of Interior Work.

21. August 1925. Hearing about Montague Irrigation Project by John A. Beemer, Chief Engineer 

22. December 1925. Hearing before Board of Adjustment and Survey for Klamath Project, consisting of Governor Campbell of Arizona , Chairman, F. N. Goodwin representing the United States and W. A. Delzell representing the State of Oregon .

23.  April 30, 1926 .  Joint Hearing before Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, 69^th Congress of United States . Senate Bill 3189 and House Bill HR 9493. These bills were to confer jurisdiction upon the U. S. District Court or Court of Claims to hear and determine any suit or suits, actions or proceedings which may be instituted or brought by the Klamath Irrigation District to set aside that contract of February 24, 1917 and cancel the sale of the Ankeny and Keno Canals made in 1923.

24. 1927. Hearing before joint Senate and House committees of the Oregon Legislature with reference to legislation to permit canceling the contract of February 24, 1917 .

25. October 10, 1930 . Hearing before the State Reclamation Commission of Oregon on water right filings by Copco on the Klamath River below Keno. Chairman, Governor A. W. Norblad; Hal E. Hass, Secretary of State; Thomas B. Kay, State Treasurer; and Charles E. Stricklin, State Engineer.

26. December 16, 1930 and January 19, 1931 . Hearings before the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, U. S. Senate (S-3556) 71st Congress. Authorizing sale of the McCormick power site to the Klamath Irrigation District.

27. 1931. Public hearing, committee reports and records of Oregon Legislative Session of 1931 on House Bill 315 pertaining to water appropriations on Klamath River below Keno.

28.  September 10, 1931 .  Contract of February 24, 1917 further amended with respect to the 7-mill power rate.

29.  March 28, 1931 .  Public Utilities Commissioner of Oregon , Charles M. Thomas, on his own motion started proceeding U.F. 587 to investigate charges of fraud.  After hearings in Klamath Falls he issued order No. 2300 abandoning further investigation of all expenditures in connection with contract of February 24, 1917 , and sale of the Ankeny-Keno canals.

30. March 1933. Record of Committee on Senate joint resolution No. 20 pertaining to regulation of Upper Klamath Lake and Klamath River , Oregon Legislature.

31. January 26, 1945 . Report to the California 56th Session of its Legislature on proposed Klamath and Trinity River Diversions and other projects in the Central Valley .

32. March 1945. Klamath River Diversion: Butte Valley-Shasta Valley-Sacramento River Route by R. L. Wing, California Division of Water Resources.

33. March 1954. Upper Klamath River Basin , Appendix B-Water Supply, U. S. Reclamation Service.

34. June 1954. Upper Klamath River Basin Oregon - California , a comprehensive Departmental Report with development of water and related resources. U. S. Reclamation Service.

35. December 1954. Report of the Oregon Klamath River Commission on the water resources and requirements of the Upper Klamath Basin . (Commission founded in 1953, approved by 84th Congress of the United States August 9, 1955 and ratified by the States of Oregon and California effective September 11,1957.)

36. 1956. Natural Resources of Northwestern California , U. S. Department of Interior, Preliminary Report.

37. March 1956. Preview of The California Water Plan by State Water Resources Board.

38. May 1956. The California Water Plan Bulletin No.3, Volumes I, II, & III.

39. October 1956. Natural Resources of Northwestern California , Water Resources, United States Geological Survey.

40. November 1956. Natural Resources of Northwestern California , Land Classification and Timber Resources, U. S. Reclamation Service.

41. 1956-57. Water-Key to California 's Future Progress Report, Department of Water Resources.

42. May 1957. The California Water Plan Bulletin No.3, Department of Water Resources.

43. December 1957. Northeastern Counties Investigation, California Division of Resources Planning Bulletin No.58.

44. 1957-1958. Water for California-Progress Report, Department of Water Resources.

45. July I, 1958-June 30, 1960. Water, White Gold of California Department of Water Resources.

46. May 1960. California Department of Water Resources, Scott Valley Section, Klamath River Investigations Bulletin No.83.

47. May 1960. Electrical West. Copco Pump Storage Plans.

48. June 1960. Feasibility of Irrigation Development, Klamath Project Oregon-California , U. S. Reclamation Service, Butte Division.

49. 1961. Progress Report, State Water Project, Department of Water Resources, State of California .

50. July 1961. California Department of Water Resources, Shasta Valley Investigations, Bulletin No.87.