Behle 1934 2 mi N. Clush, Warner Valley, Lake Co, Oregon Aug. 24 Yesterday afternoon it clouded up about 4:00 PM. This afternoon it started to do likewise. We were sitting skimming when one of those whirlwinds that come across open flats came directly on us turning everything upside down, blowing cotton and tin pans away, upsetting water on my notebook which got muddy and in general covering everything up with dirt and dust. We finished putting up a few more lids, packed the cal and I walked out to the lake flats. Met a rancher driving a steer to town to slaughter as the stage could take the meat to Tahewaw. He had a cow that was about to calf. He said he came to the valley 16 years ago and all the lakes were full of water. A series of channels united the lakes and the lot drained north 40 or 50 miles. He said the area I was hunting in was covered by sloughs and marshes formed by one of these channels. All over wild reeds, tules and cat tails. All sorts of birds bred there. One could not drive a horse across the area without getting mired. Yet today it is a barren desert. Tule bulbs are dried