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fOOK UOMM oura VOL V. HUNEVILIE,.CU00K C0UNT3T, OREGON, NOVEMKKR 23, 1901. KO. 50 G9MINC riOBTI Iliilroud Will Reach Lake County. N-O-0 R R Company Apponmnoes Indloato That South eastern Oregon s Trade Will go to Frisco. 1 The following appeared recently in thcOregonian: President Charles M Sutii, of the Oregon Potash Com jmny, writes from Sun Francisco a personal letter to a Portland stock holder in (he corporation, Haying that ho has made a deal with the Ncvada-Ciilfornia-Oregon Railroad Company for the extcntion of ilH line from Tcrmo, Cal., to Bum mer and Aber Lako properties," lay thi! letter, "and will extend their lino northward to tho lakes, I have the contract for tho railroad in writing and I have every reason to believe it will go ahead. They expert to reach the property next year, or at least as far as Lakeview. This, of course, means a great deal for the development of Southern f Oregon. It may tho lead to the Dalle,). I tried to interest the Columbia Southern, but they were flow. They might have had the Mine layout the N C 0 has and it would have been a good thing for Portland. It would t till he a good thing for Portland to have the Northern line build. The Novada-California-Orcgon Railroad starts from Reno Junction on tho Central Pacific railway in Nevada, HOG miles from San Fran cisco, and, runs northwestward, cwsing into California and termi nating at Torino, which is 130 miles from Reno. Eighteen miles of new line are under construction between Termo and Madeline, and it is said trains will run on this ex tension before the end of this year. I rom there the distance to Abner Lake is about 120 miles, and to y Summer Lako it is 30 miles farther. About half way between Madeline und Aimer, on the direct line, is tho town of Lakeview Or. Which has a large trade from the upper GooKe Lake Valley and an extensive agircultural, grazing and mineral region in Southern Oregon. This road is of narrow gauge and all the trade going over it to the outside market must bo transferred into standard-gauge cars at Reno junction. This, adds to the cost of transportation. For many miles from Reno it passes through a country that yields almost no local business, It gets into a pioductive country only after crossing the range into California, and Uie coun try improves toward Oregon. Hitherto that region has been known almost exclusively as a stock country. Lack of transportation facilities prevented tho develop ment of general farming, there be ing only the local market to sup ply. Horses and cattle and sheep could carry themselves to. market,! and the grazing interests throve.! It U a famous horso country. 1 lie region produces such - uncommon minerals as borax and carbonate of soda in abundance. It is esti- . mated that them are 30,000,000 tons of salts at Summer and Aber , lakus- .Sicca cazbouata of. soda, is' worth 120 per ton In Han Francis co and potash 1130 per ton, it is ev ident that those commodities alone WOlllfl ItH til-rkfit'iMn linulnnuu f. a railroad penetrating that county. ioioiuyis toe available quality large hut the price makes a high class freight, tho kind that enables a railroad to pay dividends. Anent Mali Koulca, Editor Journal: It seems that there is always some way to at tempt to beat the laws of the pos tal department in regard to the bidding of eastern men on the wes tern mail routes. The Department has ruled that all parties who bid on those routes must live on or contiguous to the routes on which they hid. In the face of this rul ing Mr Travis, of Salt Lako, repre sented by E II Beggs of Boise City, Idaho, who came to our little town of Prinevillo and got in with P I! Poindexter, of the Poindexter Ho tel, and got him to put in bids on cinct should likewise get into bine, all the route that leave this town, J What is the matter with our neigh exeopt the Prinevillo and Mitchell ! bora of Paisley, Summer Lake and . . . ... route, and they had a bid on it at at the Mitchell end of the route. Now I ask all reasonable, thinking people what is his object? h it a money consideration? If so is there much money in it for a hotel keeper? Now there are plenty of local bidders hero who want these routes and who are willing to do the work for just and reasonable wages, why is it not better for the country, and is it not more satis factory to the postal department, yes to the business men and to the people at large for the local bidders, who live here and spend their money here, to have these routes? John Elpkr. Tropiitor of the Sistcrs-Prine villo stago. Another liltf KiitxrprUc. A movement is on foot for the reclamation of 100,000 acres of the somi-arid land of Harney county, Oregon. The Harney Valley Irri gation Company has been formed for the purpose, and has expended several thousand dollars in making preliminary surveys. About half of the land in the Harney Valley is vacant government land, and the, improvement company has made application to the state hind board I ... i. .11 ........ ., . ... iu nave au mo ianii in mat vicini ty set aside as an irrigating dis trict, under the Carey irrigation art, which allows the state to fur-'success of our cause, far with Har nish water for irrigation purposes ney, Crook, Malheur and nearly on government land and then sell aft lltl 1 Klttl,'ru till! lon.l (1, .,. of placing it under irrigation. This movement is opposed by the Pacific Land Company, who have the use of thousands of acres of govern ment hind for grazing privileges by reason of their having title to about an equal quantity in that vicinity, The water for use on these lands will be obtained by the construc tion of large reservoirs in the heads of Silver and Silvies Creeks. Pub lic Land. Tat-nnia Uaiik Close. A Tacoma bar.k, the Metropoli tan, has closed its doors because of a misunderstanding on account of depositors. The bank was the de pository of the school children of laeomn.who had deposits amount ing to $10,000, though they are se cured by a bond. To all appear-l ni.i uU auiu io my aa m UeDOHta AI1TI-LEASIH5 jStodkmett Of Lake COUII- ty Are Interested Watch-Word Organize North Warner Btockmea Have Bot Example for Other urbanizations The Harney county press repub lish from The Examiner the reso lutions passed by the North War ner Anti-Land Leasing Association of this county and are joyful that Iako county has at leakt got into line. North Warner hould not be the only precinct in this county to form an association agaiust the leasing proposition. Every pre i i'i. .. r ! n i i i . ii Silver Lake? And we might add, w hat is tho matter with Lakeview, tho headquarters of a large num ber of small stockmen? Should the stockmen of the north combine and form one association, and Lake view, Crooked Creek and Drews Valley another, and South Warner another, with North Warner al ready organized we would have four. Then call one big meeting of the four organizations to select an executive committee which will begin active work in the campaign against leasing the public lands. The Examiner is of ,the opinion that this is the only way to make the work effective, and in order to do so every section in the county should organize for the .purpose. There is no time to bo lost in this matter, either. It should be done at once-before winter comes on. and the heavy snow interferes with tnc success of the meeting of all the local orgaizations. North War ner stockmen have set an example for other portions of the country to follow, which they should lose no time in dome. A trifling exertion on the part of a few anti-lcasing men in each locality wilPinsure the success of a complete organization in Lake count v. and with mmxru- ... . . ... tive committee that fully under stands what to do, and is-alive to the issue, there is no doubt of thi; every county of Eastern Oregon in in line and in opposition wo can present a solid front to- the enemy who seek to destroy our best indus try and take from the American citizen the rights and privileges given him by the, Constitution. . There should be no hesitancy in the matter, for' it's a -.fight to the death the strong against the waak; capital against tho poor man's heri tage and stnall income, If they I will it. SO Small kl.wl-ni,.,, r.t !,.. I West can stand as solid' phalanx .gciisv hub luuuiui; ouncine aim i defeat the purpose of-the cattle barons with their millions by ,how-1 ing their represenativesin Congress I that they have God given rights ), ... i.. . '""'r' "uv " uw anu I must be respected. The ruination of the business of I tho small stockman, particularly in j ruinat nn nf .,!,... ..jim, 'Examiner would like to ask what Lakeview would be were the small stockman and rancher to go out of business? Is it not probable that in such a calamity there would be one merchant here instead of a dozen or more? The Empire of Eastern Oregon would become the cattlo baron's paradise to be trod den only by himself and his vaque ros and his great herds. Think it over Lakeview Examiner. Wlftle-Nelm. John II. Wigle,of Prinevillo, and May Nelms, of Corvallis, were mar ried on Tuesday, November 19, at 8 p. m., at the residence of F. M. Johnson, 1215 EaU Taylor street, Rev. William 8. Gilbert officiating. The above is from the Sunday Oregonian and refers to our es teemed townsman, J. II. Wigle. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents and was witnessed by about thirty rel ative.? and intimate friends. Mrs. Wigle has been employed in the schools of Corvallis for the past six years and is highly esteemed wher ever known. The presents weie many and elegant. Mr. and Mrs. Wigle and daughter arrived Friday and will make their future home in their handsome new dwelling on First street as soon as it is com pleted. The Journal acknowledges a slice of delicious wedding cake for which the happy couple hag our thanks. May their sun of hap piness ever shine. Would be Public Calamity. Commissioner J M Martin of Silver Lake, in discussing the Ques tion of leasing the public lands, says that if such a calamity should fall Upon the coun'rv it wnnlH prove the utter ruination of the West, and particularly the insolat ed regions similar to the entire eastern part of Oregon. It would bo a death blow to the business in terests of Lake as well as-adjoining counties. Mr Martin- believes that all parts of Lake eounty should loin with the Association formed North Warner,, organize an associ ation in each- end of the county, and then hare one big meeting to select a committee to take the ques tion i iv hand ani have it intelli gently presented to Congress. Lakeview Examiner. Kennatinn at Walla Walla. " Walter Lingenfelder, editor of the Walla Walla Statesman, was horsewhipped Monday by Mrs Mat tie Schumaker, a wealthy and beautiful society woman. Her husband, Walter Schumaker, as sisted in this interesting operation by grappling with and holding the tinluoky editor until his wife could satisfactorily complete the job. Lmgenfelder and Schumaker had had a fierce fight a few dv .before which resulted in a "roast" in the Statesmi..!, and the sensational ep-' ii-uuB iioiea aoove. 1 fie leeling is verv bitter..and nfW iWBlnr.Y.o..t0 . . , , ;, v , 1 , l" r il'e m' 1 "L I "bI'." tim T 7 W m0t"er Lr t , ' Property. The Schumachers am wortft $75,000 Nearly 125iflM hnd ot imm and mules have been purchased in . .; . . r GBIEflAl JEWS. Items of Interest Gath ered Here and There Some Stolen, Others Not Culllnea From Our Exchange News Notes of the Week Timely Toplaa A, F. Shultz, of Jefferson. U taken the hid off the hands of J, Bronstein & Son for the Durcha of the Eaele Wnnl&n Ar;n ... Brownsville and will move tn thai city and run the mills. Professor Aekerman sa-rs tfint u I has been decided fo postpone the- annual session of the Western di vision of the Oregon State Teach-' ers' Association from the w.t- tween Christmas and New Years to the middle of next July,' when is. will be held in Eugene. , The Oregcnian of Monday gives a description of the men who killed James Morrow recently in Port land. They were captured Satur day and have confessed,. Their names are John Wade and W. H Dalton, and the pictures that adorn, the page of the Oresronian do credit to the worst thugs im Christendom. They v claim that, they were laying for a wealthy gamwer. bwift justice wiU ne. doubt be meted out to them. -.-It is not generally known that theie are in the United- States un utilized Lvnd to the extent of finn 000,000. acres, There are timiw when we are apt to think thai the; eonntry is getting a trifle crow.lw! and we welcome the opening of lit tle tracts of a few hundred thous--and acres as affording opportune relief to a condition of almost dan gerous congestion. But all Elimna. does noi possess the area which ie included in the arid region, west o tho Mississippi. John W. Considine left the King; county court house shortly Imf,. . oclock last Friday evening a free man. According to the verdict of: the jury he was not cuiltv cf th, murder of Seattle's ex-Chief oi Po lice William L.. Meredith.. The verdict was read in the court room, at 5:35, exactly three hours from, the time the jurymen were locked., up for deliberation. It was wmv ed by the defendant, his family, frieads and counsel with everv evi dence of joy and relief. Therewas- no demonstration of:anykind from. the big audience,, the only move ment being toward the doors. While en route to the peniten tiary the other day I. N. Meo:e who was sentenced to one year for.- dealing bmss from the O. R. & Co., gavo his version- of the- tn N.. -uuii Mil. wuimmie is- now serving time. He stated that he never stolo a pound of brass; that it was stoiem by anothtr party and that ha with the-"know-ledge that it was. stolen property, had agreed, to haul. iMo town and deliver it to the i'u.-ik I denier, Mathewsfor, which, sei vnw- He wa to- recent four- doiiHrs.. When lie saw he was caught Moowx said hs would nob "ponck",on- tr real tHief, butwoild take the pi -ishmast iafliuul. npoa. hinu Lk; story may or. esb so. it , f.-v .