LAKE'S POSSIBILITIES. A Description of Lake County, It's Future, Resources, etc. In nnswerto thebuudrvds of letters , t .1.1.. ... . ...i.. .n i iwncu it v mm mow iivmii Fv'.v . over tlie United States concerning Iaie county, we have decided to give the following facts. They come as near answering the questions as ny Information we could give. The principal towns of the county, we will briefly mention ns Wing. Lakeview, the county seat, New rine Creek, at the Oregon and Cali fornia state line, Paisley In the Che tvaucan valley on the Chewaucan river, Silver Lake, In the northern part of the county, Flush, in North Warner and A del In South H'arner. I There are 5,130,240 acres of land, classified as follows: Agricul tural and alfalfa land, l,12S),047ncres; timber land, 1,124,353 acres and grat ing land, 2.S7G.240 acres, of this 700.000 acres In unsurveyed, 1,801.550 1 acres In reserves, l,64'5,2f3 acres sur veyed and open to entry nud locat ion, and 921,457 acres entered, show ing it to be a small empire in area. of which there has lccn only a small Traction over IS per cent of it taken up. Its altitude varies from 3500 to 5000 leet. The valley lands of Lake Coun ty are unsurpassed in fertility and productivness, and grow large crops ol wheat, oats, barley, rye, alfalfa and meadow grasses, while apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, apri cots and the small fruits are pro duced in great abundance. There is at the present time about 300,000 sheep, 77,000 cattle and 30,000 head of horses and mules. Its in come for live stock, for this year a lone, has been more than $300.00 per capita. Her merchants import goods annually from San Fransciseo amounting to more than 5,000,000 pounds and her export of wool, a lone is about i,500,000 pounds. Taxes: For the purpose of assess ment, all property Is listed and as sessed by the assessor, at about one lourth of its cash value, and upon this assessed valuation, the tax rate "for all purposes is sixteen mills. The great Interest shown bv onr people in Public Schools, is manifest toy the fact that a eum equal to about twelve dollars per capita, is aet aside each j-ear by the County for Jschool purposes, for every pupil in the County between the ages of four and twenty years. October 1, 1905, the County was out of debt. and had asurrilns nf 1fl. ,507.90 in the treasury. .The assessment roll for 1905 will ouuw i UK juvihki iht ip v v i n mm nj) ri- son to the assessed value of any county In the state of Oregon. .Lake county is pre-eminently a stock raising county. Stock raising wool growing being the principal in dustries, and has yielded the great-; 'est gain, with less labor than any 'Other industry, Generally spenknig this is a broken, hilly country, yet not 'mountainous in the full sense of tlie word; In short, its name "Lake County," expresses fully what it is. Its many lakes, rivers and creeks, -a"bonnd In Ash; and these 'same lakes, rivers and creeks nearly sill have valleys and bottom lauds bordering them, the soil of which is .in most cases a rich alluvial loarn, i an a is very productive. This class of land does not require irrigation. Horderlng on these valleys, is an up land or rolling sage-brush country, wblcli is In many instances quite level or miles, and Is reputed to be our most productive soil when so situated that it can be irrigated. Jduch of this class of laud is yet un claimed, and can be. procured at ment Drice, or else taken up under the Desert Land Act. School land, there is nona vacant that is 'really desirable. As to what is -deemed today real desirable farm land, eKiecially near the town, being vpMt.. there is none. Hut, un improved farm landa can be bought m- 43 to 12 per acre, while the iin- Will cost from f 7 to 100 per acre, the quality of soil, improve ments, nearness to town, uuiuer ,x, nrivantaceu govern me inw, Outlying these lands is the hill, (or . h Eastern people nxi w v.,r,finouscountry,on which snow falls from one to three feet during the winter, and when dissipated by the warm weather.afforda the natural tha lower lands which it risw ., valleys until the snow Is off of the hills. Within the county I a platen, roughly estimated ns embracing two thousand five hundred square mile In area, which Is called the 'Insert," this Is a misnomer. It Is simply a level plaiu covered with sagebrush and native grass, but not a river or stream of any kind running through it, nevertheless, herders and va- Jqneros will tell you that there are i more water holes to oe iouimi on u than people renllxe, and that many of them have dug tor and found water In many places from four to six feet below thesurface. As for dry, barren sand wastes, they are few and small lu area, and generally speak ing, the soil Is a rich, alluvial earth, which produces excellent pasturage, making, In fact the stoekgrowera winter paradise, because less snow falls there and stix'k winters letter than they do In the valleys. Yet we do not advise the homeseeker to go there yet It is to far out, the Isola tion would Ik? too great. Neverthe less, we realize that the time Is not far distant when this same semi-arid locality will lie made to blossom as the rose, for it affords the most mng- nilicient fields on this side the moun tains for innumerable colonization schemes if properly equipped. There Is yet some good vacant tim ber lauds which is being rapidly taken up There is also, some less desirable scattering tracts that may not lie ;aken up for years. Our nearest shipping point Is Mad eline, the terminus of the Nevada- California-Oregon Railway, ninety five miles distant, consequently when our farmers or other producers have a surplus, the home dtmand is the only market, ns it does not pay to haul ninety five miles bv wagon trains at from 4 ct. to 1 ct. per pouud, hence it is that our farmers do not attempt any great out-put, and the industry is neglected to that extent, that we sometimes pay ex orbitant prices for many farm pro ducts, as instanced this spring when wheat sold readily for 2 cts. per pound, cracked barley 1 cts. per pound and potatoes 4 cts. per pound. Even now we are paying 2 cts. per pound for apples, and the past sea son we paid 6 cts. per pound for peaches, 3 cts. for cherries, 3 cts. for pears, 2 cts. for prunes, 2 cts. for plums, 20 cts. per gallon for currents, CO cts. per gallon for strawberries, 50 cts. per gallon for raspberries, 1 cts. per pound for crab apples, 3 cts. per pound for peas, 2 cts. per pound for carrots, lg cts. per pound for beets, 4 cts. per pound for onions, 3 cts. per pound fortomatoes, 15 cts. perdozen for roasting ears, 15 cts. per dozen for cucumbers, from 10 cts. to 50 cts. each for mellons. 2 cts. per pound for potatoes, 2 cts. per pound forsquash, 3 cts. per pound for cabbage, l'cts. per pound for wheat, $1.35 per 100 pounds for rolled barley, 2 cts. per pound for oats, 2 cts. per pound for rye, $2.60 per 100 pounds for flour, 1 ct. per pound for bran, $6 per ton for hay, from $4 to $5 per cord for wood. Poultrj' does well here, yet we pay from 15 cts. to 50 cts. iter dozen- for eggs. Grown chickens sell for f'f-to-$0 per dozen, and broilers from $3to f 3.90 perdozen. Butter is 20 cts. and 25 cts. per pound the year round. Notwithstanding the productive ness of the soil, the favorable clim atic conditions, and the large acre age our farmerscould utilize, we know to a certainty that these prices will obtain until the next season's crop, comes In. Yet with these prices in evideuce, our farmers and gardeners tell us it does not pay to farm too far from market or too far froia rail road, etc. Thank fortune that plea will soon be ended, for three rail-ways are tren ding this way and we can pretty positively assert that we will have a rail-road from the south lu less than two years. Lakeview, the county seat has a population, of 800. It has an electric light, an water system, and is without dobt the livest and best business town of its size in the state. It has two banks; the Lank of Lake view, and the First National Bank, with Deposits above $ i.'S,0ou, and a Capital Stock and Surplus fully paid of 1220.000, making their total assetts about of a million dollars. One Jewelry Btore, one shoe store, one Ladies Outfitting store, two church es, two drug stores, one hardware store, one news-paper, one tin shop one agricultural and Impllment store one planing mill, two saddle and harness shops, six saloons, one brew ery, one variety store, two hotels three eating houses, two livery and jeea siaoies, oue soua mtiurji uuo feed stables, one soda factory, one shops, two wagon shopa.'one harlor shop, two vegetable and fruit stands, one furniture store, and four general merchandise stores that carry from 7000.00 to 00,000.00 of a stock the year round. The U. S. Land Olllco Is located here. Five years since, the business port lou of the town was In ashes; now the same district Is all built In brick stores, valued at from 5000.00 to 30.000.00 Hr building. Our school facilities we are proud of, especially In lakeview, we have a graded school that employes six teachers, and has au attendance of 300 pupils nine months In the year. During the winter considerable snow falls, In the mountains from 2 to 0 feet deep, but In the valleys from 2 to 12 Inches deep. Hut It does not ns a general thing lay but a short time In the valleys; some win ters sleighs are not to be seen In the streets. Our altitude Is 4S25feet by olllcial survey. The average rain fall Is from ten to fifteen Inches. The maximum tenqHrature Is about 50 fr. and the mean about 33. Wages: Herdersf.O toMO per mouth, buccaroos lO to t"5 per month wood chopjHTs J to f2..V ier day, day laborers about $2 per day, bar tenders about f75 per month, earHn ters 1.20 per day, clerks lO to $75 ler month, bricklayers fj per uay, stone masons fl per day,, tenders 2.50 to ft per day, teachers 10 tofcH) per month, pnluters '! to ft.SO jht day. I loiisKs: Weighing from 1200 to 1, 500 pounds, well broke, sell from $75 to 150 each. Those weighing from 1000 to 1200 pounds, broke team or farm horses, will sell from lO to 50 each, and range or unbroken horses sell from ?5 to ?:'0 per head. Cattle: In small mixed bunches will average about $14 per head for everything marked and branded. Mii.k Cows: Selected, will bring from $35 to f 50 per head. Shkkvz When brought from the desert In April and May to- kimb nod be sheared, will sell we conjecture, for about $20 to $3 per head after sheared. Lr.iHKR Delivered In Lnkevlew, $15 per M. for rough; dressed, $18 to $28 per M.; 4lnch flooring, $35per M.; shingles, $4 per M. Bhk k: Srll at lO per M., aad are generally furnished and Inld at $15 per M., other material, such a lime and sand being furnished the nmson. Lime: Cos to 2 cent- per pound. Stoxe CoAi-i-Xone- found near here. Chakcoai.: Costs 3) cts per b-ishel delivered. Bents: A two-room nnfurnjshed dwelling that will sell from $4o to $700, rents froi foor to six dollars per month, and a hooe of fou to nine looms that will sell from sCrt to 2000, rents from $H to IS per moath. Kkmoioi s Deomixatios: Art-the Methodist, Baptist and ChrlstaJn. The first owns itschureh and parson age valued at 200O, the second owns a churcli and parsonage valued at 2500. The Christaim occupies the other churches-almost at their own pleasure. The coming season we have renwm to know a Cathoikt Church will be built. Ci.rns: The Athletic, Base Ball, and Dance Clubs. Bands: Brass ad String. A Public Library and reading mom and tlie W. v. I . l., uauies aiui mo iety etc., etc. Malakiaj Vuoi not know or a. Miasma infected locality In the county Fncnsc SuccesHfolly grown liere- are apples, pears, plums, qoincesy prunes, therries and ieaches. Ukkuiks: StrawU'rrles, black berries, gooseberries, raspberries ajuJ urrants, dew berries logan etc. V VAi t'EAB LJEH Potatoes, OOlOOa, cabbage, carrots, parsni&s, Uts, sfjuash, punpklna, cucumbens, nitons, beans, radishes, rhubarb, ctlery, In short,, nearly everything that can be grown In a sub-tropical cUinaW I o matow are grown In abundance In favored spots where they are not subjected to our early and late frosts. ijij Of Choi's. Wheat, from 20 to EC bushels per acre. Barley; from If), to SKI; Oats, from 2ft to 100; Itye, from 8 to 23, and as for potatoes, beets, cabbage, rutabagas, parsnips. carrots In short, all products of this character are grown In abundance and will admit ol favorable compatl son with like products grown In the Middle West States. Phut: There may be more perfect and better flavored fruits and ber ries grown than those grown here, but wo doubt It. Corn is grown here, and nearly every farmer and small gardener raise enough for roastlng-ears, and In some few favored localities, where the soil Is warm, and more protected by being In sheltered nooks, there some raised for market, but as a general thing, it Is not a success, be cause of our cool ulght. Until recently our tanners did not realize that these sagebrush lands would raise airaira without irriga-j tlon. and Just now It seems to ls the! ambition of ail our farmers to put in ntl the alfalfa they can. Heretofore, all land that showed alkali on the surface, was shunned by the farmer as plague spots tit for nothing. But experience has proven that such lands are not only well ndapted to the growing of sugar beets, but that continuous crops of beets grown will absorb and render nugatory or rather, absorb and dissipate the (al kali In the soil more effectually than running water on any composltyet known will. Not only that; It Im said that this alkaline condition enhances the sacharlne qualltv of the lieot as nothing else will. This being a fact, It requires no stretch of the Imagina tion to ex ect the building up of a great Industry In this line In the near future. We do not claim this to Ih the Garden of F.dcn, but we -do claim It Is productive, and a remarkably healthy country. Chills and fever are "'""'"". M"' -o-- re cessive heat or cold, and you can only know try excrlenre what liealb- ful and Invigorating bre's fan this oxoiie-ladt'tied moiiutnlit land, mak ing It a haven of bliss toaH those suf fering from that Ml ailment, asthma. We drink the purest .coldest and Im'sI water that eer refreshed man, or helped him wash down the petty dis appointments of his every day life. We have no cyclones, no frightful and devastating thunder storms, or epidemic of Clrolera, Yellow fever, etc. We have cheap lands, an abun dance of water tor Irrigable purposes when properly stored and redistribu ted as our ftke County lvelop ment league fc sow making an ef fort to have don. We have tine for ests of pine and fir tlrulier. It may be well to explain lierethat our lakes and rivers arc not skirted wktih tin ler as many would suppose, for in the bUls and mountains only does tt grow. We have got) mail anditeW graph fuuilities, wa- liave lnnuuerabl hot springs, we Im-ve salt mine, goWl aunesr borax and nitre deKsits. We kave a population of about SPlu aai we haw-room tor rnny mors,-, bwt with si) tin? advantagt- that anol tainable-bere, it i- no place for the lcafrr, r thotsf wh are poverty striekeni when tley arrive brro aad usist live from hand to motl urvtll thy manure a cropv l-st we do kutwwr tbitt we-ran ay U th man (vl snauJl nicaim, the man of weal t hand the brainy nan, the nuu fertile- in expe dient anal resources, we want you here ami can assure you tlwit? ywur mentality will lhul w1le scope au ao where o earth will you flixl people nx-jre affireciatlvooCyour taioral aud mental worth tlutia here nous- so willing to cxtvnd the glad haadof welcouje to tks nji-rltorlwus home seker, ior we want that you should share with us tlie fcood tlwiigsw an tieipat from our young and grow ing indnstriesi and irrigation sekatmes and last but not least, the wealth that so recently U leiugdeveloif;l In our iaineral depots tlsse lU Is not orovinc to, dwell on. for we do tot wish tana ealleil a booaier or enthusiast and will simply say, come and see for yourself, aad. If y.tu have any misgivings that we have over drawn one-fact, and Oo. not fuel justi fied in making the individual venture, delegate soma representative man of your community to investigate for you a (Ioiami or nvru ot you could, do thia at a small sxpeusv to thn In dividual. The most unfavorable feature that presents Itself to the-, eye of tW stranger is th& denuded appearance of tha pasture binds, for nowheroon earth have we ever known of ranges soexcesslvely and destructively pas tured as thes have been, that will rehabilitate themselves In their man tie of green so quickly au these, do, If protected lor oue or two seasons, this alone Is proof ol an equable climate and productive soil. The fact Is we hardly know ths meaning of the word drough, or failure of crops, neither have we known any country where, the "early to bed and late to rise" class of farmer has reaped so abundant a reward for his grudg Ingly expended labor. After all Is rsald that Is commend able of this locality there Is only one argument that can be advanced that will In any way disparage what I have said In relation to the condition to be met with here, that U our late i -r C t C"sts " Pi'or You Purchata Anf Olhar Writ fill N:W HOMf SIWINB MACHINE COMPART ORANSI, MASS. Maty Rewlnt MohlnM art mad to Mil ward Sutl quality, bul tit MNw Homo" It mail to iw. Our liuntanty naar run out. Wa make Sawing Pachlno to Suit all eomlltlona f t'-atrvla. Til "im llomi a-aiuli at tha r.e-J of aM lUnli-ffriMlefamllr (awing mathlnaa hold by uutlMtrlatHl dealara vul. The rtew M.ima dewing Machine Co. WESTERN STAGE LINE Ollico at the Mercantile Company's Jtore Lakeview, Oregon. (lood 5tock - . . Easy Coachva Daily from Lskcriew lo lily, ruunecl ing with Daily Stngx to the riulmnd. Office at the Illy Hotel, l'-ly.1 Oregon. E. CASEIinnR, - - Proprietor lly, Oregon. Northern Stage Line. LAKEVIEW-PAISU-Y. A. W. BRYAN. Proprietor. Leaves Lakeview at (' . m. every day hut Sunday. Jteturning, leaves Paisley at G :30 a. to. every day hut uiulny. Paa.tira' ara j. Hemid trip t OPFICe-Ruynolitu A WHiKlltIJ,a. Ukevlaw Lakeview Cigar factory . . A. Stokrhan, Prop. T Maker nt ITavana and Domestic Cigars COG NTH V ORDRBS BOLICITB Give us a- trial. Htore in th brick ttuildintr next door to Post A King sa loon, Lakeview, Oregon. EDE HOTEL Mlis. R. M. (iallaoiikii, Proriutor. First Class Accomodations Building Has Ileen F.nlaril To Accomodate a I.ikrgo Trade Dining Service Unexcelled... KEW MSK CREKK, OKKGON A Chance for Speculators. HCHOOL LAND. 2H0 acres of level unimproved agricultural land for al cheap. Inscription : SWJf, S of NEJand NW& of SEJ, H-ction 10. Tp., JU H.K. 1 K. W. if. 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