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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1911)
VOL. XXXII LAKKVIKW, LAKK COUNTY, ORKCJON, KKBKUAUY 1), 1911. NO. G THE EXAMINER IS THE OFFICIAL RARER OF LAKE COUNTY RABBIT DIIIVla?f PAST WEEK HAVE PR(J4!JfiHLY SUCCESSFUL HANSON TO BUILD N.G.O. CallecHo Reno Last Week to Consult With Manager Dunuway COLONIST DATES TO THE COAST ARE EFFECTIVE EARLY IN MARCH Railroads Give Eastern Homeseekers Opportunity to Visit Pacific Coast States at Re markably Small Cost Hany People Prom Town In Hi Drives, and Pest5 Were "Kahblt drive partlns" promt to h fxipti Imt hanmbntita ao long hi alelguiiig remains good. More lhau "i'lil people from liHketlew at tended tha big drive 01 I'm Wt Hide Huuday, many ladlea being In attend Know. Nuninroiia pallia r made ills and nil sort of conveyances were tirotiutit into requisition to bundle ttia laige crowd. Hlg bob sU'U, drawn by four horacH were in out I y la evidence, and the oioupauta were a jolly a jolly could be. The drlvn Kuuday wb participated In by over 100 people, and renultud In tri slaughter of uearly 200C of tha pate which threaten Hrlcnia) Injury to cropa on the Wot Side mm well an to all other portion of Central Ore gou. Tlia drive IhhI Thuralay wni not ao largely attended, although early 1500 rahMt weie slain. Yea terday quite h number of aportameu NEARLY KNOCKED j TRAIN FROM TRACK i O. T. McKendrco Deals Southern Pacific j Hard Blow Word was received hera lat week that O. T. Morten tree had beu anrl oimly Injured lu the railroad .Tarda at hau Fraualaoo. Later reports indi cate that H injurlea wure not ao bnd hh irportet, hh Monday bin I rother C. II. MeKaudreo, received a tele itrau' auiiouncluii that lie would leave thii hospital on tnat day, aud that he wis rapidly ruooveriii from hla in juries. It W a Hiire thing that when the train butlel into "oIioiib" the crew found out that they were up agalnttt the real thing. lU-lfltlvc to tin' nrriileiit tin- Klutn n Hi llnral 1 give die following pur tiiiilnrH: , C H. Crialcr, tin' will known local butcher, rciuriii'd but night from Oakland, Calif., where In- took a ship ii it'll t of Iiiikm to t ho California market, mid lie (i ll of tin ac. iil'Mit that licfcll O. T. McKcliiliro, ii prominent etock mini of t li Ih hit t tun, who ehippi'd a cm rloiul of sheep at t lit' Maine time ('riMlcr Hliippcd tlic lmga. Tucadiiy noon tit two men wort walking aloiix the rallruiul yards at Onkland, and Imd Junt reui'lied il pro jecting fence, which left lut little room Ixtwivn it mid the railroad track, when, without warning, a freight train liegnn hacking up. Just an Mc Kenilree went to clip by tln project ing fence the t rain at nick him, fract uring every rll on Ioh le t nldo and iiijurliitf 1 1 i in in oilier wii.vh. 'l'hn Injureil man wan Imineillately placed on train ami wiih taken to a hoHpltnl by the rail way company, who admit that the accident occurred tliruiiKh no fault of McKciulrceV. The Injuries suHtained liy iMcKenil riH! will conllne lillii to the licmpital for aoiiio ieiii;tli of time. Mr. O. T. McKctulreo la well known throughout thU entire auction, and for a number of yearn liin family resil ed In Lakeview. They have Hinco moved to Oakland. He ia an exteiiaivi' atockmau, ami iiiaiiitalna a (ceding yard for IiIh ulieep near Munill. Concerning: Taxes In answer to uiauy inquiries tha Kxaiuiuer will atate that all O. V, L. oootraot holders will have to pay taxet oa their lauds this year., Taxes will be payable about the 20th of the month, aud all Inquiries relative thereto suould be a ldreuned to Sher iff W. U. Bulder, Lakeview, Oregon who is also tax oolleotor. OwIiik to the non-arrlvnl of the quuHtloiiH the teachera examination in likely to be poHtponod. HuM'rln U'liilent Jackaou received a wire from tlio Ktato SiiH'iinU'ndout that the qiioHtloiiM were mailed -on Feb. 1. There are 13 appllcauta ready to take the examination, but if the questions do not arrive thin evening the exami nation will Ite poHtponed. and County Participated About .1,500 of the Slaughtered went out on the Weil Hide to enjoy a hoot, being armed with 22 rpat-ra. Th-re will be another big drive next Hundny and It U likely to be more tueiwHHful ttmu any prevluue meet. W I-1 In time fnr tl.n kills have not reached the (laurel reported at occur ring eome 15 yeara ago, yet It ie gen erally conceded that the rabbits are more numerous now than ever before. Owing to tha deep suo. men ou horaeback drive the rabblta Into the wlnga leading to the pnutt, and thero tha footmen take charxe aud force theiu on Into the pen. The rabblta frequently turo back on the hore tnen, and that fact perhapa accouota for the cnmpaiatlvuly small kiila. Wrre It pimitible for footmen tu make tha drive It la certain that a tnuoh larger number of rabblta would b hUIii. RAILROAD RUMORS CONTINUE PLENTY . Harrlman Interests Get Busy With Big: Talk Fcst Nearly a 'year ago the announce ment was made by the Hill luterettn that Central Oregon would be devel oped within two years, that la ao far aa thu building of railroads was con cerned. The announced plan thn was to build rallruada eaet aud weat, north and south, with feeders brauun log out all over the country; or at leaat wharevar the country would fur uUb traftlc of any great amount. lie cent development apparently Indicate that the plana will scarcely b carried out, for with the excep tion of the DeHchut'H lino all work la seemingly held in aheyanre. Hut now comes the llarrimau inter eata anil appropriate 7r,(XK),(XMi tor double-tracking the Oregon Short Llue and buildug new roada in the nurthweat, an account of which ap pears ou page ii. Uilt Inatead of re quiring two yeara to accomplish the work the time limit la lined at six yeara. Trie oUlclala in charge of the Oregon lines state that the U ret work to be taken up will be the double lacking of the (). It. & N. and com pletioa of the Klatnath-Natron cutoff". Further than that they have do opinion to express However, per sons familiar with railroad work baae great bopea on the action of trie liar rlnian people In planoing euob a great auiouu of railroad woik. lu order to airord trafllo for a double track railroad they argue that many uew feeders will tie iieoesHary, nnd that therefore Central Oregon will certain ly be tupped by numerous lines In order to develop!) the country iu order to supply tb malu line with the iicceHBarv miaincss. Through jwlvute sources the Exam I uer is informed that the Oregon Short liine has asked for 17,000,000 to ba spent in the construction of new roads lu Oregou during tbe coming year. The jurisdiction of the Short Line exteuds west to the Natron line, aud therefore it la poatilble that 1U11 will yet be a memorable year for rati road oouHtrnctlou iu Central Oregou. Examiner Blockaded Many uew subscriptions to tbe Exumluer were held up by tbe block ade, and now letters are being re ceived daily askidg why the paper is not sent. In aevsral inBtanoes tbe letter of Inquiry was received before the remittance, the former having come in over the Western. Nearly 250 letters coutalulug subscriptions and Inquiries relative thereto were held up by tbe blookade, which to gather with ibe regular mall now be ing reoieved daily caused a blookade lu the olllce. Wa expect to ba caught up by the end of his week, however. Ton. MoCulley came up from New Flue Creek on Saturday, Laud while here attended the dance at the Opera house. CONTRACT TO BE CLOSEB WITHIN 30 BAYS Plans Outlined Call For Completion of Road to Lakevlew by Next FallRoute Past Goose Lake Not As Yet Determined Last week J. P. Hanson, superintendent of the Hall Construction Co., was called from his Los Adgeles home to Reno to consult with Manager Dunaway, relative to the building of the extension of the N.-C.-O. Railway to Lakeview. Alter the conference Mr. Hanson came on to Lakeview to attend to some business matters and inci dentally to talk "railroad" with some of the leading busi ness men and others of this section. The estimated cost of grading the proposed extension is about $250,000, the rails for which have already been ordered. Mr. Dunaway wee called eakt. and before leaving be uanted to to asaurnd that Mr. Han Hen wr.uld undertake the work of building this roadbed and completing it to Lkevle by next Fall. Sucb .lanurauce was lvcu, and the coutract will doubtless te drawn up ou the return nf Mr. Dunaway, which is rrheduled fur nbou. March 1- Ou which side of the lake thu road will be i ullt bus uut been fully de termined aa yet. Much unexpected -cppokitlou ha recently bien aucouo tvied iu securing the right of way on the emit aide, and an effort is being made to ciuch tha company in every way possible. The diatauce by way of the Weat Hde Is Home six or seven miles the longer, which would make tbe coat about $70,0C0 greater than on the east side, other conditions being similar. To olfeet tbe greater cost it is argued that the bull ling of the road up the Went Side will opu up a large section of country which is uow undeveloped and will practically re main so etiould tbe road te Luilt on the other aide of the lak. It might be Incidentally mentioned that as yet Lakeview baa taken no steps, either by word or deod, toward encouraging tbe early building of the, rued to this point. The Examiner is i fully aware of the prejudice existing THOUSANDS OF FERTILE ACRES TO BE OPENED TO HOMESEERERS N.-C.-O. Has Established Land and Immigration Department to Exploit Lands in Its Territory-- L. F. Curtis Appointed Land Commissioner The N.-C.-O. is sure' adopting a ,,.h mn.o xpnarnnHlvA nnlinv than ! bus been its custom heretofore, its latest move belug a land aud imml gratlon department, of wbicb L. V. Curtis, a well known real estate and farm land man of Heno, has charge under tbe title of Land Commission er. This is certainly a move tbat will meet tbe hearty approbation of all, aud tbe lack of which has been i sadly felt all along the line. As a matter of course when tbe new de partment gets Into working shape homeseeker'a rates will be given, and no doubt special rates wiU be given in couuectloa with tbe oolouist rates elleotive from tbe east Maroh 10. Tbe new order means much to Lake view and in faot all of Lake county and will lend renewed interest to the exploitation of our great resources. Relative to this aotlou of tbe N.-C.-O. tbe Journal bays: One of tbe most important move ments of tbe past year teudlog to the population of the western couutry and tbe exploitation of agricultural resources almost direotly tritutary to Heno, was announced yesterday when It beoanie known tbat tbe Nevada California-Oregon railway bad added a land aud Immigration deprtmeut to its force and would immediately in augurate activity foe the purpose of agaioHl tie U. U., tut tbe same con ' It i Diia ex 1st in many common! ties favored by through lines of Btandard gauge roads. Almost every section of tbe country Is trlogiug suits against tbe railroads fir lower rate, better accommodations, or something else, for just at present "fighting the trusts" is popular with tbe masses. Just why Lakeview should not bend every eirort to be tbe terminus of tbe N.-C.-O., Is past understanding to many of ui. it would appeal to tbe average person that she has much to gain and nothing to lose under sucb clrcumstauces, even though every t-tatenient concerning the alleged "wretched service au1 exturtionate ratex" be wholly true. It is a fore- 'gone conclusion that until a railroad j does reach here thee will be very ! little doing, and present indications lead one to believe that it will be several years before Hill ur Harriman wll tap this muDtry except by the N.-C.-O. Should tbe N.-C.-O make its north ern terminus at New Pioe Creek, tbe etvioes of a prophet are not required to ay what tbe results would be to Lakeview and Lake Valley. this part of (Jooee " bringioff Settlers into a stretch of country where over a million acrs of good farm land is now oooupied by but 1000 families. The advertising and exploitation of this land, with its settlement on a ratio obtaining la well rettled locali ties, means ultimately tbe augment ing of the population tnat will pay tribute to Keno in tbla section alone by from 5000 population at present to not less than 00,000 in tbe next few years a population more than .one-half the present population ct Nevada. Yesterday with the appointment of L. F. Curtis, a well known real estate aud farm land man, tu tbe post of laud commissioner, the N.-O.-O. In augurated a campaign tbat will bring tbe territory from Reno for a dis tance of at least 200 miles as promi nently to tbe eye of tbe prospective settler as is the land of Oregon, or Washlngtno, already attrabtlug many settlers. Starting from Reno tha country is a series of fertile valleys in which anything can be grown tbat will thrlva in a temperate zone. The N.-C.-O. extends to Alturas. It bas been extended a distanoe of thirteen miles and an additional twelve miles to Davis Creek, iu tbe southern end nr Goose Lake Valley, and' Fa has advised tbe Examiner that tbe new colonist rates for tbe Spring seaaon will ba male effective between March 10 and April 10. Tbla is opening tbe season five days earlier tnan a year ago, but tbe .transcontinental Faasen ger Araoctation wbicb baa been wrestling with tha matter for several days In Chicago, decided that tbe wideepreal advertising campaigns tbe leading railroads have, bean doing justifies tbe earlier dstes and gives prospective settlers a chance to get tbat much quicker a start on their year's work. 9 Tbe announcement also is made that tbe bsIo nr Missouri River common-point rate will te rednced to 25 for tbe colon'st season. 1'bat rate "CIVIC SOCIETY" LADIESGET BUSY All Sorts of Amusement Planned for Very Near Future A meeting of the Ladles' Civic Im provement .Society wns held on Tues day evening, anil plans were com pleted for several forms of entertain ment to be given In the near future. Tn-' Indies have rented the Roller Skating Kink, and men are now at work putting it in ahiptsbape man ner, ax well aa making benches and other articles of furniture f jt the hall. On next Tuesday evening a Chafing Pish nupper will lie given there be tween the hours of 5::i0 and S, and it In expected that a large number will lie present to help partake of the many good things that will be on aale. Ou the followiug FrVlay night a dance will be given for the married people, which will be strictly an invi tation affair. The committee in charge of the dance have named them selves the "Good Time CluV and they expect to live up to their name tn taking care of all who come. The following Friday night will see an other dance at the Kink, this one .to be for the younger people, and also to be in the form of an invitation affair. Thr young men in charge of the latter dance will go under the came of the "Keemo" club. An athletic club is now being or ganized by the ladies, and a great many have already subscribed their names to the list. A meeting was held Monday evening, which was well attended by the younger feople aud all seemed to be very much iu favor of the plan. It is expected to charge a monthly pament until the club has purchased the necessary gyuinaziuiu equipment and is well ou its feet. The ladles are certainly to le con gratulated on the flue work which has ulreaJy beeu accomplished and tbat which is now under way, and they may well feel proud of the work done so far towards making Lake view a better town. The society uow has a membership of almost lifty. with more joining at each meet ing held. is nearly finished. The methods of operation of Mr. Curtis will be those used by other laud and immigration departments. booklets and oiroulars will be issued, advertising will be .lone parties of immigrants will be taken over tha field and before loug a sturdy class of practical farmers will oe rooted to the land. A great deal of tbe public land In the vast inland empire between the Sierras and tbe Rockiea it already taken up, but there Is yet consider able In Northern California and Northern Nevada in Washoe county. Before many years the land will greatly appreciated in value. In Nevada, through tbe Carey aot, large sections of land are set apart and put under development by large corpora tions, and 2, 000, POO acres more will J. M. Fulton, district freight passenger agent to, tbe Southern ciUc, with headquarters at Reno, will apply o all points on tbe coast from the following selling points: St. FauL Dalath, Winnipeg, Omaha, Conncil 151 off a, Kansas City and St. Joseph. The St Louis rate will be 132; Chi cago, 133: Cincinnati, 137 90; Cleve land, 139.75; Buffalo. 142. B0; Pitta burg, 142; Boston, $49.45; Polls Jel pbia. $49.75, and New York, 150. For tbe last two years In establish ing Spriag and Fall colonist rata sea aon a. tbe railroads have limited tha selling periods to 3u days, holding that as much business can ba handled and is handled in tbat time at daring a 45-day or 60-day period, as was tbe custom several years ago. The fight bas always been whether there should be tbe longer period with a basic tate of 135 or a short period of 30 days with tbe $25 rate. HILL LINE HIKES OUT FORMEDFORD Oregon Trunk Files Map of Line Around Upper Klamath Lake Monday the Oregon Trunk Railway Hied in tbe United States land office at ttyts place a map of tbe definite location of its line along tbe north western shore ol Upper Klamath Lake. , Beginning at the srails be tween Upper and Agency lakes tbe line runs almost directly west to a point in tbe northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 26 in township 35 sontb, raug 0 east. There it turns sooth anr1 parallels Short creek on tbe west side, run ning to Uarrimaa s former Pelican Day lodge, and from there In a west erly course to a point about one and a half miles north from where the Dead Indian wagon road crosses Four-mile creek. Tbe map of the survey to tbat point baa been pre viously filed in the land office at iCoaeburg, tbat being tbe dividing line between tbe two districts. Tbe construction of tbe road on the lins as filed will pnt an end for all time to tbe famons camp grounds along Short Creek, unless tbe grade should be constructed far enough op ths mountain side to permit of camp ers locating along tbe stream. Such aot ion is not probable, inasmuch aa it would necessarily caase more or less of a grade, which is not to be thought of by modern railroad engi neers. Tbe Foiesl Service bas been leasing grounds in that vloinlty to many Medford people, who intended erecting Summer oottagea thereon, while Klamath people have also been deeply interested in keeping tbe lands from going into private owner ship. Kicked By a Bronco During tbe rabbit drive on Sunday Mrs. Frank Smith bad tbe misfortune to be quire seriously hurt. She was following up the rabblta with many others, but on acconnt of tbe blind ing snow storm was unable to see very far ahead It heppened tbat a horse was directly in front of her, and wbeu she came quite close the animal kicked. Mrs. Smith received the full force of tbe blow and for a time it was feared tbat she was very badly hurt. On examination by a doctor it was found tbat do bonea were broken, at.d Mrs. Smith la now resting easy at her borne. soon be available under that aot if tbe law before tbe present congress passes. L. F, Curtis, tbe new land com missioner, is well acquainted with the conditions over wbioh he will have domination. For some time he baa exploited tbe country personally and he brings to tbe work a thor ough knowledge of tbe oonditiona and methods best suited to bring it to successful oulmlnatiou. For Sale ixteen-lncb wood. En quite J F. Landon, Lukevlew. J9-1U,