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VOL V.
PJUNEVILLK, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 21, 1901.
NO. 49
II III 11
POTASH COMPANY
Plant Will Be Built in
Lake County.
An Oregon Industry
Uavo Contracted With N. 0. 0.
to Build Railroad to Bum
roor Lftlto,
There in not the least doubt in
the, world of the reliability and
substantiability of Orogm Potash
Company, wIioho filing f lfl,,tl in
the Hummer Lake and Abort Lake
wciion in Lake county have not
people to wondering. In ono day
u few months ft (jo thcro were filed
iu tho County Clerk's o lino hero by
CIhik. M. fain, President of thf
Oregon Pol ash Company, some
thing like seven hundrol claims to
lands in tho localitic mimed.
For monlliH past peopl ' who have
spoken of tiii matter have done ho
with a smile, giving tin impression
that they had iittlo Mth in the
pigantic proportion to f'dlow uh a
result of the claims Ukcu at the
lakes.
Things have come to pass since
the filing were nudo, however,
that clause the aspect of tho situ
ation, and it is now a foregone con
elusion thai the Oregon Potrt4i
Company is an orginmitinn with
millions of dollars at its back, slid
that it means business. No one
has any reason or right to doubt
Ihu word or probity of Mr. Sain,
president of the company, who lias
mat. Hi burs' of his company in
this county to crtablirh a hi;; en
teriirise.
Mr. Conn was informed a few
hiys ago tl,ul arrangements had
been I erfecte I nod mi ngiomcnt
entered into with the Nevada-Cali-fornia-Orogon
railway company,
whereby that company will build
their line to Alien and Summer
lakes for the purpose of developing
the properties of ibe Oregon Potash
Compauy. President uin says
tho railroad company "expects to
build in next yi ur, or ut leaf t to
J.hkeview."
Judging from present indications,
'J he Examiner belives that the
Oregon Potash Company will es
tablish plants and make improve
ments in this county within the
next two years, that will fairly
astonish the, local public. The
Examiner has been informed upon
reliable authority that the com
pany will build roiining works on
their property that will cost about
a million dollars, and that five
hundred and possibly one thousand
men will he employed in the works.
Offers have been made by pres
ident Sain to ranchers at Summer
Iko for tho purchase of
their places at topnotch
figures, but no sale has vet bcecn
recorded. The N-C-0 will build n
broad gung line from Reno North.
Lakeview Examiner.
The font of Htilkes.
Carroll D Wright, I'uitcd Hates
Commissioner of Labor, states that
the cost of strikes and lockouts dur
ing the twenty years, ending with
the year 1900 amounted to M68,
003, 581, says the Bulletin. During
this period there were 2;!,7:'J8 strikes
and lockouts, the strikes largely
jpamtingiu. cumber.. &q Lit
as losses could be actually traced,
the cost to labor was 12(5,000,000; k
capital H2,000,000. This U a lo
without a gain that might have
been uciuircd by mutual ewess
ions. Tho interests of capital and
labor are so nearly identical that
no considerable percentage of the
loss of one cotdd be considered the
gain of the other. Mr Wright's in
vestigations do not include th;-
indirectloss to the country-that is,
to interests not immediately affect
ed bv the strike or lockout. For
example, a f irmer who depends
upon the market created by factor
ies for tho sale of his product
lost indirectly in consequence of
a strike by the diminished purchas
ing power of tho people resulting
from a suspension of labor in the
factories. Every department of
business is compelled to contribute
to the cost of labor strikes. The
causes of such strikes tire mainly
two iu number the employer tries
to pet a larger part of the products
of labor and capital than his invest
ment would justify, or labor wants
a larger share than the employer
can afford to pay. In nearly all.
cases tho books of an employer
would show about the rate of wages
his business would justify him iu
paying. There have been cases in
which labor 1ms consented to a re
duction in wages upon a showing
that there was no profit left to the
employer after paying current rate
of wages. ;, While no employer
would consent to the submission
of bis books, to public inspection
most employers would submit t'wm
to a committee which would hold
to both parties the relation of coun
sel to client. The waste of strike
and lockout adds its full amount
to thu c(t of production, and to
this extent handicaps tho country
n which the strike occurs in com
pctiton with other countries. '
Lava Lore.
From our regular cimtcmi undent.
November 10 Major A F Scars.,
chief engineer of the Oregon De
velopment Co, was surrounded b
his friends at a dinner given in
honor of his 72:h birth day. Oik
present cxprcsed the sentiment u!
aU'whcn ho said" How delightful,
Lava, the Deschutes, the snow
chapped Sifters, the climate, th
people and real turkey(not bacon.
Tho following were present:
Major A F Scars, Portland, chiei
engineer; l'hilo Ilolbrook, Knox
Huston, Alfred Sears and Robert
Scars, ajsislnnt engineers, C N
Scott, Richard Sears, Mr and Mrr
Yandervcrt, Maud Yandervert.
William Vandcrveit.
Mr and Mrs Hawthorn went to
Prineville this week after their
Christmas goods.
Andrew Prather, of tho Dalles,
has taken a homestead on the
Deschutes and contemplates spend
ing tho winter here putting lip u
house and otherwise improving
his property.
Ripe strawberries on the la of
this month are an evidence of the-
most pleasant fall we have had for
years.
Mr and Mrs Frank West have
gone to Haystack after their' winter
supply ef apjdes, potatoes, etc.
The crack shots of this placo are
busy every day now, but Iittlo
George Vandcrvert oarried off the
prize by killing two-largo- geeso at
mi', idiot.. Eu.M'.U Giusi.
STOCK MARKET
M. E Bain returns After
Five
la tho
WiU,.mette
He Says He Mot With a Certain
Measure of Sucoose.-BaU
Hopod For Batter.
M K Rain returned yesterday
from the Willamette valley towns,
where he has been for five weeks
past, in the interest of tho Over
land Mining company, which enter
prise he is promoting, He says
that he met with a certain measure
of success, but not to the extent
that be had hoped for. He dispos
ed for consid Table stock to per
sonal friends, wl)hve been wait
ing for him to gotomothing of real
nurit, which he undoubtedly has
in tho Overland. Mr Bain says he
was suprisel to lvarn of the large
amounts of money that the valley
town" have invested in eastern Ore
gon mines; that nearly every man
bo talked with on the subject of
stock had already bough', into one
company or another. His estimate
is that Oregon City alone has sent
more than $30,000 here; while
several hundred thousands have
fortunate feature of the business is
that thee people have acquired a
peach of a collection of gold brick.
The rcas n for this is plain and also
characteristic of the region. Thev
have been looking for cheap slocks
and finding them. When you talk
to them about five cents or over,
they tell you of some unheard of
company that is selling for one and
a half or two cents. Portland is
not yet tlu mining center of the
northwest, an 1 notwithstanding
the noisy efforts of the
newspapers j
to p rotcct the lambs and the
warning of the stock exchange to'
"buy only from us," it seems ihat
several people thorn have nibbled
t a bait end swallowed a cruel
hook. Mr l!y.in left foi Chicago to
day. Sampler Miner.
Ci.inc lint; Onion?.
hn joi'UNAi.;-in tne issue o! votir .
pnper da'.ed Nov. 7 lDOl, your score Maddox, will be represented by At
thc parties who hunted on Harney j torneys Gearin, Abnuns and Riu
Lako, chr micled by the Weston dell, and the Oregon King Corn
Leader. I beg to state that you pany have for tin ir attorneys, Mr
have been misinformed as to the W II Wilson of the Dalles, and
cause of the "fast vanishing.flocks." Messers W W Cotton and Ralph E
In springtime when the, ducks and Mo dy of Portland. Owing lathe
geese are laying on the Ilanicy and val e of the property in litigation,
Malheur lakes, the settlers gather ' th s case has excited great interest
the eg,;s in s.ieksfull and haul to j throughout the state. In thiscamn
their respective homes ami feed there is mora than a passing in
them to hogs and chickens. Scire terest in the outcome; the camp
these vandals, but let tho hunters lias been retarded in its develop
shoot all they please. Where the nient, an 1 mvcb valuable property
hunters kill one these well thev He-j there in idleness, owing to this
a e nam ilessdi stroy a hundivd. nir. It will be a most acceptable
I write from pure friendship for Christmas gift to the camp, should
you. I h ive seen tho people haul ; bis litigation come to an end next
tho eggs away in wagon loads, but.
Harney county is too deply interes
ted iu irrigation problems to up
held the laws of the state.
Sincerely, A Fiut'.M).
Silver Lake, Nov. 12, 1901.
Tho writer of the above would
have nddeii a great deal more feveo
to bis article if be bad sk'ned: his
name. Wii-rc not iii thohald'Cof when all departed for their homes sen!ed,ti the Jepk-'iitJ'f Vwii.u-
publishing- anonymous communi- dwUiping tncy h:wspent tki even- indi.vi!uals w!u-!pur,i!e r.)-,.i.-t-oliww.,but
aatbjs liaa .jeimal iuvcxy jjloasauJv ji&'Jtf tt-uiLt al. -r,; ii
bearing we will also answer it. We
were not misinformed as to the
cause of the fast vanishing flocks,
but judging from the above letter
we wero only partially informed.
While we believe no punishment
too great to inflict on the indivduala
who would bo guilty of the crime
of collecting the eggs in above
manner and feeding to hops and
chickens, yet wn do not retract
anything in our former article as
to the hunters. Nor do we believe
that the citizens of Harney county
aro so taken up with irrigation
problems as to relax tho enforce
ment of the laws of the state. We
respectfully call tho attention of
the State Game Warden to the alle
gations in the above communi
cation and earnestly ask an investi
gation of the same.
The plea of the writer for the
game hogs who would slaughter the
birds is out of place and sounds bad
along side of his righteous outbuest
in this remainder of the letter. ,
C'lrcnll Court DecUlon,
The case of Jim Means against
the county has been decided upon
by the circuit court and referred
back to the county court says the
Pendleton Tribune. Means ap
plied for a liquor license to open
a saloon at Echo- Following the
terms of the law ho secured 84 sig
natures of residents of the precinct
to his petition which were pub
j. Later a remonstrance was
circulated. It secured 0J names,
20 of which wero on the petition.
The county court at its September
term removed the 20 names that
appeared on the petition and re
monstrance from both, which left
tfic number still on the petition
fess than a majority of tho voters
of tho precinct, fur which reason
fl,n Mim' mnrtrnfmn! tn ar.i nt
i
tho license. The circuit court held j Whether the gold was in a box cr
that the 20 names must be counted j l)'inS lo(We wad not learned.. Simi
upon the petition as published and 1 -ilr discoveries have been made at,
oi.ntri r,f Ka.umi..,! nn (lierpmnne.;
trnn(,e Jt .g nnwk,tto thecountvlave found a number of $50 pieces.
court to grunt the license or appeal
tlu case.
Milling Case Comes up.
The trial of the famous Oregon
King mining suit will begin in the
United States District Court at
r..ll.. r.,1 T.il,,1.t. lWunilu-
Vi4lUl..., VII ...,rv..V,
l'Jth. The Plaintiffs, lirown ami
month. 1'ioqtc or.
'. i
Last Tup day evening the your.g
penile of Powell Butt-s, gathered
at the residence of Mis' :f.iy Mof -
fett, where a very pl.'.t-;'i)t evening
was spent. ' After a- m?rry . tin-e
was had in making randy, tames
wero indulged in until tt late hour
GENERAL HEWS.
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There
Some Stolen, Others Not
Cullinss From Our Exchange
News Notes of the Week
Timely Topics
A violent dispute with Paul Les
sar, Minister to China, over ths
Manchurian treaty, appears to have
been, the immediate came of tl
death of Li Hung Chang
Hon II W Coibett has started
the Lewis & Clark centennial sub'
ecriptiim with the sum of 130,000,
one-tenth of the entire amount that
is to be subscribed by the stock
holders of the corporation.
lion R- A Booth of Eugene anil
J H Booth of Roseburg have bought
the Douglas County Bank at Rose'
burg from O P Godfrey & Son
Messers Booth have been interested:
in the banking business in Grant
Pass for a number of years past.
State Treasurer C S Moore is ia
reseipt of a letter from District
Attorney Frank' Menefce, of the
Seventh District transmitting $580,
85, a portion of the estate of the
late Elias Davis, of Crook county,
escbwtudJi.ihaiUtevr There" is
still a farm of 4S0- acres to bo dis
posed of, the fund to be transferred
to the State Treasury. The land
is valued at $2000. Salem Stateiuan.
It is reported from Fort Stevens
that a workman there recently un-
j ;lrtllMl bi of llje 5J denom-
;m:ition
The discovery is said to
! Have OCCII Wlttlin Hie lortlllCat.on
fort toiur.uua dv worsmen, Will)
H R Neil exhibited in Pendleton
a sample of salt bush, which he rais
ed on the Wild Horse says the Last
Oregonian. lie has been experi
menting with the lush to fiiki it
the Australian feed will grow it
tais country. The experiment wis
successful for the bush grew w:th-
nt ..,!
lund-
Those who aro authorities on tho
subject say that ibe problem for tho
future feeding of sheep has -Lecm
solved. Mr iicil Vidi plan! t..o
acres of the new bu-h next year.
II II Swum, of Sinjkdiie an.', '.i
Sharp,, of Ellcn.-bcrg, two special
agents of the land department, are.
in this section- on orders from !'n;
general land o.i'.ci to examine tic
No. 1( and C'.i seeiions' of govern
ment lands in this pari of tiievt.i'.e.
Me-srs Sv.'S.m and Sharp l.m t?
cboc.l eigty sections u report i: pen
ami, expect remain in Ea'e.u
Oregon fv,r.tL li.onths-.
Mountain Ea;:lo..
Tho rcgis'or snd rrt iver oi t'.'u
United Siii t s
and oiiice hav i-
: ice ft i:u the co.n
Eene.-.il la;ui oj-co
: t ono luari.cd
.:"ns of 'J.ei
s i ci n with-Ti !
vis 1 eon withiir.i a u
centlv receive r.
i loissioaer of ioi
to the ctTcct '
; end eight s v
l'.nd district i.t
l;;nd uult.iA hs
r irum entry for a i cried ; one ;r"r
on the strength ota '..'.: tjofxvM.'?'