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OFFICER8:
W. A. Booth, Pre.ld.nt
O. M. Elkins, Vice Pre.ld.nt
Fred w. wlon, Oaihl.r
DIRE0T0R8:
W. A. Booth, O. M. Elkins,
D. F. Stiwart, Fred W. Wilson.
Transacts a General
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NEW BUILDINGS CO
UP IN THE SPRING
First National Will Erect a
Fine Structure-Templeton
& Son to Follow Suit.
LAKEVIEW RESERVE
WILL BE OPENED
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With the opening of spring and
the beginning of titled weather,
building operations will begin in
the city and promise gome magni
tude before brought to a cloee.
The erection of the fine High
school building Wt fall, which led
to the dincovery of a quarry of
excellent building etone just west
of the city, has apparently form
ed the nucleut from which will
spring several other rtone and
rick buildings.
Probably the finest new build
ng to be erected thin year bt that
of the First National bank. The
Btruoture will occupy the
same grounds wheie the old build-
ng now ptunda but will be con
siderably larger measuring about
30x00 feet. The east and north
walk will be of solid gray etone,
ouch as that ued in the High
school building, and the south and
went wallrt, which join or are ad
jacent to other building, of red
brick. There will be the main
entrance wav on the corner of
Main and A streets with an eleva
tion of four step leading up to the
doors. The interior finishings
will be the best which money can
secure ana when .completed the
entire'building will present quite
the finest appearance of any in the
city.
About the same time that build
ing ojierations begin on thn new
bonk building, work will bejrm on
a1 new brick business block on the
site occupied by J. II. Templeton's
drug store. This structure will
also be larger than the present
one now used by the firm and its
dimensions will be in the neigh
borhood of 22x65 feet. It will be
one story in height and will be
used Kololy for the drug store.
Work will begin on both the above
structures sometirrfe in March or
the first of April.
M. Christiani is also contem
plating the erection of a two story
brick building on his pioperty
which adjoins that of the First
National. His decision in the
matter, however, is likely to be
based entirely upon the arrange
ments which can be made with
the present lecsees who now oc
cupy the building on the property
in question.
An addition to the public school
building is also to bo built this
pring, large enough to provide
several rooms to relieve the pres
ent crowded condition of the
chool.
J. B. Shipp and-Mr. McNealy in
the meantime are rapidly bringing
to completion two new residences
which they are building on the
south side of the city. Mr. Mc
Nealy's house is a brick structure
and will be finished in a short
time. The new residence of Mr.
Shipp's is a two story frame build
ing with stone foundation and will
be completed in the course of a
couple of weeks.
Aside from the new residences
mentioned plans are being laid for
the building of several other resi
dence places sometime during the
present year and by mid summer
the city will present an appear
ance much the same as that of a
place undergoing a building boom.
Among the business houses in
creased trade and the constant de
mand for room has started the
move for better, larger and more
substantial buildings. The old
structures have seen their
best days of usefulness and it is
probable with the start made this
year it will not be long before
nearly every business firm in the
city will be housed in a stone or
brick structure of ample capacity
for all needs.
The brick to be used in the con
struction of the above mentioned
buildings will be burned in the
yard west of the city where every
thing is in readiness as soon as
the weather clears.
The Lake view land ofllce has received-notice
from the Interior
department of the release of over
752,000 acres of land lying in the
Fremont and Goose Lake Forest
Reserves and which were tempo
rarily withdrawn from settlement
during the rummer of 1903. The
lands lie in both Lake and Klam
ath county and extend at far north
ward as the Crook couuty lying,
embodying, in all probability,
many of the claims taken up by
residents in this vicinity.
Aside from the gross acreage of
the land again open to settlement,
no other definite information has
come from the land office, the
clerical force at the latter being
engaged in making out the plats
of the landrf ordered out of the
reserve. It is not likely that the
township, ranges and sections
included in the release order will
le made known for a couple of
weeks.
A large portion of the original
reserve is covered by and included
in reserves subsequently made, the
particulars of which will be pub
lished as soon as matters can be
formulated in the Lakeview office.
SHEEP HERDER
SHOT INTHEHAND
Act Is Committed Near
Silver Lake as Warning
to Sheep Interests.
CATTLEMEN LOSE BY
RAILROAD TACTICS
Murdo McKenzie, an extensive
cattleman of Colorado and Texas,
has complained before the senate
committee on interstate commerce
of inequalities, discriminations
and poor service on the part of the
railroads in the ' matter of the
transportation of cattle. He cited
instances of delay in shipments
to the markets, saying that such
aelays oiten meant the loss or a
dollar a head. He admitted that
shippers had protection under
existing laws, but said that in
most cases the cost of legal pro
ceedings would be greater than the
ralue of the stock. He said the
cattlemen want power given to
interstate commerce cemmission
not only to fix rates, but to regu
late the character of service.
In continuing the statement be-
irun by him yesterday. Judge S.
H. Cownn, representing the south
west cattlemen, argued to adjust
the Question of railroad rates on
cattle shipment". He said that
there had been a gross increase
since 1898, the average increase on
shipments from Texas points being
8 1-2 cents per 100 pounds.
Questioned by Senator Elkins
as to whether there had been
corresponding increase in the price
obeef, the witness replied that
the reidv to that question would
depend upon the viewpoint.
"To the man who buys beef
there is an increase," he said, "but
to the man who sells there has
been a decline."
iMr. lowan urged that a com
mission would be just as competent
to adjust rates as were the rail
road traffic men, because the duty
under which this must be based
was as available to one man as to
another.
"But," suggested Senator Elkins,
"the consolidation of railroads
destroys competition," to which
Judge Cowan assented most hearti
ly, saying that was the point of
his contention. He claimed that
through its decisions the supreme
court of the United btates practi
cally had repealed the third and
fourth sections of the interstate
commerce law relating to preferences.
That portion of the Fremont
reserve, which falls under the sup'
ervision of the Lakeview land off
ice, runs to the southern boundary
of Crook county and extends
southward to the region of Silver
Lake. It is in this" withdrawal
that most of the land owned by
local residents lies and in which
several hundred thousand acres
will be restored to entry. The
Goose Lake reserve lies in the
southern portion of Lake and Kla
imath counties.
Bert McKune, who was herding
sheep for his brother C. E. Mc
Kune, was shot through the hand
last Sunday near his camp in the
vicinity of Cougar Mountain about
30 ruiles east of this place by an
unknown party, who rode up with
in 150 yards of McKune dismount
ed and dropped behind a bunch of
sage and opened fire, on his in
tended victim. After firing three
shots he mounted his horse and
rode away.
Mr. McKune was sitting down
near his sheep, when he observed
a man mounted on a gray horse
riding in a plow walk toward
where he was sitting. Naturally
thinking that the man was coming
up for a friendly chat he thought
it nothing strange, and gave the
matter no further notice, turning
around to look after the sheep.
In the meantime his supposed
friend had dismounted, taking
quarters behind the breast works of
some heavy sage brush and com
menced shooting. The first two
shots missed by a. close margin,
but the third shot etruck the herd
er's left hand tearing the thumb
off at the first joint.
Warren Duncan returned from
Paisley, last evening, where he
took liert McKune who was injur
ed in the shooting affair on the
desert, the other day. Warren
tells the story of a- sheep herder
who got "cold feet," out near the
arontire deadline, said the her- v
der: "We were out just south of
the road where the bunches of sheep
having had orders to wait there
until re-inforced by the arrival of
four or five more bands, before pro
ceeding north into the Benjamin
country. There were a number
of cattle in charge of men who
were herding them to the north of
the road. I felt first rate until one
day five men rode up where I had
the sheep, asked for some tobacco
and then began to question me re
garding the range and our plans
for the future etc. I told them
there was all kinds of range, lots
of grass and that the sheep would
do fine, south of the road during
the balance of the season . They
were courteous and there was
nothing in their dameanor to
indicate that they entertained any
thing but the best of good will to
ward me, but after they left, that
road looked awful narrow to me
I didn't feel good. I had a chill
then got feverish, fretful and peev
ish, went to camp, kicked up a row
with the camp-tender, quit the job
and hit the grit for Paisley. No
more sheep herding forme. Silver
Lake Oregonian.
March 2, lS'J'J, the Northern Pa
cific made selections of timber
lands in this county to the extent
of about' 73,000 acres, about one
half of which surveyed. Our
county officials wrote to our dele
gation in Congress in 1902 to as
certain if these lands, had been
approved and wwe subject to tax
ation, and Commissioner Richards
wrote Judge Palmer that on April
10, 1901, the Secretary ot the In
terior had approved clear lists
Nos. 5 and 6, containing about
108,000 acres of Northern Pacific
lands in Oregon. It was supposed
that these approvals covered all
of the Northern Paific lands in
Linn county, and conseqnently,
when the company refused to pay,
the lands were advertised for sale
to pay the tax. In the meantime
Judge Stewart, by corresponding
with the General Land Office and
both local Land Offices, has ascer
tained that still another lot of
lands filed upon by the Northern
Pacific aggregating about 15,000
acres, was approved January a.
1903, and that another lot, aggre
gating about 17,000 acres, was re
jected by the Secretary of the In
terior and has reverted to the
Government. He also finds that
all the land selections made by the
Northern Pacific that have been
surveyed and approved by the
Secretary of tne Interior, close to
36,000 acres, have been conveyed
to the Weyerhauser Company and
that they have this year paid the
taxes upon them, the total taxable
value of these lands being $216,000.
The matter of the taxation of
the remainder of these lands.
which are still unsurveyed and
not approved, was submitted by
Judge Stewart to several of our
attorneys, and they all give it as
their opinion that these lands can
not legally be taxed, and in con
sequence the Judge has decided
not to allow the lands to be sold.
AUTO FOR CROOK LINE
NEARLY READY TO RUN
N. P. LANDS CANNOT
. BE SOLD FOR TAXES
Since January 4th the timber
lands in this county belonging to
the Northern Pacific Railway Co
have been advertised for sale for
taxes, and it was supposed that on
February 4th they would be sold
to the hiahest bidder if the taxes
due this county were not paid be
fore that date, but it has been de
termined that these lands are not
yet subject to taxation, and Coun
ty Judge Stewart announced today
that there would be no sale, say
the Albany Democrat. From cor
respondence that the former Court
had with the Department of th
Interior, it was thought that all
the selections of land made by th
Northern Pacific Co., in Linn
county, had been approved by the
Secretary of the Interior, and if
such has been the case taxes could
have been collected upon them
Some two months ago Judge
Stewart commenced investigating
the matter, and he finds the facts
to be about as follows:
Under the act of Congress
Within 10 days the first large
automobile to be made in Portland
will be finished, says the Portland
Journal. The car is being manu
factured on the order of the Cen
tral Oregon Transportation com
pany, to be used on its oiled road
from Cross Keys to Bend, 64 miles.
The car is 16 feet long, carries 12
passengers, runs 20 miles an hour
and is driven by a 40 horepower
gasoline engine. It is a long,
rakish-looking affair, steel framed
and riveted, and mounted on plat
form suspension springs. Its four
arge seats will be upholstered with
eather.
More remarkable than the big
automobile as a machine is its
builder, William A. Gill, as a per-
onage. A quiet, unassuming
ig man, in appearance not
more than 26 years old, at the head
of a manufacturing plant that, al
though small, is one of the most
modern of machine shops. He
designed and built both the gaso-
ine engine and the auto car, com
plete in every detail, and he under
took this pioneer enterprise in
Oregon knowing that upon its suc
cess or failure depended the repu
tation of his young ' concern as a
machinery producer. His contract
provides that he shall manufacture
the car and run it 200 miles with
out a flaw being detected in it be
fore the company will accept the
machine and pay over the money.
The purchasers are delighted with
the machine, and believe it will
meet their requirements.
The machine will be put into
service between uross Aeys ana
Bend as soon as the road can be
thoroughly dried and oiled next
spring, it win pun a trailer car
rying freight, lhe road is now
completed, with the exception of
some bridges and culverts. It
runs through the Deschutes Irriga-
company's tract, in the Deschutes
valley, and practically furnishes.
an extension of means of railway
transportation southward from
Shaniko, the terminus, of the
Columbia Southern Railway. The
railroad company has promised to
build the 15-mile gap between
Shaniko and Crosn Keys. If it
fails to do so the Central Oregon
Transportation company will ex
tend its own road northward to
Shaniko.