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PHINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, 3IARCH 9, 1905.
NO. 13
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MICHEL & CO.
A Portion of our Spring Stock of l)ry
(ioods will arrive THIS WKl-K
The Line will be as complete as is possible
to make it with many new designs and shades
of Fashionable Spring (ioods.
It will pay you to wait a few days before
buying.
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OFFICERS:
W. A. Booth, President
O. M. Elkins, Vic Preildent
Freo W. Wilson, Catliler
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DIREOTOR8:
W. A. Booth, O. M. Elkins.
O. F. Stewart, Freo W, Wilson.
Transacts a General
Hanking Business
Exchange Bought
and Sokl
Collections will re
ceive prompt atten
tion A MATTER OF HEALTH
Absolutely Pure
IAS HQ SUBSTITUTE
COUNCIL FAVORS
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
City Dads Raise Saloon Li
cense and Get Started on
Other Good Moves.
The city council got busy at it
regular meeting hint Tuesday eve
ning and took stop on some mat
tern of great imjtortance to the city
in general. Anide from pawing an
ordinance raining liquor licenses to
$500 ier annum, the matter of es
tablishing a fire limit in the buri
ness tlintrict and grading the streets
wag left in the hand of the fire
and water and ' public improve
menU committee. These commit
tees will draw up ordinances em
bodying the main Kint9 discussed
at the council meeting and the first
reading of the new ordinances will
be had at the regular monthly
meeting the firt-t of next month.
After the routine busmen was
disjiensed with Tuesday evening,
Mayor Wurzweilir called the at
tention of the council to the fact
that many new building! in the
business district were contemplated
this year and he thought it expe
dient to draw up ordinances at
once to establish a fire limit with
in which only buildings of stone or
brick or a combination of the two
should le built. lie stated that
only some such ordinance as that
would handle the fire question in
a satisfactory manner and the re
strictions should I e embodied in
an ordinance and passed at "once.
The- committee, in whose hands
the matter rests, looked upon the
matter right, and the ordinance
consequently forthcoming. The
latter will irt all probability in
clude loth sides of M ain street al
most its entire length or from
Simpson's dry goods store to the
Ochoco bridge and perhaps a block
or two of the cross streets
leading into Main.
Then the question of grading the
streets came up for discussion and
quicker action will be had in that
matter than in the establishment
of fire limit inasmuch as the latter
work will npt require the passage
of an ordinance. Alderman Stew
art's suggestion that a competent
engineer be secured to do the sur
veying and all arrangements made
to complete the work within a short
time met with approval. L, D.
Wiest, who has been in the service
of the Squaw Creek Irrigation Co.,
will be asked to take charge of the
work. But there is some question
about him being able to come at
this time and if such is the case
another engineer will be secured.
When the work is completed, the
streets will have a uniform grade
which will enable the city to ban
die the waste water and sewerage
to satisfactory advantage besides
making a decided change for the
better in the present appearance of
the city's thoroughfares.
The mayor suggested that
prompt action ho taken on both
matters and especially that of es
tablislnng a tiro linvt, as it was de
sirable to nave an ordinance cov
ering the latter pass the council
before any building operations
commenced. He said it was not
the intention of the council to di
rect the ordinance against anyone
in particular and if tlie ordinance
was drawn up within the next few
days and passed, its provisions
would cover all the building oper
ations that would be carried on
this year.
With these matters "out of the
way, the second and third reading
of the ordinance increasing the
saloon license to $500 per annum
and repealing all other ordinances
that in any way conflict with the
present, one was heard, lhe ordi
nance passed with only one dis
enting vote and became effective
immediately upon its approval by
the Mayor. .
Action was also taken on mat
ters pertaining to the water mains
and sidewalks and the disposition
of the goods in the pest house, all
of which will aid materially in
cleaning up the city and giving
it a better appearance for the
summer.
RAILROAD TO TAP
' CRATER LAKE
Southern Oregon will be a field
of activity in railroad building be
fore the end of the present year if
plans now ling formulated in
San Francisco and New York are
carried to 8uccesful conclusion,
and the expectation of local capi
talists at tedford and Grant's
Pass is realized. From Medford
a railroad is projected to Crater
Lake, the great natural wonder of
the Cascades, and from Grant's
Pass other promoters hope to span
the stretch of 100 miles to Cres
cent City, California, with bands'
of steel.
Crater Lake has been visited by
thousands of people traveling over
land by the difficult trails that
lead to the jeculiar creation of
extinct volcanoes that is probably
without parallel as a natural phy
sical phenomenon of the world.
Created a National Park by act of
Congress, and growing in interest
as its beauty becomes more gener
ally known, it is believed that with
modern methods of transportation
the number of visitors that would
annually journey to the crest of
the Cascades would be enormous.
Below the lake are magnificent for
ests that hive been but little dis
turl)ed by timber cruisers in seek
ing a source of supply for lumber
ing. W. I. Vawter, president of the
Jackson County Bank numbered
among the leading business men
and financiers of Medford, and
others of that toXTh, are the pro
moters of the railroad to Crater
Lake. Thy estimate that a large
revenue would be derived from
lumber shipments, following the
establishment of mills along the
route, and that during the summer
season an enormous tourist travel
would be handled, making f
trips from the main line of the
Southern Pacific, with which the
road would have connection at
Medford.
There are two railroads in the
United States similar in their na
ture to the one projected. One of
these ascends Mount Washington
in New Hampshire and the other
reaches the crest of Pike's Peak in
Colorado. Both are said to be
very profitable alone for the pass
enger traffic handled with no in
dustrial purpose to make them
yield revenue from other kinds of
traflia.
Naturally, because of the oh
stacles to construction and that
operation to Crater Lake w.ouk
probablynot be continued through
out the year, passenger fares would
be considerably higher than if cal
culated upon a mileage basis. The
Pike's Peak road is about 13 miles
in length, and the fare is $5 round
trip, but even at that price thous
ands of people annually journey to
the summit of the eastern outlook
of the Colorado Rockies. Telegram
CLUB'S FINANCES
IN GOOD SHAPE
C. M. Elkins, temporary secre
tary of the Athletic club, has
made out a report on the resources
and liabilities of the association.
lhe club is gjraaually clearing up
its debt and the report makes a
very gratifying showing for the
year and half that the association
has been in existence. The finan
cial standing is given in the follow
ing figures:
Kesourvea.
Ueal Estate - 3500.0O
Furniture & Fixtures "50.00
Piano 300.00
Cash on hand N 113.3$
Total '40(8.38
Liabilities.
IJomls outstanding $500.00
Interest on bonds 20.00
Floating Indebtedness 470, 00
Due on piano 11.10
Balance on piano 140.00
Total 3140.S8
Net Gain l..'.r.O
0. M. Elkins Tern. Secretary.
The above figures show that the
club has reduced its debt about
20 per cent during a period of
little over one year, or since the
date of organization in October,
1903. , .
HOMESEEKERS RUSH
INTO OREGON
Tide Has Already Set in
Crook County Is Attract
ing Its Share.
Trains carrying hundreds of col
onists are rolling into Oregon. The
influx began yesterday.
The morning train over the Ore
gon Railroad. & Navigation com
pany's line was a long one, and
was loaded with people. It ar
rived at Huntington with 11 tour
ist cars and not a vacant berth.
There were over 200 homeseekers i
aboard. Of these, about half em
barked at points in eastern Oregon.
More than 100 were in the train
when it reached Portland. Most
of them are destined for the Wil
lamette valley and southern Ore
gon.
There were many men accom
panied by their families and a
large number of wives and fami-
ies came to join husbands already
located and waiting for them.
Nearly all knew where they were
going to locate, and made prepar
ations in advance. They are with
out exception intelligent, with
money realized from sale of prop
erty in the east or middle west.
The evening train over the O. R.
& N. was loaded with a similar
class of people. They turn south
ward here and are i distributed
through the Willamette and Rogue
river valleys and the Urapqua and
the Coos bay country. Of those
who stopped at points in eastern
ana central uregon, many are
neaueu lor sections where irriga
tion projects have been started
The Deschutes valley is attracting
many, and Wallowa county is ge t
ting a snare ot them, jfcverv- in
coming train for the next 10 days
that bring colonists is expected to
be loaded with people. Advices
from eastern agents of the railroads
indicate that a large movement of
homeseekers to the Pacific north
west has begun. ,
WASHINGTON TO HAVE
A FINE
-The Washington State building
at the Lewis & Clark Exposition
will be one of the finest structures
on the Exposition grounds. The
building will be of frame, two
stories high, and as large in size as
a site 145x250 feet will permit.
The site is located on an emi
nence overlooking Guild's Lake
and the main picture of the Expo
sition. A fine view xnay be ob
tained from the veranda of the
building of the surrounding scene'
ry, which embraces severa 1 snow
capped mountain peaks. The site
originally allotted to Washington
was on the edge of the lake, but as
the sister state of Oregon was not
altogether pleased with the loca
tion, tlie Exposition officials very
graciously granted one of the most
desirable sites on the Exposition
grounds which had already been
alloted for other building.
The buildings will in the shape
of a cross, with wide verandas ov
erlooking the water. Staff will be
used on the exterior of the struc
ture, except in the center, where
not exposed to the weather. Here
and throughout the interior many
different varieties'of native woods
will be used, thus making a practi
cal exhibit of the timber resources
of Washington.
. The second floor will be arranged
as balconies overlooking the main
floor. On the latter the state ex
hibit will be made, while the
second floor will be used for re
ception purposes, waiting rooms,
retiring rooms, writing rooms,-and
lounging places.. Here visitors from
Washington and other states may
find comfortable and pleasant
quarters to gather, to meet each
other and rest.
ALARY QUESTION MAY
DEFEAT SUMMERS' CASE
Whether there is any law for
ihe existence of the office of State
Land Agent, or any authority of
law for payment of salary of $1800
a year and traveling expenses to
that official, is the interesting
question passed up for Judge
George H. Burnett, of the first
department of the State Circuit
Court, to decide, gays the Tele
gram. The question is deduced
from the contentions of the oppos
ing counsel in the case of George
Summers, plaintiff, vs. T. T. Geer,
L. B. Geer and W. II. Odell, de
fendants, in the argument of a
motion to strike out parts of the
plaintiff's complaint. The case
was argued yesterday afternoon,
submitted and, taken under ad
visement by the court. This is
the first time that the laws which
created this office and prescribed
the duties of the incumbent have .
come into question. -
This is the caso in which Sum
mers, to whom nas Deen assigned
numerous claims similar to nis
own, all ot whicn are merged in
one complaint, seeks to recover
from the defendants, T. T. Geer,
L. B. Geer and W. H. Odell about
$9500, moneys alleged to have
been paid to Odell for information
as to the whereabouts of base land
due the state. The first allegation
is that L. B. Geer and W. H. Odell
were agents for the State of Ore
gon for the selection . of indemnity
school lands, etc. The council for
the delense moves to strike this
paragraph out for seasons which
raise the question invofved.
The office of State Land Agent
was created by virtue of an act
passed by the Legislative Assembly
the same year. This act is known
on the statutes as section 6o)i,
of Hill's code. The sessions of
1899 passed another act, ,which
was approved by the Governor on
February 17 of that year. This
act designates the duties of the
State Land , Agent, and purports
to amend section 3597 of Hill's
code. This same Legislature pass
ed another act which was approved
by the Governor on the day fol- ,
lowing the approval of the former
act, February 18. The first sec
tion of this latteract provides that
"the Governor of this state is here
by appointed Land Commissioner
for the state of Oregon, and is
empowered to locate lands to
which the state is entitled under
the laws of the United States, or
otherwsse, and is authorized to
appoint such agent or agents as
may be necessary in the perform
ance of his duties." This act also
operates to repeal section 3597 of
Hill's Code.
Counsel for the defense contend
that the second- act repeals tie
hrst, and that under the law no
duty is devolved upon L. B. Geer
and Odell were agents of the
Governor and not of the state.
The plaintiff's counsel contended
that whether they were officers of
the state or not, it made no dif
ference, inasmuch as they had
entered into a conspiracy to de
fraud, and were liable in a private
Plaintiff's counsel also cbntends
that the facts prove that the
Governor was appointed under the
the first act, and that L. B. Geer
was appointed and drew a salary
of $1800 per year under . its pro
visions; therefore, if the act was
repealed, the office of the State
Land Agent was abolished and
the State Land Agent was drawing
a salary of $1800 per year to which
he had no right. The act of 1903
prescribes certain duties of the
State Land Agent, as to the select
ion of indemnity lands, but" does
not fix his salary, and thus, in-
ferentially, recognize the office of
State Land Agent as , created by
the act of 1899, which the counsel
for the defendants are now con
tending was repealed as valid.