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4 IRRIGATION MAKES SMILING GARDEN OF WILDERNESS IN LAKE COUNTY Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars End Goose Lake v-..v t--f -,r: LA REVIEW, or.. Jan. 7. tspeciai.j While irrigation has been practiced In Lake County on a more or less limited scnlr fr many year. It was only with the a-!vrnt of the Oregon Valley 1-anJ Company In 18 thai a system was Inaugurated on what might be termed a commercial basis. In many sections of the country, notably Silver Lake. Chewaucan and Uoose Ike al ley, private Ir-lgatlon enterprises have Been conducted on a very limited scale. Comparatively little expense was In curred, the lands generally lying along streams where It was neceary to con struct only a small dam. build a few ditches, and then allow the water to How nut over the land. ' It was only by the most primitive meihfxls that much of t!ie Irrigation was done, and IMi Is true of all parts of the county. At present there are a frw new private enterprises under con struction that will reclaim several thousand arre. notably that of the Ana Itlver project, also that of Honey Creek and Dry Creek. Com 15,000 acres rear ramey were. 1 (ft :fec: -v--- m u c,v&w i l I ftvi - II - .i j. - A W . ' i 'vo- Yvtv .5.i-f -vr ,-, ; : Are Spent to round Huge Beclanution Projects in Oregon's Far Southern Valley Scheme Embraces the Redemption of 85,000 Acres.- v . ::"'- - t withdrawn from settlement under the Carey act a few years since by the Portland Irrigation Company, but noth ing has been done toward reclaiming the land, nor does It seem probable that there will be for some time to come, as the cost would be high. The Warner Lake Irrigation Company is also operating under the Carey act In the famous Warner Valley. During the year Just closed It has expended a large sum of money In securing data as lo water flow, locating ditches and reservoirs and In securing general In formation relative to the reclamation of about 150. i0 acres lying In Lake and Harney Counties. As yet no active construction work has been dona. . The only large project In the county which promises to be completed in the near future Is that of -the Lakevlew Irrigation St Porr Company, a sub sidiary concern of the Oregon Valley Land Company. In Goose Lake Valley. Ms source of supply Is Drews Creek, and a dam TO feet In height across the creek at the lower end of Drews Valley will form a reservoir about 10 miles In length, with an average width of I ':V nearly three-quarters of a mile, and holding fiO.eoft acre-feet of water. In addition thereto It can obtain an I almost equal supp'y from Thomas and Cottonwood Creeks, a reservoir site having already been secured on the lat ter to which the waters of Thomas Creek can also be easily diverted. Goose Valley to Get Water. It Is proposed to reclaim 50,000 acres In Goose l.ake Valley, and to that end the main canal. 33 miles In length and covering 35.000 acres. Is now practically completed. Owing to the steep rocky canyon of Drews Creek, about 2H miles of flume Is necesssry. and owing to the diffi culty In securing lumber,- that part of the work will probably not be com pleted before May I. The matn canal Is 20 feet wide on the bottom. 3S feet on top. permitting a depth of six feet of water and afford ing a carrying capacity of 330 second feet. The flume Is ISH feet wide and six feet deep, requiring over 2000 feet of lumber for each 16-foot panel, or 3, 000.000 feet for the entire flume. ' . Up to the present time there has been expended In Its construction over 400. 000, and the total estimated cost Is close to $1,150,000. This Includes the Drews Creek dam. which will cost $150,000, being- what-is termed a loose-rock dam, having a masonry toe with a plank fac lna; above the tunnel outlet. Work Is now progressing: on the dam. but It will not be completed In time to store the waters during- the Spring- freshets. The contract has been let and prep arations are now being- made to com mence work In the early rprlng- on the South Drews canal, which will be 15 miles In length and cover 15.000 acres. The contract for the construction of the many laterals has also been let, and the entire project will be completed by the end of 1911. All of the land to be reclaimed Is In private ownership, and Is mostly raw sagebrush land. It Is considered val uable for raising grain and alfalfa, and lands that have been cultivated here tofore have raised excellent crops In favorable seasons without artificial Ir rigation. Where irrigation has been practiced It was for the purpose of raising hay from native grasses, although In some Instances alfalfa has also been pro- duced. Alons the eastern shore of Goose Lake, where numerous small streams put down from the high hills, affording- a means of Irrigation, Jliere are mr.ny small orchards which produce abundantly each season, and the qual ity of the fruit ranks well with either the Hood River section or Rogue Itlver Valley. v All of the hardier vegetables, as well as melons and tomatoes, are also suc cessfully raised, and with the comple tion of the Lnkeview Irrigation & Pow ei Company's project, a remarkable de velopment of this section of the state Is confidently expected. pi. n I s M ar Prlaretoa Investigator Promised Wondrous Discoveries. PORTLAND. Jan. 7. To the Ed itor.) Professor Henry Jones Ford's visit to Oregon ought to be a pleasant and Instructive one. Here will be find not a few of his pupils of the Universal Class room where his writings are regarded as an authority. In July, 1909, one of the greatest editors of this or of any other state, declared that Mr. Ford's special article on "The Direct Primary" one of the most pow erful and conclusive pnpers yet written upon that subject. Suffice to say that the professor's forecast of the direct primary and other such legislation was not a happy one. How goes It with us then, since we are the great and only primary muck ers as well as the most exalted primi tive suckers? Well, we are too modest as a people to affirm or deny the transcendentalism of our boss.. In or der to be precise, when we say "boss' we don't mean a cow.- To save fur ther space we point with pride to the current Issue of the Saturday Evening Post. We are advanced politically, in dependently and progressively more than any other peoplo in the world hence we could do nought else but elect a United States Senator Who is a world beater, politically. Independently and progressively. "This Is no verbal souffle." Neither is It canned breeze, Consult the Congressional record under Aldrlch" and "Golf." But It Is our dirty, we apprehend, to encourage Professor Ford in the pur suit of our glory that he may dis tribute a few mustard seeds through the printed" word on neglected soil. In his Scribners article, now being devoured, the professor Is kindly cau tioned In employing Darwinism as a political theory, not to conclude hastily because a commonwealth may display all the external attributes of an ass, that Its Inhabitants must necessarily be but one removed from the monks. It does not follow because you can make a monkey of all the people some of the time and some of the people all all of the time, that even a monkey doesn't know, when his whiskers are scotched. Moreover;- who is this man Monte squieu, that the professor so frequent ly refers to In said article? Where did he come from and how did he vote on the tariff? Dr. U'Ren never told us anything about him. However, the professor should remember In Oregon that the people are the Legislature; this has been brawled into them by the administration or executive bunch; there must in this system be a separa tion of the two or the scheme loses both its beauty and effect. Here we have a division of the power, the peo ple are a power on the curbstone and the executive bunch Is a power In some back room. s But the professor must Investigate these things himself. .He will find that we have simplified elections by doubl- ng elections without disturbing busi ness or anything el&e and without cost; that we have kicked the bosses out of power and called our faction chiefs Into power; that the difference between Republican and - a. Democrat here abouts Is merely a matter of cheek; that party responsibility is soaked In a hock shop subject to the recall; that under the Initiative we can enact a law to extract rivet from barnyard refuse, which we have done; that we have reduced factional warfare to a science as harmonious and inspiring as a bevy of Tom cats In night session: we-have smashed the old and corrupt convention system and substituted for It two 'or three God-fearing and al truistic political leaders who do our nominating for us; we have cleaned out scandal and bribery In the election of United States Senators by turning the Legislature .Into an election .booth to make good pre-election pledges; every man who has a million dollars may . aspire, to be a United States Sen ator, and every man who hasn't Is an enemy of popular government and of the people. . ' Go spread the joyful news, professor. This Is a commonwealth whose brains, energy and capability are engaged in embracing unequalled opportunities and developing unrivalled resources. Present politics here Is a Joke. When It ceases to be a Joke, something will be started. J. H. M. The HIU o' Dreams. Hfltn Lanyon. in the Atlantic My srlefl for the days that's by an' doue. u nen i was a young sri. straignt an- tail. Comln alone at set o' sun. Lp the hlsh hill-road from Cuahendall. 1 thought the miles no hardship then. Nor the long road weary to the feet; For the thrushes sang In the deep green glen. An' the evenln' air was cool in' sweet. My head with many a thought was throng. And many a dream as I never told. My hearj would lift at a wee bird's song. Or at seeln' a whin bush crowned with gold. And alwas I'd look bark at the say. Or the turn o' the road shut out ths sight Of the long wava curhn Into the bay. An' breakln' In foam where the sands Is white. - I was married young on a dacent man. As many would call a prudent choice. . Bui he ne'ver could hear bow the river ran Slngln' a song In a changln' voice: Nor thought to see on the bay's blue wather A ship with yellow sails unfurled, Bearln' away, a king's young daughter Over the brim of ths heavln' world. The way seems weary now to my feet. An' miles bes many, an' dreams bes few; The evenln' air's not near so sweet, Th birds don't sing as they used to do. An- I'm that tired at the top o the hill That I haven't the heart to turn at all. To watch the curling breakers fill The wea round bay at Cushsndall. VENERABLE CHIEF OF QUINAULT INDIANS ABDICATES AUTHORITY For First Time in History of Tribe, So' Far as Known, This Ceremony Is Held Veteran Gives Simple Speech of ... Farewell, and His People Greet Tahola III. Tit.- .- BV A. C. GIRARD. HOQUJAM. Wash., Jan. 7, (Special.) After a successful reign of more than 40 years. Tahola JI, chief of t, oiitvinuit trlhn of Indians, today surrendered his authority to his son. Tahola III. who was acclaimed chief. with aoDrorirlate services at the small Indian hamlet of-Tahola, on the reser vation, a. Th Ouiniauit tribe Is oife of the largest on the r&cific Coast, number ing 639 persons, and is said to be the wealthiest in the Nation, as It owns a reservation worth many millions of dollars. ' s Never before In -the history of the tribe has a similar service been known. Never has a former chief abdicated -In favor of a son. Death in battle -or. in nti.a.i.nAo of t h HiiHpr of a leader has always been the cause of a vacancy In the leadership, except in this .instance. Old "age blindness ana general, oisa bllity which follows the life of a man who has lived his allotted three-score vears and ten. -are the -reasons for. the actions of Tahola II- rntintvinir st rAlis-loitR .meeting-of two weeks' duration, at which- the young Indian had foresworn nls evil ways, the day was set for -the abdication of the battle-scarred chief. At the appointed hour, he entered the grounds where the .services were to be held and, advancing .to. the circle, he raised his hand for attention. All be came still, as the 300 members of the tribe crowded near "to hear his farewell words. In his native tongue he ad dressed them:. "Today my son, Tahola, becomes your chief. Today-1 give up that authority. am growing old so old that i can hardly see. My strength Is falling. I cannot bend the bow or tnrow me pear, nor can I shoot the rifle, i can no longer man my canoe, nor can i follow the deer' and elk In the woods. You who have been witn me in uaum .nri in xnunMl. I must thank you. Our race has prospered. Soon ' I - will die and go to the Happy Hunting Grounds. My son Tahola will lead you he is brave and good. To you, I say goodby." Deliberately, he stepped from the center of the ring and without a word wended his way to his home.. No cheering followed the abdication of the aged chief, and no demonstra tion greeted the new chief. All were i n-i. v. inorli- lnvH their art. li. ihcj " leader, and why shouldn't they? Had e not led them rorin in omuc ; Had he ever failed to look after their i . . u.A k. n v HonA nthprwISA (TttL.-- . nttu - - - ...... - than rule for tha benefit of his tribe? All knew nim as a lanmui uinHAr hn n n v member of his tribe. yet cruel and determined when fate willed that some , punisnm-iii. iuuv c meted out to an enemy or a captured member of a rival tribe. All natives went to tneir nomes ex cept the younger generation. mey were companions of the new chief and t-.i.. . i . nno-vatiilntri him. one b v one Joining the crowd which gathered to shake the nana oi me "cw One thing was nottceame in mo uu- tlons or tne oiaer oijmwco . -t their failure to accept the new chief ,tfV25"n trrh I 11 &gCZMce:&; '11 VW'HAsw- ' ? 5.w -l i 1 : y " ; 4wTrv , f J- K i - 'ak .. IF -u II INJ j I I I 1 1 I sWTsT I II AV If r: I I I at first, but as the evening wore on, I they silently, entered, h(s home.and ex tended' their best wishes So before the next day dawns, Tahola HI will be accepted as chief by the big tribe, because it is so decreed In the laws that a chief is born to rule, hav ing been endowed with certain powers not given to every native. Tahola III was born on the Quinlault reservation more than 43 years ago, as near as can be determined. Tahola's father had Just been made chief but a few years. Tahola I having been killed in a battle. Just how old the -old chief is is problematical, but settlers say he is between the 'ages of 70 and 90. His mother, who died two years - ago, at tained the age of 102 years, according to the best Information obtained. Tahola HI married when a young man and has three children living. Jack, aged 23, Hannah, aged 16, and Brombo, aged 12.. Jack, whose tribal name will be Tahola, is next In line for chief should anything happen to his father. . . . . Tahola III . is one . of . the . brightest members of the Quinlault tribe. He has had some schooling, but most of his knowledge lias been secured In his dealings with the white race.. For sev eral vears he has practically been at the head of the tribe, as his father has relied upon his Judgment In many mat ters. - .j During 1907, the elder Tahola, ac companied by his - son,' made a trip to Washington, 'D. C, to see the great White Father, Theodore .Hoosevelt. Tahola's people " had a grievance and they elected father and son to go to the seat of government to secure relief. F. R. Archer, in charge of allotting the Quinlault Indian reservation, had refused to give the Indians the lands they desired, and trouble arose. The natives wanted the right to select whatever land they desired,, while Archer, in carrying out Instructions, gave theo 40 acres of agricultural and 40 acres of timber lands. The Indians had been coached by certain white men to get timber, which they could sell in a certain time, and this started the trouble. Another mat ter which the tribesmen were anxious to have taken up was the elimination of the ruling compelling Indians to hold their land 25 years before they could dispose of it. The old chief contended that men be yond a certain age in life could not outlive the law and In consequence derived no benefit from the allotment1. The party was received by the Presi dent, who listened to their story and then referred them to the Department of the Interior. They returned In a few weeks, falling In their mission but satisfied with the trip - East and the treatment accorded them. Chief Toha la Informed his tribesmen that Roose velt was, "Hi-yu Tyee, Hyas Boston Man." Tahola II haB all the attributes of an Indian. Crafty, skilled In the ways of the redskin, he Is a wonderful char acter. Like ail members oi nis triDe he is somewhat childish at times, but as a man he is destined to make a great ruler. He is gifted with wonderful busi il I IIWM li 1111 I I 1 11111 1 1111111 " I SMMMT ness ability, earning a great deal of money, which he saves. He has ac quired Beveral pieces of fishing ground on the Quinlault River, which net him annually from $2500 to $4000. He Is trying to secure more grounds and has even placed nets in the surf, taking the fish from them at high water, making the trip In a canoe. He is a good shot and has earned fame as a hunter. Standing six feet tall, he commands attention for his ex cellent physique. His shoulders are broad, and as an athlete he has carried off many honors. Canoeing and hunting are the pas times of the natives, and Tahola hag no peer In either branch. When in need of meat and the spirit moves him, he takes his rifle, casts off his canoe, and starts up river. He may be gone a few hours and his trip may extend into days, but when he returns he brings home the game, and either deer or elk meat, and sometimes both, are a relish at the chief's home for days after.- There is no salary attached to th high position he holds. All he gets li glory. In olden days, the chief was only too anxious to take up the spear or bow and arrow and lead his bravei ' to battle but In these civilized days, I Tahola's greatest work will be com bating the evils civilization has nrougnt to tempt his race. Christmas Day of lost year marked an epoch in Quinlault history, when the new chief foreswore his evil ways and took the oath to become a better man. For sometime he has been work ing hard to live a good life. Last Fourth of July, when Tahola' people came to this city to celebrate, their chief went to the Chief of Police and asked for a star, that he might ba given power to care for his people. In former years, he had led the drunken orgies enacted in the tented city on the outskirts of the municipality. The request was granted and so well did the chief care for his people not even a single case of drunkenness was reported. Throughout the three days' celebration the members of the Quinl ault tribe participated in the water events and nothing occurred to cast any reflection on them. Finding his Influence so great w'th his tribespeople Tahola next decided to Join the Shaker church. The word was sent out and with view of securing the membership and conversion of so great a personage, more than 75 members of various tribes throughout the state of fered their services, which were, ac cepted. Beginning one week before Christ mas the services were begun and were completed on New Year's day, with more than 100 converts. As the "devil dance" progressed. Ta hola, surrounded by a score of chantlna tribesmen, slowly felt the grip of the evil one leaving him. Forxseveral days he danced with them for hours at a time. On Christmas Day he felt the new faith taking possession of him and he so announced this to the visiting brethren. Then began the dance which lasted many hours. Tahola final ly falling from sheer exhaustion. It had taken several relays of dancers and (Concluded on Page S.) A