LAKE CO. EXAMINER.
VOL. XXI LAKE VIEW, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 4, 1900. NO. 39
THE OREGON MIDLAND
Will Send Branch Lines Through
Lake, Crook, Harney and Mal
heur Counties.
President George T. Baldwin Confirms Report
of Its Early Construction.
A Klamath Falls dis patch, dated Sept.
L'.'M, has the following to say regarding
the construction of the Oregon Midland
Kail road
"George T. Baldwin, President of the
Oregon Midland Bailroad, haw returned
from an extended tour of Oregon and
California. He state freely that his
mission was to arrange for the inaugur
ation of construction work on this new
Oregon-California railway. He con linns
the recent report of a deal with Coggins
Bros.' sawmill at Igerna, Cal., to fur
uish 75,000 tics, or a sufficient number
to construct the road from its initial
joint, at Klamathon, Cal., to the edge
of the timU-r belt, in Oregon. This
point gained, it is the purpose of the
company to procure ties by contract
from local owner? of wooded tracts, and,
ai far as possible, to employ the rei
dentsof this section in getting out the
timber required to complete the road
to its terminal oint at Klamath Tails.
It is well known, however, that local
labor is largely employed at good wages
and foreign tie contractors have arrived
within the past few days to make a
'quiet' cruise of the timber ahng the
survey of the propped road. Camps
have leen located at several points by
small parties, and temporary piar eis
established, with a view to an extensive
examination of the forests and lay of
the country. One of these camp is
near the dam on Klamath River, ten,
miles -vest of Keno, in Klamath county
and settlers have been engaged to show
the contractors about the country.
" In going from Klamath Falls to
Ashland, the limber lelt commences at
Keno, twelve miles from this place, and
then for twenty-seven miles there is a
heavy growth of stately pines suitable
for the manufacture of lumber of any
kind. Sugar pines, live to eiglt feet in
diameter, straight as an arrow and of
great height, aie upon every hand.
While thousands of acres of this timber
tract have been secured by Eastern capi
talists and will bo held for speculation,
vet home of the best lands along the
line ate owned by local settlers, and
will lc sold at reasonable prices.
"With the construction of this road,
Klamath Falls w ill become the gateway
to a large scope of Southern and Middle
Oregon, whose present channel of trade
lies in a southerly direction and out of
the etate. This road, or branch lines
that are sure to follow, will cover Lake,
Crook, Harney and Malheur counties,
and assist in the development of their
wonderful resources, at the same time
directing trade to Portland and other
Oregon towns, which they are well en
titled, but on account of inadequate
transportation facilities do not receive."
Mr. and Mrs. A. Amick and daughter
Eva were up from New Pine Creek this
week visiting friends.
'PROVISO' CONTRACTS
Contracts Stand Provided McKin
ley is Elected" "Null and Void
if Bryan is Elected."
Distrust of Bryan Does Not Only Exist in the
fiait; Ample Evidence Here at Home.
It is announced that the clause, ''void
if Bryan is elected,", is getting into con
tracts now as the "payable in gold"
clause did four ears ago. A contract
recently entered into between the New
Haven Carriage Company and the .J.
Curley Company of Brooklyn specifies
that the former is to furnish the latter
with a certain number of carriages at a
certain price until October 15, I'JUl,
provided McKinley is re-elected. With
the contract was the following letter
from the treasurer of the carriage com
pany : "We inclose herein agreements
signed. You will notice that we have
made indorsement at the bottom. Will
you please indorse this yourself? It is
jupt as good policy for vou to indorse it
a it is for us. For we do not wish to be
hound down by anything in case of such
adverse circumstances as would occur in
event of Bryan's election." The in
dorsement runs: "Thi agreement to
U null and void in case William J.
Bryan is elected President of tfie United
Stales in November, BKX)." Other large
concerns are ii;dr.-ii;g large contracts
in this way, their managers well know
ing that a loinr season of business de-pre-sicn
won'd follow t' e election of
Bryan A laruf Philadelphia dry goods
house, in placing orders abroad, insists
that contracts be indorsed similaily.
Nor does this "provided McKinley is
elected" exist only in the East. Right
hereat home we have the ameevidence
of distrust in case of Bryan's success.
Mr. J. Burrus, of the firm of Field &
Burrusjhas assurances from many ranch
ers of Lake county that incase McKinley
is re-elected to the presidency they will
invest in wagons or buggies through the
agency of his firm, but they will not
invest until they know the result of the
election. C. E. Sherlock is driving a
large band of sheep toward the railroad,
making his drives so as to reach Mon
tague on the railroad after the result of
the election is known. Ask Mr. Slier
lock why he is doing this, and he will
tell you that he has the utmost faith in
the re-election of McKinley, and is as
sured of better prices after election than
he could possibly get now were he to
sell under the uncertainty of the politi
cal contest in November. "Provided
McKinley is elected" crops out in nearly
every business contract at the present
day.
Geo. II. Ayres & Co. last week pur
chased a very hadsome National cash
register, costing $350. Post & King,
and Whorton & Fitzpatrick also pur
chased smaller ones. Ahlstrom Bros, of
The Monogram, have ordered one of the
same kind Geo. II. Ayres & Co. pur
chased. Fred Ahlstrom, Jr., Lem Heryfordand
Andrew Hammersley started last week
for a ten-day hunt for antelope in the
eastern part of the county.
LAKEVIEW BUILDINGS
The New Three Story Brick Hotel
Owned by Lane, Miller & Dewey
is an Imposing Structure.
The Town Substantially Builded With Brick
Since the Fire of May 22, I900.
E. J. Armstrong,, the contractor, has
completed the brick work on the three
story Lakeview Hotel building, and to
say the least, it is a handsome edilice
and the work has been done in first
class syle. This building is by far the
most imposing one in Lakeview, and
will be pointed to with pride by our
townspeople. It is certainly a credit to
a town ot Lakeview's proportions and
will stand as a monument to the enter
prise of three of Lakeview's business
men Messrs. Lane, Miller and Dewey.
We venture the assertion that no finer
building can be found in Eastern or
Southeastern Oregon. Less than five
months ago the business portion of
likeview. including "Water and Main
streets, was composed almost entirely of
wooden structures in the entire town
only four bricks were standing. To-day
it is reversed and there are filteen brick
buildings already completed and three
other tine ones in course of construction.
In the spring several other brick building"-
will be erected, so, as a matter of
fact, the uiiire business portion of the
town will ie built of brick. The new
frame buildings erected since the lire,
some of them wry fine ones, will Le
covered with compressed iron, repre
senting brick or stone, and wili make a
very tine appearance.
Contractor Armstrong has already
completed and has in course of const ruc
tion eight brick buildings. Hart &
Stickle have completed five bricks and
will soon finish the sixth. Contractor
Childers has completed two.
Doubtless before the fall of 1901
handsome brick structures will b! erect
ed on the splendid lots on Main street,
where irame buildings stood before the
fire. The I. O. O. F. lot is a valuable
one, as is also the two lots where the
brewery stood. The large corner lot
where the Cottage Hotel stood, now
owned by Mrs C. A. Knox, is also a
fine piece of property and will no doubt
be built on in the spring. The corner
lot, opposite J. S. Field's brick on Main
street, is also a very valuable piece
of property, owned by J. M. Innes.
Undoubtedly ail three locations will be
utilized next spring for home business or
other. The valuable corner lot on
Water street, upon which stood the
Hopkins House, is owned by A. McCal
len. A temporary building for Huff's
butcher shop is now being erected there,
but in the spring no doubt one of the
finest brick structures in the tow n will be
built thereon. Lakeview is certainly a
tenfold more substantial town to-day than
it was five months ago, and there seems
to be no falling off in the spirit of en
terprise. It will be still better a year
from now.
J. Frankl returned last week from San
Francisco where hn has been visiting his
family for the past two months.