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AKBtlKW, KMiV. I'KH. l. 1901.
SnhscrlWm to The Fiamlnor who tfmotf
Inun ore- loonllt y to amulirr. ur criMi
hrir twMrt1iv adiln-ssi nh.iuM reiiiomtHT to
4mp this ortire a rrJ no their paper can be a.t
raaed to tlio nlil poatoltlce.
HONEST WILLIAHSON.
Tlie Salem correspondent to the Ore
fonian Bays of Senator J. N. William
son: "Senator Williamson's clear,
strong voice assures hi in clow attention
from the time he addresses the chair,
and he never fails to keep his audience
listening. There is a tone of rugjjed
honesty about the sheepman from Crook
that makes him a pleasant speaker in
very respect. No one ever suspects
him of talking against his convictions or
f having an ulterior motive. He is
ipecteil to prove a leader in the Senate
when that body gets down to the care
ful consideration of nee-led legislation."
Senator Williamson represents Lake,
Klamath, Crook and Wasco in the Ore
gon Legislature.
William Death, who, with two com
fanions was found guilty of the murder
f Jennie Boschieter near Patterson,
ti. J., hist October, w ill not meet the
ate his grew some name indicates,
though he may richly deserve it. He
nd Andrew Campbell and Walter Mc
Allister were each sentenced to thirty
jears imprisonment at hard labor,
vhicb may appear worse than death to
them, as they will be compelled to
turn out of the avenue of fashionable
society from whence they came, and of
which they were the petted members
mntil they brutally assaulted, and then
aiurdered poor Jennie Boschieter in an
effort to hide their crime. To make
their black lives more miserable it is to
he hoped that the spirit of the poor girl
may haunt them to their dying day.
An occasional ray of sunshine pene
trates even into the dark recesses of the
convict cell. It is said that "Bad.er"
Moore, husband of pretty Fayne Stra
aan Moore who, in turn is the daugh
ter of the late Chief Justice Strahan of
Oregon has fallen heir to tl2.),000, and ,
with the money will make an effort to '
discard his convict stripes at Sing Sing. I
When "Badger" M'ore put on stripes J
lis lieautiful wife Fayne put on tights, I
and is dancing in Ixmdon with the '
'iaiety girls.
Jfow that the Queen i" dead, the
(rieiids of Mrs. Mybrkk, who lias
served ten years of a life sentence in an
English prison for the alleged murder of
fcer husband, w ill make renewed efforts
k secure her pardon. Thev had aban
doned all hope for pardon din ing the life
time of Victoria, but it is said Kin I'M
arX'TiuTtls ijoite different views from his
mother in that celebrated case. There
re millions of people who believe Mrs.
Maybrick is innocent of the crime and
Ld unjustly punished.
ifrs. Nation continues to smash the
iAtctior of saloons in Kansas. This
wild woman is doing great -nj iry to the
sau.-.e of Temperance. However, her
aclions, will only lead to one result if
she continues her malicious practice
lite will be killed. She should go to the
root of the evil to eradicate it smash
tlut offices of the authorities who allow
the saloon men to conduct their business.
The latter are not to blame so long as
the authorities privilege them to sell
iiipiors.
Flit hiie fiends who brutally mur
.iered an old negro ami his little daugh
tw, shot the old man's eldest daughter
d then captured a lH-year old girl and
utraged her, near Areola, La., on Feb
tuary 1st, should be tied to a stake and
seriied. There should be no trial, and
the proceeding should be followed out
jmt the same as if it were negro fiends
bleador white ones. "What is sauce
fcu the goose is sauce for the gander."
Rival
Lines
Portland at Last Opens
Her Eye to a Proposi
tion that Wideawake
'Frisco Has Profited by
for Many Years.
It would appear that railroad favors
are to be thrust upon the great inland
empire of Southeastern Oregon. Just
now there is a great tight on between
rival lines for footing in I.ake county, if
credence is to be placed in the following
article from the Morning Oregoniun:
San Francisco's efforts to get the trade
of Kastern Oregon are said to lie at the
bottom of the troubles of the Columbia
Southern Railroad. The Columbia
Southern is projected through the state
to Klamath Falls ami Lakeview. This
would oH'n that country to Portland
inert hants and bring its trade this way.
The Nevada California-Oregou Railway,
a narrow-gauge line that extends north
westward from Heno, Nev., to Termo,
Cab, a distance of I'M miles, is also aim
ing for the same territory, its right-of-way
agents being now in the tield in the
vicinity of Silver Lake, Lake county, on
the way to Prtneville. The building of
this road would mean the draining of
that vast region to San Francisco,
through Heno Junction, on the Central
Pacific. The Columbia Southern has
the best start for that field, and it is tl a
game of the San Francisco interests to
block it with litigation until the other
line shall get command of the situation.
This purpose of interests adverse to
Portland and Oregon is believed to have
been revealed by the suit brought last
week in the United States Court hereby
Charles Altschul and Thomas I). Kam
baut against the Columbia Southern,
asking that a receiver be appointed to
take charge of the affairs of the company.
Their ground for this action is that they
are stockholders in the company, and
they deem the course of the present
management of the corporation to le
prejudicial to their interests.
Altschul's home is in San Francisco.
He ow ns a!out 4o0,0)0 acres of land in
Oregon tin., could not but te immensely
benefited by the building of any rail
road to it. The Columbia Southern is
yet 50 miles away from Prineville. but
it has a route surveyed through that
town to the southern Imrder of the state.
How the building of the Columbia
Southern, or any other railroad, to
Prineville could injure Altschul's land
grant is hard to understand. It is said
that he is interested in the Nevada-California-Oregon
road, w hich would ex
plain his attitude. Any railroad would
benefit him greatly, hut his own line,
that would open up and handle a large
volume of trade for his ow n town, would
Ihs his preference, and his purjiose would
fe served by delaying the progress of
the Columbia Southern until his own
road should be securely in the field.
This is the explanation given by men
w ho lay claim to inside information of
the situation. Success of the Columbia
Southern would mean bringing a large
area of Ka-tern Oregon into close touch
with Portland; its embarrassment would
mean the draining of that region to San
Francisco, The business relations of
Lake and Klamath counties are already
largely with San Francisco, because
theii most convenient roads to market
lead that way. Termo is 100 miles
southerly from Lakeview.
The people of Kastern Oregon desire
an outlet to Portland and are friendly
to the Columbia Southern. Like uny
other people similarly situated, they
will patronize a California railroad if
they must. It means much to Oregon
to have trade relations between its own
people.
The great central plateau of Oregon
offers an attractive lield for railroads
and other business enterprises. No
other region of equal area and resources
is so lacking in transportation facilities.
The plans of the Nevada-California-Oregon
company are said to include a
branch line to Bums, there to connect
with that other narrow-gauge road, the
Sumpter Valley, that is now building in
that direction. The Columbia Southern
has similar plans. The success the San
Francisco merchants have had in reach
ing back from Ogden on the fi egon
Short Line for trade that was formerly
handled by Portland gives special sig
nificance to this new move to control
the commerce of a large part of the
state. The question that is very soon to
to be decided is whether the channel
that shall convey the commerce of half
of Oregon will open toward Portland or
tow ard Kan Francisco. The local disa
greements in the company are said to be
wa.)aw
SUCCESS
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Combination Suits
H We still have a limited number of Ladies, Misses J
P and children's Combination Suits which will be $
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Hi Ci ROTHE & CD ii THE LEADING MERCHANTS OF LAKE COUNTY. gj
merely the opportunity which the out
siders take to block Portland's enter
prise. Portland business men have no one
but themselves to blame because San
Francisco gets all the trade of F.astem
and Southeastern Oregon. Portland's
business men have never interested
themselves in the trade of this section,
or the welfare of the jieople here. If
the railroad from the north gets into
this territory first its managers, backed
by Portland, will have to move ijui.kly,
for the N. C. O. line, under the new
management, isw)Ctivein the extreme.
Strikes 'Em Hard.
Adin Creamery butler is now being
used in Surprise Valley. How does
that strike you, neigh Isir? Why im
port that which should lie our chief ex
port. Cedarville Kecord.
The stock raisers of thin county seem
to have been very successful in caring
for stock, notwithstanding the heavy
snow storm of New Year's, says the
Vreka Journal. Several hundred head
of cattle, sheep and horses were caught
out in the severe storm coming on so
unexpectedly, but by energetic efforts,
feed was taken to them in some instanc
es and trails were broken to get them to
the. bams. In many localities, the snow
remained but a short time, especially in
the valleys and mountain sections,
where there are no forests to prevent
the sun melting off the snow.
The effects of the if rent snow storm on
New Year's night and the two days suc
ceeding, still remains in great quantity
on our streets and the surrounding
country, a period of six weeks next
Tuesday, which is longer than snow has
ever remained in this county, except on
the mountains. In 1HIM), the previous
heavy snow w inter, the enow went off
with a rush about the fir of February,
and it may soon get a move on, lo cause
great damage if going too lively under
influence of a warm rain. Yreka Journ
al. '
At The Hague, February 7th, the civil
ceremony of the marriage of Queen
Wilhelmina to Duke Henry of Meckleii-burg-Schwerin
was celebrated. On the
occasion of her marriage the Queen has
pardoned 1ur lightened the sentences of
!W1 prisoners.
The Pitt Kiver Indians will not be re
moved to the Klamath reservation. I
The Washington ofllce advises that they
remain where their ancestors lived, and
more loarding schools are not expedient.
The War Revenue Bill has been
passed by Cdngress. This is a bill to
reduce the revenue put on during the
Spanish war.
The dispatches report a heavy snow
fall in Kansas. Nothing remarkable
at i i hat. Is it not the home of Carrie
1). Nation?
Hay for Sale.
I have about one hundred and fifty
tons of hay for sale at five dollars per
ton at my ranch near Goos Creek, Modoc
county. 5-4 t J Permit Quikk.
Warm
Winter
Wear...
This frosty weather is an inspiration
to investment in new alxl heavier clothing.
Let our inducements inspire you to invest
in (i(M)I) Underwear, etc. the nicely
niade, lon-wcarin,' kind, whieh we sell to
the exclusion of all shoddy grades.
Heavy underwear, Sweaters and Sox
are seasonable, for February is here. If
there's a want, in this line that wo cannot
satisfy, wo art; ignorant of the fact.
Cambers Hair Underwear,
very warm, per suit $1.00
Wool Sweaters, each $L00
Good wool Socks, per pair 25c
W Thru Sockt we kde bets wiling lor 31c
And remember that the jiriee of these
oods at our store indicates a direct saving
to you nowhere else will you find their
ecjual for tut! same money.
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