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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1901)
1 LkH C( UNlY LXAMlNliR : KaU.VI.AV.ORI (ION. JUNE 27. 101. Puhllthul f.vtry TharwUjr UEACH & M'QARRHY Monlc ".uUdlng TERMS: i One Year, SW Months. . . (Thre Months, large sum h n it mil I y for its and l!u (Mate's leiietit. Yet hundreds nf thousands of miy rntory sheo'i pour in tlmt county In the miiiinn'r from Idaho, Nevada and I eNcw here, and tit Itrly ilevastaio the ! range ainl ret be in tlu l:it (nil, without ! t'oiil rilxit i t'tl one iillr to I la county i tit x (mill; bet, on thr contrary, lessen Km $2.00 I nil 50 tax-roll hv rutting in two the iiinonnt of ! rattle and sheep it residents could curry and pay tuxes ! if the migratory sheep hands were kept out, although thai I county ha mnp:e range hii I feed for nil the M.x'k it couhl own xud winter. In I these ess it i not a Irve range, lerausc the rat t It w ill not grate w here sheep are, and the herder mill Ins dog rcadi: ! drive tliem olf if they attempt it. The 1 ... (., -..,1,. i i... ii... it .,. ... I IVpartiuent show jul w hat such a state ' of nil airs lf:i4 one to ex t that the ; rattle are rupi llv dei-icasiug in tin- trans ! Missouri Male", and territories. I or in stance, in Wyoming in the lat h year .over "it per rent; in other localities, till 1 jwr rent, nd in some places ev-n more ; ' hence the price of Uvl is constant Iv ad- 1 vancing, ami has now re.irheil a int Refreshing News That Big Corpora- ; thM , u. ,..., ni,Ul,, u ,,lx. tiuns Pay Their Full Quota of j nry to the rominon people. Taxation to Maintain County j mivii iuooimiki now. llkviiin, -.-.,. Jl'StC 7. IM). LOOKS GOOD TO MR. LUSK Gives Mis Reasons Why Leasing of the Public Lands Would be Beneficial. A LONG "PIPE DREAM" w !: hnvcmniiy new customers each seasttn coming to out estihlishtncnt who tell us they ill way s understood th.it we handle! utmlity id ' eiistoniers is not tnatle hy my tut- cscellcticc of everv article 111 out v ii'i'iiipis. 'I'liis triers to our ,()( .s. Otir reputation w ticular line of voods we liae, hut hy the genera ..,. ll' 'ii !. tniu hih'c we carry rood otiaht t . .1 il ..' ll.- t wi- . llll.'llllv apcr rooiis in ;st ttic same ocrire us u un'-i " . . on lei in u our oo,ls we .nive just ;s j:irt ieuhir ;K tent ion to t he ltir.ihihty, che, tin 1 lit ot the low firneil isoi t nit nt is iii;iuil- A' 1 11 a I s ,s v ihl cotilineil to the lor and State Governments. F. C I.uck. president of the Amerirun Vat tie Orowers' AssiH'iiition, and also president of the Frvnrh (ileiin Cattle and I-ui l Company of Ilaney county, 'telU in the Ore;onian why lie is in favor ofuhiilthat will Ik presented to Con gress lor leasing the puhlir domain. 'The Kxatniner has fir a loiitt time In -en anx'otis t learn just uxni what grounds the millionaire i attle harons h ilt their hopes for the pn-a:e of this art. and what their argument in favor of the leasing proposition really is. We here with tfive Mr. I.usk's argument on the proposition, ar.d welru-tthat after read in.: it, ? Hue of the stockmen of Lake County will :ive their view son the other side of the question. A column will al ways he oen in The F.xaminer f.r the Argument of this question pro and con. It appears to us that this leasing propo eitioii would Ik a very had tiling for Lake county, and at least one argument -against it is the fart that watering tlares on the ranges of this county during the pumiiK-r time are few and far lietween, and the man who Could first get the o portunitv to lease the ground upon where a spring is located, be he a large or small ftockman, could practically con- trnl th.it ranlT" for miles and miles. Mr. "Puhlic upinion is largely formed hy those directly interested. In the conven tion at Fort Worth, in January, 1'JvH), of the National Livestock Association, a body composed of the owners of all kind-, of 8tork, sheep predominating, a resolu tion favoring land-leasi ,g was passed. A ! bill providing for it was introduced i.i I "Another reason of gtcal iiupoi tanre ' t 'T such a law is that the ranees an now 'open bat'le fields between sheep and ! cattlemen, and also between sheepmen 'themselves. In these battles hist year (the homicides were numerous. Theie . have been many this year, three in one tiktlit a short tune ago. tine here can have no idea of the intensity o( this I rig on the rai L'es of Wyoim ng, Colorado. , l"t.lh, .New Mexico and other slates In many localities small cattlemen see their homes and ranches ol years' standing invaded by the vast b.unls of migratoiy shee'.i, and they have organized and es tabh-hed dead lines, and are guar ling ' them t'nl.iy withntles; bill the heep ; men come to the edge, hesitate perhaps .a time, and then say: 'We have the le gal right to cross jour sheep have eaten it clean behind us. an 1 we must cross.' 1 And they do. Then rot ies hkvo.shed, ! homicide ami the law openly violated. I F.ach side shoots as well as the other. It is obvious this cannot go on iu a civil- Ue'l country, ami nothing can stop il but a lease hohl law. WoKKS WKI.L ElMKWIIKUK. "We are frequently asked if it will not W dilliitilt to frame and administer such a law in a manner that will do justice to all. I'.y no means, t-tich lawn exist in ' .ustralj a,ndxTexas witji satisfaction to lands. Both j'lriwdictlotiH found them selves con fronted with the same dilirulty we are now in, and adopted the only remedy a wise lease law. In each place the -t'Hjk business is now on a perma nent basis. Kach stockman knows how many sheep or rattle he ran carry with- suhst.intinl ut:iue ;iml the superior tju;i to tin- iiniliiitn ntiil hctter urnlcs. hut out nicdiiitn nnil la tter irmles. The strength of Our lines is ;ii:itriil when you look :it out Vivmo anil Stnnuicr we venture to .issett tlt.it there is nut ' i .- the country th.it is cuitnl to ours in its wotnlcrtul variety, in ;s i;ie:it t.ine ot trice, in its particular style of everything that w e show . W'c solicit the husinos of the people nf Southeastern Oregon atnl can teailily convince than that we are the hest house to trade with in this entire region. stock, ami mother stock ol roods BAILEY & MASSING ILL o'it iuiurini his b-ase-hold. Vnthii.o Congress that winter, and the subject at I C1M ill(i,1(. t.ith).r Texas or Australia to once became a general theme of discus- j al,rgitfe itf, ,.aMlf aWH and throw open its ion. Public opiuon in the arid land I ,.,, t tlie ,,, Cl)n,,iti()n ( (vernt(M.k. mum mostly atfected appeared adverse, j iug (,,nse.,uent destruction, and rontin This wan caused by the owners of the in- ' U!1 bat t le and violation ,.f 1- "The law will Is; for all, sheepmen as numerable band of migratory sheep, who naturally oppose it, and by the small -cattlemen, who, not understanding the proposed measure, feared that they would be frozen out by large cattle or heepnien monopolizing the leases. But in the past year and a half events have followed so rapidly on the ranges, and the facts beiiame known, that public .opinion has changer! with great rapidity on the subject. In Colorado, for instance, ithe cliauge in almost absolute. The cause of thin thange will be perceived by the .answer to the questions you ask as the .reasons for the law, and a general know ledge of its proposed features. "Growing of cattle on thf ranges of the .arid states is the pioneer industry, com menced and brought to a high state of perfection many years Jiefore sheep were there at all. Vost of the older cattle men 1'rnght -he Indians in starting their lant, The company I represent in Har ney county, in this state, lost all of its buildings, much ot its stock and the lives ! if Home of its employes iu the Indian outbreak in J&78. There is no such thing as migratory rattleuien. The nature of the business prohibits it. Tfcey must have a fixed habitation, a ranch, a land plant, with fences, buildings, hay fields and means to protect and care for the cattle in winter. These have Iteen the growth of 30 years or more, and vary all the way from the ranch worth 15000 up to the investment of $1,000,000 on every dollar of which and all their cuttle, full txes are paid to the local county. They now find everywhere that countle-s mi gratory hands of sheep, a majority in the hands of I5asques ami Portuguese, w ho are not citizens, and pay no taxes to the local county, and have no ranch or land ed headquarters anywhere, swarm all over their ranges, up to their fence lines, and not only drive and run their cattle out, but are also utterly destroying lor nil time the feed on the range. "To illustrate, our company pay into fiw treasury ol Harney county fery well as cattlemen. Many sheepmen favor it, and are just as anxious for its pas- ge as cattlemen. This is especially so of the sheepmen who have a fixed habita tion, a ranch where they cut hay and rare for sheep in the winter. Iam in receipt of daily communications from such men, who tell me that while they know they can't join the American Cattle-Growers' Association, they favor such a law and want to aid in its passage in every man ner possihie. lti whole stittiation was adequately summed tip a few weeks ago by one of the most prominent sheep men in Wyoming, who said that he real ized that the time had now come that every one who owned sheep or cattle on the public range must have the ability to control a definite portion of it by lease. "A vital feature of the law will be pro tection hy perference right to lease to actual residents and owners in a county ; this to cut off all possibility of foreign syndicates coining into a county and rent ing the land away from the local resi dent stockmen. The bill will be fully safeguarded against any such star-routing. Another equally important feature will lie the prohibition against leases be ing put upat auction. Many small stock men have been justly and naturally frightened by the suggestion that the leases would he put up to highest bidder, and wealthy corporations thus secure them all. The auction feature will he prohibited and a fixed reasonable rent established. The most important feat ure that the proposed law will contain will be a provision adequately protect ing tlie small stockowner, and assuring his ri(ht to a full proportionate share of the ranges in Jus respective county. This must and will be plain and emphat ic. No bill will ever past the Congress of the United States that does not contain the three principal features above nam ed in unequivocal language. It is thought by those best informed on the subject that when a bill is framed fully protect-1 ing 'he small stockmen as against his larger hci.hhor, giving the s-rference to the actual stm kgrower iu each county, and prohibiting any an- lion nf lea-i s, and it is generally circulated, that all opposition to the measure will vanish from the stis'k "untitle, exi-ept (rolu the ow ners of ni'gra'ory sheep bands "It is wisely promised that the bill shall require the Federal Government to donate to each state the rentals riveived in it to Is used for works to prim ote ir rigation bv storage o Hood w aters. This question is one of supreme importance to ci'i'KJitate having arid lands. Careful yearly used at f lO.Otai.tMIO. It will U re membered that a the lust session the I great river and liHrlsir bill, carrying an j appropriation of fii:i,Oi0.(HKI, was defeat : ed by an arid laud state Senator because I the Fast would not consent to include a paltry f4mi,iNNi (lir promoi ing irrigation I in the arid states. With such a bill as we propone, the Fast will le relieved ! from that burden. Minnie sums for this great work will be provided, and hand in hand will go the preservation ainl im provement of the ranges, w ith the stor age of the Hood waters for constantly in creasing irrigation." "But the controlling reason for the passage of this law is that the range, with its capauity to furnish meat f.d for the country, is being rapidly destroy ed. This destruction has advanced dor. iug the past two years with lightning rapidity. Already there are large dis tricts in Nevada, I'tah and Wyoming w here the destruction is an accomplihed fart, and nothing grazes where large (locks of sheep and hands of cattle onre fattened. The immense increase of the migratory sheep in the past few years brought the question to a focus. The et . .... I en m ot iiestroying the feed on the arid ranges, including as it da:s all the wil lows and small brush on the little moun tain streams, is not only to ruin them, but the meadows in the valleys below, which are practically all in private ownership. The snow ceases to lie in the hrush and come down gradually, feeding the meadows until having but NI:W PIM: CRI-I-K Jk Is rapidly lording uIh-ikI ihi'1 " Foiled and Ainirk. lb.- Men-knits O are trotting along ut the In a, & "f the procession. fc A PIM: NI;W STOCK lias already been received ainl tin. r A new iimhIs nri' arriving- ut cur More nil tlm time AMONG OTIIHR THINGS . '- U.... uver vl IiIIil'-'b'sirot!" iir th (Jrori ry Line. A special line (,f dents Fancy Hurts. An elennnt line of 'innlies, ( 'igurs iiinl Tobnrms. Watch & for our lrv ilooils hicplav. j POI.1.HTT (c AMICK PELTON WATER WH EEL .' ' Tin ! i r ) I- known the world over us iiffoidu.g the most simple, re liable ami ecoiiomiciil swer for all purposes. Ten Thousand WhccU Now iV-innlng; Filling everv condition of set ice in the inot eilicient and satisfactory way. rilcttrlc Power Trnnsmislon l'Fl.TON WHFF.I.K are the r guized standard for os-rt mg Generators, and are running the majority of stations of this character in all parts of the world. Water Pipe and Transmission Machinery And all appliances connected with a is.wer plant, snppl.ed on tin terms. Shipments made from San Francisco or New York ...uf I.,,,..-.. 1. 1.. . . i J nl o.".noi.- ir.-igiu raies. i atalogues. Imiu IS ! or Sumo.). I I .... cation. A id In. us .,;.. I;.; i ' '" I'l" THE PELTON WATER WHEEL COMPANY, ! ino-i reasonable as may allonl the 17 n. 5l..5.n rranclcn.Cal..lJ.5.A- 4j l.llerly Si ,Ncw V.k. N V.. U.S.A. then the meadow dries and wastes. The . ' -V W'ri'fWM-' ' water in times of flood rains, instead of "X -'Ajfy, '4X passing over the sod that the natural ''J-V, Krasses made on the hills, without n- f; s '')'' ""j moving the soil finding the sod gone, : tJ3A tears up the earth and semis it down on : Hereford Stock Yakm Drows Valloy, Oregon. F. O. Dunting, Owner largest herd of registered Herefords in Oregon 5 Registered Yearling Bulls 1 OO, 1 20 and I OO each on to the arable land below, covering it with deep deposUs of sand and destroy ing its value. The same causes have le stroyed immense areas of valuable lands at the foot of the Caucasus and the Pyrt. nees. A sudden freshet in February last in Southern Harney comity and Ne vada brought down from the hills im mense quantities of silt, and buried roads and meadows in many pla ies more than a foot deep, and to a degree never known before by the oldest inhabitants. For the destruction of the ranges with all its future consequences, no human being can suggest any practical remedy, except its lease-hold control, and that forces the passage of uch a law in Con IALD0R AIAMO head of herd J W Renter Chaa MurrlHon A " V T Reeder & Morrison BLACKSMITHS AND HORSESIIOERS lo rvrrythlnic la tht) HlarkMiBlihliig Mae aad naturar. tioa Kuamntred XXA.IVOS o i h J. W. Maxwell A.jent for Ten of the Dost high grade and standard makes of Pianos 6240.00 and up Organs 8 DO up OIXCKA.3WS New pine CreeK, Oregon.