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VOL. XXIII.
LAKE VIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 8. 1002.
NO. 18.
CATTLEMEN jBOWERSOCK
BASEBALL
TOURNAMENT
a.nkcvicw citicns Put vp $m)
HERMANN
SCORES THEM
DALY ORGAN
"THREATENS"
STILL FIGHT
BILL HELD UP
For a Free l:or All Series of
(James in July Week.
II there i any dnibt rIhuiI Lake
vi.tw's liberality, or that w urn not
"dead gaum sport,'" urn 1 1 1 but o
take n look m llif rwrMtii aunoiinring
f hi rnt'D fur r th and bc'all here dur
ing tho firm week in July, l or race
11,300 wil li iiit out mil that money
smght to attract the Itest firinlT in the
omntry. For baehsll hou in purses
vill In pi veil to tint Tournament win
ners. There are twenty-one hundred
dollars to Ih given away, and every
body has a chance to gel some of it. No
small interior Ioaii on tliu Pacific
'C-oatrt haa ever made such li showing hi
Lakeview will during the season o(
1M02. Tlm first money for baseball will
iKH, certainly h grand offering lor
the top nolrli Lull players of the coun
try. Tim second moimv'of l-W l"r the
econd In-lit team is not to Us aneezed at
elOier. If ever there, m a TIME had
in thia northern nwk o' tlm woods
l.iikcvicw will have it during tin- first
live or six ili-yit in July. Tlm baseball
t.urtiMim til in in tlm hand of reliable
and einiiiei iit men uud ila auoei-na ia
rtumired. It in it free for all "'"I '
cxMTtud that then? will U w.ine of the
Ik-hI teania in the l ountry here to take
part. The tournament will eclie any
tliintt ever jriveli oulnide of the liliiH in
the way of ktnod ball and fat purtM-H. It
ii BiiyueMid by the muiiHlieliulil that
iiian'uiK ' '!if to eeler ' ""'
teft nmke entiy with tlm r-eerelaiy, Joe
Lane an conn im ptihoihU June llMh
entry eim-ea. Iiiinndialely after that
late a full program will be annouined
throiib the pteca und by laii! poatera,
Kivinn delaila ua lo how the touruil
inenl i to be eoiidue ; . At leant
three team ouUide of A e county
inuat enter the eoliteat.
The l'.auiiiiT looka for a uiand and
aiiereaHful tournuineiit, and vihitora will
ho afHured of tvmrteoua trentinenl and
the best I.akeyiew can offer.
Now baHC ball Kr"1"11! b' flxeil
tip al the race tracK, juhi uppoauu mn
urund at and. A new and coinniodioua
ijrand aland w ill alao be built for the
comfort of those who dcaire to ace the
Hiorla.
The celebration will bo a Krand one
mid l.iikeview will have the Urgent
crowd of viHitora duriiiK Fourth of July
week that ever eon(i coated in Lake
county at one time.
New I roni Tonopah.
"1 received the Lake County Kxamiiw
er yeaterdny, mid it will like u letter
from homii ," aav Man Whorton, in a
letter to The Kxuniiner from Tonopah.
"Thia camp ia aurely a goixl one and
jjrow inn better every day. Another hiii
atrike wax initdu here a lew days nn,
which ia Hiiid to bo far ahead ol the
Mizpah !roiip. The now find is juat at
the edge of the town, an I ivea an aa
Burance that Tonopah will be one of the
Kreateat camps anywhere for the nxt
few yearn. I am working regularly at
five 'bucks' per day. There ia nothing
to tpeuk of in this country outside of j
uiniiiK but u itocu aupply ol horned.
toad1, tarantulas, and, I expect, a few
try land crocodiles. Tho climate is ex
tremely diMintreuablo very hot in day
time and cold aa winter at iiitfht. The
wind blow, to 'heat the baud' every
nh'ht. 1 will puts up a picture of thia
fanioti camp in a day or two so you can
aeo what Tonopuh looks like."
Altuias will celebrate Inly 4th.
Taya the Modoc press.
So
Another Hill licfore Congress to
Lease the Public l-ands-IHII
I Urjfenlly Pressed.
WASHINGTON, April .'Mt A tre
mendous pressure in being brought to
bear on Cnngre to hh noun law for
li-HNiiiK tlm vacant public domain for
..... . .
grazing tiiiriMivim. l alllc. iwercsi now
represented Imre have abandoned Iiok
of getting tdroiiKli either tlm MillHrl or
llowerock bills, Hint are endeavoring to
Si-cure enactment of pe (! leasing legis
lation for Nebraska only. The Prosl
dent hax aked the (ienera! I-und Ollice
if mu ll a hill would b advisable, and
('o'iiiiiiioiier Hermann haa replied that
it would not Ik, a it would he a dis
crimination uttninnt other Wentern StaUi
and lurtheriiioie, would not paioi in that
Hhupe.
Chniruiau Laeey, of the Iloimc public
lainU eomiiiiltee, ban carefully druwn
and Intrxliuvd a bill providinK for lea.
iti v iua nt public: ratine lunda of the,
We.t. and baa iilblnltteil hid uieaiure to
tlm llnura eoinmitlee. Tlm bill l Iw
lieved to mift the conditiona of the In
terior Jieportment. Hereafter, tlm llouxv
cptniiiilte will eoneentrate it efTortn on
1 thia meiidiire, and may rcorl it Mr
adjournment.
Thia bill ia drawn primarily lo wive
homestead pctllctsand unalUtockow n
era an opporlunity in the arid renin im to
improve and proVect the graaa uon the
public domain in the vicinity of limit
holding, ho a to prevent further deteri.
ratl'f:-.!id (be f ?Mipolizn(lon of the
ramre I'V owner of laryo herda if live
Mock. Cnder thia bill, ao much of the
arid and nemi arid region aa ia not capa
ble of initiation may le lcawd for atick
Kinill: purpone. aubjiH't to ri'bt of houie
atead, mineral and other entry under ex-
iatiiiK lawa. 1-aaea aro to run not over
five year, and xhall la limited to areus
no" exceeding IlSKiacrea to any one Hr
aon. l.t'Hfi'J ahall only la made to actual
homcMcad aetller or freeholder whose
land are tributary to the landa to he
leaned by them, and the holder of a
homectead prior to patent may obtain a
lcane to not exceedinK 10 time the area
of laud included in aaid homestead,
while freeholders may acquire leaaeholds
in aimilar ratio upon the heretofore ac
itlod limit. Leaaee may fence leased
land and protect same from treapass.
No corporation ahall lie entitled to a
leaae under the hill. Where two or
more peraona are eligible to acquire
leaaea upon the same land, and there is
not enough public landa in such locality,
the available lands will be equitably ap
portioned. lunula to lie leased are to be chiailied
in six jjrudes, and shall rent for 1 to G
cents an acre, according to classification.
Such of tho public domain as is not
leased tdiall remain open for jrrazinu priv
ileges. The proposed law will not alter
the status ol prazinn lands in forent re
serves, but the Secretary of the Interior
is authorized to collect a r capita
charge on horses, cattle and sheep w hich
are permitted to graze in tho reserves.
When mineral or other entry ib made
upon K need land, the lease shall be can
celled. Watering places on leasable
landa are to lie reserved so as to be ac
cessible from all leased lands in the vi
cinity. Leases may be renew ed, provid
ed, the lands do not full into the hands
of corporations.
The children M Miner Wallace were
taken to the home of his mother at
Kugene, this week. They were accom
panied to their new homo by their moth
er and Mr. Stubblefleld,
The Cattle Darons and Corpora.
tions Thwarted in Scheme to
Rob the homesteader.
WASHINGTON, Aprils, The I5ow
ermx k grazing bill provid UK for the
lease of nil vacant public lands in the
great Wept, amounting to 1100,000,000
.t if . :l
i Keren, na imimi lata on tne sneu umii
the next session of Congress. This i
the reault of the attack made on the bill
by Secretary Hitchcock an J Ijtnd Com
missioner Hermann, w ho showed up the
vicious nature of the scheme. Com
missioner Hermann ilid not hesitate to
characterize the scheme as a "hujie
graft," mid when he revealed how the
cattle barons would profit at the ex
pense of the small landholders, it was
clear that the bill could not mrvive. It
is now said by friends of the bill that
they will not press it, "on account of
the election coming on."
At today's hearings before the Tub
lit: IjuhIs Committee f the House it
was tacitly agreed that the bill should be
pigeon-holed. It came out, informally,
that the meat trust had entirely to
much interest in the bill to suit many
members, and others declared that if
such a bill were pasKKl by this Congress
they would never laj rrlurned to Wash
ington by their constituents.
A united efiort of the cattle baron
and corNirutioiia to pass thia hill, or a
similar one, next session will lie made,
however.
Letter From Ed. J. rtiwtronjj.
"I have sold out in Puya'Iup, and my
present address is Ihirton, Washington,"
writes Kd. J. Armstrong, well known
contractor anil brick mason, to The Kx
aniiner. "Please send The Kxaminer to
my new address; it's like a letter from
home with money in it. My mother
who, ly tho way, made several acquain
tances in l.akeview during our brief stay
there, lias just passed through a very
critical oiieration lor tumor, at the
hands of surgeons. The operation was
very successful; tumor weighed 15','
K)unds. She is out of the hospital
and is now doing her own house work,
and feeling better than sh has for
20 years. I haven't accomplished a great
deal since I arrived on the Sound ; it's
a poor country for my business. There
is no place like' I.akeview for me, and I
only wish there was something doing in
my line there, If there was you would
see Armstro g back there p. d. q. If
there ia any prospect for that new court
house in I.akeview I want to know it.
Give my best wishes to all I.akeview
friends."
County Clerk William Cunther is go
ing quietly about his duties, staying
close to his desk and attending strictly
to the affairs of his ollice. Mr. Gunther
will probably not have the time to
make a political cunvasa of the county,
but ho w ill probably not lose a single
vote on that account. Hy bis courteous
ness and ability in the Clerk's otiice for
th) past two years he has made many
friends who will nt forget him on
election day. "Billy" Guuther has
served but one term as County Clerk,
and having made a faithful, efficient and
painstaking public servant he is em
inently worthy of re-election. No man
can truthfully say aught againet Mr.
Gunther as a public otlher. Lake
county has never had a more faithful
officer.
J. M. Fulton, formerly manager of the
N 0-0 Railway system, and a prominent
citizen of Nevada, is In I.akeview on
business this week,
5omethin About "Grafts" That
the Daly Organ Should Con
sider in Daly's Behalf.
Commissioner Hinder Hermann
rtrorigly denounce the scheme to lease
the public Unds. Among other things
he say:
"The bill is objectionable and inde
fensible from many points of view.
While it provides leases for stock-
crowing purposes alone, it subject all
classes of land to such lease and con
fers upon the Secretary of the Interior
no power w hatever to refuse to lease any
vacant public lend that may be ap
plied for, except it may lie such as has
been hornesteaded or is mineral. It
oay be land proper for disposition un
der the desert land law, or may be val
uable for agricultural purposes, or for
it timber yet all such classes are made
available for the leasehold privilege.
Neatly all the public domain lying west
of the Mississippi river (exclusive of
Alanka) is included within the pro
vision of this bill, and when once
leased any disjiosal which the Goyern
uient may desire to make of mob lands
except under the homestead or mineral
laws or for reclamation purposes, must
Le subject to the leasehold. It is not
uiidcrttod why valuable timber and
desert lands are not excluded from its
operation. Under the desert land law
the Government during the last year
dirposcd of 152,160 acres, while under
the timber and ftoi.e act there were
s.'d SHi,'3 acres, for which is received
l,H4tM in that one year. Nor can
it be said that very large portions of
land opened to leasehold for stock pur
poecs are unfitted for agriculture. Tl.a
contrary is shown. Should such lands
be thus withdrawn from the usual dis
position gross injustice will be done.
"Another objection noticeable is the
low price at w hich the lands are to be
leased. It has no parallel, either in
leasing lauds belonging to railroad and
wagon-road corporations, nor in leasing
Indian lauds by the Government. The
minimum price fixed by the Govern
ment in its sale of public lauds is 1.25
per acre. Even 3 cents an acre for a
leaae would only represent a fractiou
over 2 per cent annual interest on the
lowest Government price per acre.
"I am confident that this bill, if en
acted into law, will work incalculable
injustice to the majority of the people
of the Western Slates, will retard devel
opment of the public domain, will im
pose additional privation upon pioneers,
will compel the small stock owner and
settler to pay tribute and fetal to syn
diiate owners or drive them from the
n . i... i
open new, win encourage greai iuuu
monopolies upon the vacant domain
which should be tree to all, a.ud will en
gender a feeling of hostility and ine
quality among those who should be
friends and equals "
A. L. Howell to be Foreman.
It is understood that' A. 1.. Howell
has been promised the foremanship of
the laly Corioration land and cattle
property in North Warner. This is
said to be a fine position and Mr. How
ell is to be congratulated. If the land
leasing bill should pass, this ranch of
2ti00 acres, with thousands of acres ad
jacent thereto that will be for lease,
will make one of the greatest stock
ranches to bo found east of the Cascade
range.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Grimes left this
week for some point in California, w here
they intend to locate.
Last Resort of a Vanquished and
Desperate Man Appeal Tor
Public Sympathy.
The legal mind of the Hustler baa
wandered off to "blackmail." Two
years ago, it says, a campaign of "black
mail" was inaugurated against Dr.
iJaly while he was trying to get to Con
gress. "Joseph" knows, if he has not
forgotten, that blackmail is a very seri
ous offense, and when a man is guilty of
the crime he is usually brought before
the court to pay the penalty. He afso
knows, and so do all the people of Lake
county, that if B. Daly was black
mailed by any of bis political opponents
(and especially by the editor of The Ex
aminer) that the said B. Daly would
lose no time in instituting proceedings
against the said blackmailer. B.
Daly's hand organ has never denied,
or attempted to deny, any of the state
ments made against B. Daly. The
Truth may hurt, but it must prevail.
The reference made by the Daly organ,
showing the contrast between the recent
reception cf Mr. Williamson by his own
town people and that of B. Daly when
he returned to Lakeview, after aban
doning bis canvass for Congress, is
ridiculous in the extreme. Mr. Wil
liamson is highly honored by all the
people of Crook county. It -s unneces
sary to say more regarding the reception
of B. Daly in his home town. He re
turned and immediately set about mak
ing promises to put all the laboring men
in Lakeview al voik rebuilding bis
properties at big w ages. The laboring
cldfg knows what that promise
amounted to, and how many "citizens
of Lakeview" were employed. His
promises, however, saved him from los
ing the vote of his own county by 26 ma
jority otherwise he should have lost it
by at least fifty majority. Dr. Daly is
again making promises, but that sys
tem of campaigning will not do this
time. The public knows what these
campaign ptomises are worth worth
votes to Daly and nothing to the man
w ho hoi U the promise "after election."
The Daly organ threatens "to devote
an article to the membership of the
courthouse "RING," naming each one
byname according to his importance."
"lersonalities," "blackmail," eh? It
is probable that no member of the al
leged "KING" would object to seeing
his record in public print side by side
with the record of B. Daly and the
Bustler boys. "Lay on McDuff, and
damned be he who first does cry, hold !
enough !"
Hudspeth Higglns.
Last Friday afternoon a quiet wed
ding was solemnized at Eagleville join
ing together for life Ernest Hudspeth
and Miss Etta Higgins. Both are well
known throughout the county as popu
lar young people and good teachers.
They left Saturday on a trip below, go
ing by way of Adin, where the bride's
parento reeide. Their many friends
wish them happiness and prosperity
through life.- Cedarville Recoid.
The groom is a brother of George
Hudspeth of the Lakeview soda works,
and is known as a bright and affable
young man.
Spring Lambs at I1.7S
A dispatch from The Dalles uuder
date of April 2U, says that the prion of
spring lambs has dropped a notch and
Eastern buyers are now offeriug $1.75
per head, w hereas a few weeks ago they
were paying $-. Sheepmen do not seeat
to be able to prescribe a reason for the
slump.
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