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in' (7 mm LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG., 14, 1902. VOL. XXIII. NO. 32. f'f) m ma LUTZ WINS FROM SMALL Oregon Supreme Court Decides Long; Contested Land Case Prom Silver Lake. Tin Supreme Court of Onwn Iiiim tlmilly IUfril of it case that Iiiim Im-cii tilt railing the at tout Ion of tlu 4'0lir(M0f till MtlltC, Ht Stilted JMT- JimIm. for the past ten yearn. Years iigo dcorgo Small purchased from the HI ate of Oregon, a tract of land la Silver lnk valley under the swamp land act. We understand this wan a part of the land known iim List ft. which wiim afterward cancelled liy the Oovcrnmcnt an the allotment of swamp land which the State claimed. F.lmer Lut. up on the land Isdiig turned liiu-k to the (lovortiinont, at once filed on a quar ter wet Ion of the Maid laud which had ln"eu prcvloiiHly enclosed liy Small, and Lut received a patent for the quarter section in due courm of time. The land which the Oregon Supreme Court now says belongs to Lut Im In Oeorge Small'H field In Sil ver like valley. The decision In brief, given out last week, Im iim fol io wm: Coorge II. Small, respondent, vs. F.liner D. Lutx, aH-llaut, from I.nke County, II. L. Doiimoii, Judge, revers--d and complaint dismissed; opinion liy .1 UHtlce lU-jt.li. I'lalnt Iff claimed title to land by purchuse from the Mate under the MWiuup land act. Defendant held under a patent from the Oovcrnmcnt under the hoinstcad act. The plain llff nee 1 1 red his deed from the state after the department of the Interior had IxMued a Hwamp laml list, show lug that the state wnseiitllletl to the l.tud, hut later the list was cancelled. Held that the listing of certain lands to the ntate uk Mwnuip laud, ly the Secretary of the Interior, Im not con cliiMlve, but may revoked any lime prior to the Issuunco of a put cut. i'ntil the patent Iium Im-oii Issued, the land department may de termine fi.r Unci! under what circum stances and upon what liollre It will cancel the IImI. If the cancellation Im made without liollre to a grantee of llientate, . . he l III Iiiim t he right to show by evidence other than the approved lint that the land wiim in fact, within the terms of the swamp land grant, and should le patented to the Mint,'. Hut, in our oiiuloii, Ihlsshowlug iiiiimI be made to the Secretary of the Interior, and before the legal title passes from the Gov ei'iimeut. It Im Ihetvfore held that plaint! v' couiphilut did not ntate a cause of Milt". The ciiMe may now go to t he Culted StateM Supreme Court as a hist re sort. C. A. Coggs we 1 1 wiim attorney for Small, and C. It. Watson and It. I'.. Heck Minn I'or hut .. Surveying limber Lands. H. C. I Vrklns and Fred MciimcIi of tJrantM Pass have the contruct for surveying t he military road grant, comprising portions of hIx town ships lying directly on the summit of IheCuMcadcM between the headwat ei'M of t he )eH ChiltcM and Willamette rivers. The work has already begun. II Im to be done for the (ioverumeut, bi't directly for the Moot h-Kolley I, umber Company, whlcli recently Hccurcd an option for the purchase of the big Umber trai t of the Cali fornia Company. The Moot li-Kelley Company will furnish the money for I lie mii r vey of 1 lie urn lit , but will be repaid by t he (ioverumeut upon the piVHenlullon of proper vouchcrM in accordance with an act of Congress missed Heveral yearM ago. When the lumber company Iiiim completed the Miirvey on the laud grant, '""I deeded It to tho United StateM, Bcrlp will be lMMiied In lieu of It, which can be exchanged for any other Govorn iiient land Mltuated anywhere that Ih worth and selling for 3 an aero or more. This exchange may bo mado either for timber or for gnulng or prairie land. 1 ' HISTORY OF A BAD LIFE A. P. fUMIIIan Who Went the Strychnine Route at Colcon da Left ItU Life In Ink. The Wlnnemueca Silver State pul IImIicm the content of another letter li ft by A. I McMillan, the Klamath iiiumIc teacher, when he committed suicide near Golcomla, Nevada. In thlM letter he gives a brief history of IiIm life, which he might iim well have left untold. During IiIm residence In Su nn nvlllc, the Advisnte unyn, lie con ducted blniMelf with perfect proprl vty and wiim making many frlendy by hln Kcntlemaiily demeanor, which Km-m to nIiow that the unfortunate man wiim douhtlcHM a kleptomanlnc, and IrrcMpoiiHlhle lu iinmt liiMtamvM. Here Im IiIm cotifcMMloii In full: j "(ioleondn, Nev., July 2x, 1902. "To Whom It May Concern: No doubt when thlM Im found and read I will 1m no more. I am not exactly oriixy, but I am determined to put an end to n worthlcMM rcncK'ide. Kv er Mince I whm hIx yearM of tine I have done nothing but pile one wronjc on toj of another. When I wiim thlr tivn yearM ohl my father put me lu the reform mhool at rialntleld, Iud. I wiim there until 1 wiim eighteen, when I em aMd and came to Califor nia. Then I K"t lu trouble and went up to the Artie on a whaler to cm caM puulMhment. When L gut back I went down Into Monterey county, Cal., and nerved nix montliM, and wum wiit from IlolllMter toSanUuen tlu In 'Mi. I Kot out In 'U7 and four months afterward married In Mari posa county, Cal. After Meveiiteen months I deserted my wife and child nail went to I'klMh uul-r ttie liaintj of Mlake. I stole a bicycle and went to llauford, wiim arreMted there and sentenced to four months for ciiiIm idriuciit. I was taken from there back to I'klah and sentenced to six nioiitliM for t lie bicycle theft. 1 did thirty ilayM and cMcatcd. and went to Crescent City. I not Into trouble then' and hail to leave there a few montliM later. Then 1 wandered down Into Placer county, at Ophlr, under the name of K. Selma and left there owIiik f ind and took a cornet and a violin. Then I went to Klam ath Falls, Oregon, and married. 1 lived with my wife two months when I had to leave to evade otll cers. 1 had very little money so ap propriated other jM'ople'M coin ami a wheel. I have lceu chased to this place. ".Vow I am Mini' no one will blame ie for taking my own life under these circumstances. 1 try constant ly to reform hut to no avail. It Is ut terly Impossible for me to avoid these spells, for I am only a criminal by tits and when 1 net those tits 1 am helpless. 1 have coiicluded to commit one more ami quit for al waysthat is, kill myself. Hoping the victims of my mania will lu a way forgive me, 1 will now adminis ter Until punishment. "A. 1. M:Mii.i.a.. "I". S. I'leane notify my wife, Mrs. Fdiia McMillan. Klamath Falls, Ore- eiiii' nlso inv tallier. A. McMillan, at i,.i....,.m 11', , 11,. ,.,,111,1 v In.ll.ii.n " ' They Are Coming Buck. The members of the Southern Stock Company left Alt urns last Monday for a iwo-weck's camping trip at Mine Lake, on the summit of tlie mountain overlooking f.ew l'lue Creek. Alter their fortnight's rest t lie company will play Surprise Val ley towns, thence back to I.akevlew, opening here for a week's engage ment on Monday, Sept. After the week's engagement hero the Southern Stock Company will re turn to Alt urns to play during Fair week. The repertoire lu re will bo an entire change of playH, which will Include such excellent product Ioiim iim "A Mother's Honor," "l'artlallty," "In Colorado," "Wilde and Wilder." "Little Barefoot" and "The Kiinch- man." Our people recognize the lie first-class this year, with the ex ablllty of themV people ami will no 1 ceptlou of a few fields of rye which doubt welcome their coming. ' ' were badly bit ten by frost. Grand Entrance Arkansas Springs tU V Will IIIJPM Tho averaKe temperature of the Iain tutw, marble floor and partltioiiM, waterM of th evenf,y-two Hot private dressliiK rooniB, and in addl SprltiKM of Arknnsan Ih 135 detrree" . tlon to the hot batlm have rooma Falirephelt; they dUKharjce l.tXW.WX) lor electric and masMiiKe treatment. KhIIoum per day. There are, all told, 1 All Klve vapor batlm from the hot at Hot SprlnM, twenty-three bath houses which pay the ioverumeut for the privilege of oslng the watent, Is-sldcM the KoverDiiicnt free bath house. Ah to their location about . the bath Iioumch to the government half of them are Uuated upon the I are the Maine. They each pay a wa rewrvat Ion forming what Ih known terrental to the Interior Department aM "Math Houmc How." -while the of $.'10 Mir tub r year. The com baiance are 1 seated at variotiH other : blued capacity of all the bath houses polntM throughout the City. About ( Im about 540 1 ubM, mo that the govern half of them alMo art In connection inent derlvcM a revenue from thlM with hotclM; tr tutultariuniM, while source alone of over f 16,000 per year, the otherM Btand by theniMi'lveH. I The government'ii Interests are Some are of brick and Home are of looked after here by a Hnjierintend wood, and they rnuge In cunt from ent, who Im appointed by the presl fl.1,000 to 15,000. In architecture ' dent. He has charge of all Improve t hey are very tiiMteful, dome preten- inentM going on on the i-enervation tloiiM and elegant. They vary con-'and enforceM all government rulen Mblerably in Interior JtyruiHhlng and , and regulations concerning the bath equipment, and on fluVk baMed the j houses. different In chargi'M Jof paths. All j The price of the baths for all the art clean, In ierfcftanltary con-, bnth houses Is fixed by government, .lUU.im. a reuulrc'y government and oni-e flxiil n deimrture can be rul"M, and porcelain tui.H are uul-.mn.iei... -,-versally usihI. The more expensive or Icmm price can be charged than the of the houses have maid Hoyal puree- Hchcdule. LATEST NEWS FROM THE KLAMATH HUB A Cae ol Smallpox Reported From the Reservation (Jerber Ships Beef and Mutton to California A party of tourists headed by Will j "n Stwl of l'ortland, will arrive at Cra- Tvvo Boys Burned to Death, ter Iake National l'ark this week, j ()n August 6th, at Khvmathon, Among the party are. Coventor and Siskiyou county, lister and Emery Mim. T. T. (leer, Hon. ThoiniiM H. nf.v,i'tt ,uj 7 "years, koiim of Mrs. Tongue. W. W. Seytnore of Tacoina, 1 Moon-Davis, the Klainathon niillin II. 1 . Mtt.M-k of l'ortland and I'rof. ! ef U't a horrible death. The two F. H. Newell, chief hydrognipher ' chlMrfii were playing in the luuk the I'nlted StateM Ceologlcal Survey. I V)U.(j ftmj Hm,ring some parlor A case, of what Im expected to be j matches began experimenting with smallpox, has appeared on the Klam- a can of coal till, containing a gallon iath lvservation, near Klamath ! marsh. An Indian is the victim. ' j Where he was exposed is not known. ''. land whether It Is a genuine cam of ( j smallpox is not determined for sure. , i-Hi.t. il C A 1, 1 .legate. Indian Airent. has placed the patient under quaran tine and due precaution will Ik tak en that the disease diss not spread. Ceoi ge S. Nickerson, the civil engi neer, who has liecn sojourning in Lake county for the past few months was called home the fore part of last week by the critical illness of I his daughter. Miss Kulli, who 1 , , ... , .1 1 1 am niiiu i" learn i mi 1 m- 1 ni ; to recovery. While here, Mr. Nlcker ! son sold to 11. 11. Moss, of Seattle, j four 'residence lots for $-"0. Mr. i Nickerson has returned to Lake county. I Louis (ierber, the cattle buyer, ! drove :II0 hoof cat tie 11 ml 1-70 mutton ! sheep through Merrill last week, con signed to the Sacramento market. ' Mr. Corber also made u purchase last week of 1100 tons of alfalfa hay ; from Mall Mros. of Merrill. The price ! paid, as I understand, was $l.r0 per ' toil. J The ranchers of Klamath county have finished putting up their first I crops of alfalfa, and are nearly , through with their wild-grass crop. Crop of all kinds lu this section will water, have sweat roonm, cooling rooniM, and parlors; while some pro vide reading and writing rooms and gymnnslumM. The relatlonn of all I The towncouncilof Klamath FallM ' has ordered the building of new Midc- walkM in varloiiM parts of town. The improvement wiim badly needed and If the council nhould order new walkM In hM-nlitieM where there are none, thev would confer a lasting benefit on the community at large. 01 tue niuii. 1 ne ran mjhuu covered the boys with the burning oil. Moth started for the river near by. but one fell to the ground and when assistance reached them, and the burning clothing was stripped off the tlesh came off also. Moth boys lingered a few hours before death relieved tliein of suffering. Tho mother formerly lived near Ash lnud. Edward Crowned. Kdward the Seventh, It. 1. by the grace of Cod, of the United Kingdom I ! , if ( : r.Mi t llrittaln and Ireland, and the British Dominion lM'yond the seas. King. Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, was crowned last Saturday amid brilliant scenes and a spectacular display of royalty, poors, daxxling Jewels and wealth American women outshone the royal sisters of other nations in beauty brilliant attire and vivacity. Here's to you, King Kdward; long may you live Teachers' Examination. The County School Board of F.x n miners 1m lu session this week. Three applicants are before the board. 'Miss Cracc Hall, graduate from Monmouth school Is striving for State papers; Miss Myrtle Smith, of Cedarvllle, who taught the Crook ed Creek school the last season, and Miss Grace Driver, teacher last term In the Lakevlew school, are seeking county certificates. TROUBLE IN "BAD LANDS" Cattlemen of Sprague River For cibly Remove Lake County She p From the Range. Home excitement wa prevalent in -the locality known by local Hheep- . men an the "Bad Lands", In the S prague river nectlon, Klamath Co., lost week, when an anned body of cattlemen and boys ordered the herd er and camp-tender working for Orob & Batchelder to move their sheep from the Sprngue river rang across the line Into Lake county. Young A erling, the herder, won in a mood to stand hln ground, but the camp-tender refused to hold out against the body of armed men, and the fdieep were removed from tho Sprague river range. Trouble Im anticipated later on as It Im Maid that detennlned sheepmen ex pect to drive that range goon and will "Mtand pat" on the propo sition, aa they nay there Ih no law In existence to comiiel them to keep off the Sprague river feeding ground, unless it Im? a "nhot gun" law insti tuted by the cattlemen of that sec tion. The latest reports from "Bad Landn" Im to the effect that certain cattlemen are armed to the teeth to prevent Lake county Hheep from going on the ranges of Klamath county. The sheepmen who have been In the habit of ranging there year after year apiear to be equally determined, and a battle may ensue at any time. It Im to Ik: hoped that the two foc tlons may settle their differences amicably and that bloodshed may be avoided, but if the tactics, said to have Imvh employed by the supposed will either lM?irbirttTeToy7nttirkbwe body will have a sudden attack of "cold feet". Young Verling avers that when he protested agaiiiMt the removal of the sheep in his charge, the af on-said leader the man who apiM-ared to 1k the spokesman for the cattlemen said: "Let's throw a roie on the and hang him". Verling, considering the odd - against him, concluded It wna time to drop all resistance and allow the opposing party to hold full sway. The camp-tender said that the rea son he offered no resistance, was be cause lie feared poison would be placed in the camp supplies. It is more, than probable, however, that the.iv was no foundation for such fears, and that no one had ever made such threats. School Land Fund Apportioned. Charles S. Moore has apportioned ' the proceeds of the Irreducible school fund, $14,ti.'ti).:i5 among the counties of the state, upon the basis of school population. This is the largest sum ever realized in one year upon the ir reducible school fund though the rate of Interest is lower now than it was a few years ago. The irreduc ible school fund is made up of the money received from the sale of school lands. The money is lent oil real estate security at 6 per cent in terest, and the Interest is divided among the counties August 1 of each year. The Southern Oregon coun ties tire apportioned as follows: No. of County children Amount Jackson 4,SI!7 $7,745 S.V Josephine 2,770 4,-,!l3 50 Klamath 1,007 1,661 60 Lake tMiS 1,500 40, Woodmen Officers Elected. The following officers of the Wood men of the World were elected at Cripple Creek, Colorado, at the ses hlotiof the head camp on August 8th. F. A. Falkeiilierg, of Denver, Colo., Head Consul. C. V. CooiK f, of Portland, Oregon, Head Banker. N. O. Baldwin, of I'omeroy, Wash ington, Head Wutchniiin. A. P. Stlllman, of Pendleton, Or., Head Manager.