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LAKE VIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEU. 12, 1903.
VOL. XXIV.
NO. C.
COLUMBIA
SOUTHERN.
A Few Reasons fllven Why This
Railroad 5hould b I ntended
to I jikevlew Immediately
I .like County, Oregon, has long
liMm'NM'il I wo Inhabitants, each Ih.
an Interesting character In IiIh
way. ne Ih I inlltin John. I lie hunter,
ami the other Is William I IniiuucrHley ,
tin1 tniMT.
Indian .Inliil Iiim lial his lepoe
pitched nt In' month of a canyon
near Lakovlow for many years, ami
Hammi'iHl.y, the trap'sT, wan burn
near Lnkovlc, ami has selit IiIh life
thus far In trapping on the Oregon
desert.
Imllan .lulin llvi-M 11 if 1 support one
r inuri' Hipmws nii'l n iiimiiIm t of
rlilliltvn wlili liU rllti'. Il mviiM a
mull onyiiHe pony, ami when his
larder Ih-uIiim to run low In- will Mart
ml at break of ilny m m 1 1 1 I . suppli
ed with pro isbnis ami armed ami
iiilpM'i for a hunt. The deer ami
iuiti'loN havt Imvii driven back from
point to point y tin inurrh of civil
Uatlon, lint Imllan John UtTpH tali
on them and they never llinl a Held
o obscure that In (Iih'm not Imined
latt'ly locale them.
Il' may U'libsoitl t wodnys, n witk
tircvcii loitRer, hut when Imllan .loliu
i.'luniM he always brings w ith him
one or more deer or antelope strap's-d
on his cay use. trades the hide
und enough of I lu meat for renl
amlothi-r things to make up his menu ,
ami remains lit his tepee until Ihiyi
arc exhausted.
ji.ai.o, v AIIOHK.
While llammeiHley Ih kmiwnaM the; (,(m( ol(H,.m. ,,K. mvt..
i rapper of thai mtIIoii of country, '., ,,f , to game and Is propured
I,.- also has the rcp.i ta I Ion of beiiiR ft' ((,rlll,.(,lvrilH theycameout. Indian
1 II- ban spent I.Ulif the I,.,, ,,, ... Iir,H.I,,,,,1M rm.
li'M-rt ami know s every nook ami
corner of the imiulrx. 1 or many
earrt be Iiiim I. i I .nke lew ill t he
1:1 rly fall ii h 1. - t r.ipH anil - 'ii'lies
ami rettiriiM iu t t.c cai l. sprni;: w il h
l.i.nN of vallla 'lie fillV. II'- Make
i ' 1 1 oIcm, martcii anil w iiih.itr a i-pec.
i.i 1 1 v , I hoiih a i i ii ma r or moil i: I aiu
lii hi occasionally i'.illH b! ictlm. lb'
markelN Inn fii.-t la San I'rair Kco
anil .New Yinl .-i 1 1 1 1 liiakc-i a i'aiily
;.n nl li lli a t t i.c I ivnle.
I lani'iieivlcy i also a notcil inaiKs
maii, ami inimy a dii-r and auiclopc
have fallen befoi'i- IiIh unci rin aim.
In fact, ii ii n an average. I la ihiiicik
ley killed more of t IiIh kind of anie
than did Imbaii .loliu. John only
killed when lie had to keep the wolf
front the door, while I lainincihlcy
killed whenever the opportunity pro
xented ItHelf, and be HometlmcH went
out of IiIh way (iiRet t he oppoit unity.
A i n u.i.i:m;i:.
Imllan Joint looked upon Ham-'
n.erHley'H work with nlleuee until 1 he !
people of Ijiikeview bewail to iwir
liini about the flapper's faipcrlor
ability km a hunt"!'. John could not
endure t IiIh, ho iipou the ret urn of t ho
I rapper wlllt hi bnclvboard londeil
with f ii 114 and ihtcr and a ntclo pc, the
Indian approached hint and isaid
'You kill Home heap deer ami ante
lope, I can beat yon kill 'em."
Thin chnllenRo wuh too much for
llnininerHley, ami under the eneour
aRenient of hln frlemln he accepted
the challeiiRiMiml he a ml Indian John
left a. few ilayn Inter for the divert,
aRiveliiR to hunt toRidhcr, ho that
neither would, have advantage of
locality. Tlifiy went In llaiuinordloy'H
buckboard and caiuod out at nlRht
loRothoi, each eutei'tnlnln.R a Rood
that he would climb out among the;
rlmrooks In-yoml the doer and that
should Ik not Ret n shot they would i
run out liy t Ik trapHT and the latter I
could "kill Vm." This milted tho
trapper, iim lie concluded from the
Mharp M-akn bordering the point at
which 1 he deer were browsing that
the Imllan would never Kt clow en
oiirIi to Mhoot them, a I ml land are
poorer shots than white men, and
make up forthU defect by always
getting at doner range.
TIIK TIUrrKII WAITKII.
The trnpicr Helected u place hchlnd
the rockH at the luouthof the cunyon
fi-llowHhli forthe other, and Itls itald
that until late at night they told
stories of their wonderful exploits,
ami each ha had enough to All n
hook.
TIIK III ST.
They mu lled the hunting ground
latent night and struck camp. They
went to lied early that night ho an to
Ret an early Htart, an next day would
nit tic the honor of mi'MTlorlty. They
started out at break of day on foot,
the Indian iih llRht iu IiIm moccasins
a a coyote, while the sturdy youiiR
trnp'MT made up ItiMtreiiRth for what
he lacked lii activity. It wan nearly
noon Is-fore they struck 11 trail, und
after followlnR It for a Ioiir distance
they miiw two doer browning lu a
canyon a half a mile a way. To ap
proach the doer throiiRli the canyon
was an Impossibility, towerlnR jx-r-pendiciibir
rlmrockH bordered the
canyon on either Hide, and a rotiRh,
lnoHntfHnwmy , ll.l . ImUU,!
the rl in rooks.
The two experienced men looked
at t he (lcr for a moment, each try-
' hm In ie Uon plan of reaehlllR them,
i I'lm sllv the Indian told the trnpor
rod, like a cat, nud hooii llsapioar
ei among the rugged cnks. An
h uii p.'tHsed. two hours, the huh Ret
ting low when thet rapper, ho IV-
liiarkaUy patient, became ivhIIchm.
Tlic deer had browned f.-trt her down
I lie i .! I. oil. and were Ret t illR IVstlesM,
a- if I'm V were about to leave iu the
oi'i.,-iii' direction. What had be
coine o,' the Indian'.' lie could have
t'oii' lieyond them a dozen tiincn
Kind-he left the trapper. llMinmerH
li wondered if the Indian had Ih -ci
line loht .
IMH N II K A II II IHOM.
lie decided tonttcinpt toafiproach
the deer by utealth alollR the bed of
the canyon, and had riwii to Htart,
w hen he heard a dixtant criu'k of a
rllle. lie looked Immediately toward
the deer and hiiw one had dropped
to tho RTouud. The other ran back
ami forth a few iulnutcn In liewllder
iiient and then there was another
'lnV ''t tlllM ' Ml to
Rround. The trapjH'r then HtarU'd
down tho canyon with true hunUr'H
pride Iu coiiRrat ilia t Iiir IiIh opponent .
When he had reached within a few
hundred. yanU of tho place ho heard
a hliial. ami lookitiR up Haw Imllan
John crouchiiiR behind a boulder
ovcrloo kliiR the spot where the door
lay.
The Indian HlRiialed him to keep in
lildliiR, and thlnkliiR there were other
deer, ho obeyed. After another hour
cramped behind the rockH until the
chill of tho approaching night had
penet rated every port Ion of his body,
he waH glad to hear the hIrhuI of the
Indian again, who beckoned htm to
come on.
"Veiv then other deer, John?" ho
Inquired.
W; i-iu ttrrr
4 1 T "F B . ...... I m i - !
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NEW YEAR'S AT THE WHITE HOUSE-THE ARMY AND NAVY
CONTINGENT CALLS.
Strict official tlpiete rule vry detail of the New Yar' function at
the executive inanalon. Kach federal department In Waahlngton pnya Un
official reaieeta to the chief executive before noon of New Year's day, and
after the officials have come and gone the president receives the general
public or as many as can get In before the White Houne gatea are closed.
"No, only two; me kill 'em both."
"Why did you want ine to wait
after you had killed them?" Inquired
Ww n.riml 1 i T ' "
"Oh, that's Indian way. Shoot
dier down and rush to him like white
man, he may not Im dead ami jump
up ami get away. Indian give him
time to die, ami if he go to get up,
Indian shoot him again."
They returned to camp t lint niRht
nnd dressed their game according to
the Indian's taste and spent two
more days In the country without
HtviugMiiy other game. They return
ed home wit lit he 1 ndiau t heacknow I
edged champion.
It afterwards developed that there
were but two deer in that entire sec
tion of country, ami that. Indian
Joint know It when be sclivted the
place, and knew w here the deer wore
iu the habit of browsing.
Sheepmen Win.
The Circuit Court of Idaho has been !
reversed by the I'nitod States Circuit j
Court of Appeals iu the case of Jesse
M. Smith and 40 other appellate i
against Thomas Lowe et at. The
Hiiit was to enjoin by Injunction the
appellees from preventing the apiel
lants from driving about 72,000 head
of sheep from Box Elder Co uuty
Utah, to Idaho, when It was necess
ary to find pasturage. The legisla
ture of Idaho passed an act forbid
ding the entry of animals from un
other state to prevent the spread of
Infectious disease. JiiiIro (Silbert
decided that the Court erred In sus
taining the demurrer, w hich prevent-i llepresentative Moody appealed
ed the passage of the sheep over tho ( before tho Senate Indian commit
border, as it was evident that t lie ' tee last Friday and urged the adop
real object of the passage of tho law tion of Senator Mitchell's proposed
was to shut out all sheep from other ' amendments to the Indian bill, lay
states from coming Into Idaho. big particular stress on the proposl
The fact that the Santo Fe railroad tlou to iucorporate In the bill a pro
is acquiring some valuable tlm.wr vision for the ratification of the
land In thin land district ami ' i a treaty with the Klamath Indians
direct line of the proposed i at looking to the relinquishment to the
Eastern from Coose bay, is . dte (lovernmeiio of a part of their lands,
significant. The land reform, to for which they are to- be paid some
lies Just north of tho Klamath 1. or- thing over $500,000. Owlug to the
vatlon and adloiulmr the forest re- continued Illness of Senator Mitchell,
serve. They are not after this land
for any Idle purpose. may hoar
of something doing before long.
' r isi
wLtiim 11I1 inej.im Im
Don't All Speak At Once.
San Franclnco, Oil., Jau 30 1903.
Mr. Editor
1 wish to puri'hiiHe twd
good horses or mares for the pur
pose of Retting up Into your part of
the country to seek n place for u
residence, and of all;thegod-for-suken
towns for purchasing horses tills
town takes the cake. Most every
thing here In the line of horses are
broken down.
Now can't you please Ik kind
enough to locate some parties lor me
who have some heavy horses that
will 1 1 11 a house on wheels over the
country w ithout much of an effort,
or without breaking down, at a
price within the reach of a poornian?
say $75 each for 5 years (1300 lbs I
old or even ?100 each for 1500 lb
horses. Would prefer mares. If
you can find any one who has such
mares forfoctly souud and broke to
ride and drive I will run him some
freight through from Mado'h.o free
of charge, that is If he has any freight
to haul. I'loase see wnat you can
do for me at your earliest conven
ience and 1 will consider myself
under obligation to you and may bo
i able to reciprocate the favor some
time. 1 want heavy set horses,
strong shoulders, possessed of great
endurance.
Yours respectfully
E. C. Packard
To Uuv Klamath Lands.
it has devolved upon Mr. Moody to
look ufter this and all other Oregon
legislation.
THE "HAIR
BRAND" BILL
It Would do Ore&t Injury to The
Stockmen of Lake County if
It Should Become a Law.
Ed KxAMLtr.K:
I read In the Daily Oregonlan of
Jau 30th that Henator Kinith of Uma
tilla county Introduced a bill which
panned the Henate on Jau 30th, re
quiring that "hair brand" lie placed
on cattle liefore they are driven from
one county to another. The pur
pone of the bill, ho he explained, was
to prevent the driving away, Inten
tionally or by miHtake, of tattle le
loURing to other imthoiih. Such a
ineiiHure It HeeiiiH to me, if enacted
Into law, would miult In great In
jury to the cattle interent of Lake
county, Ih well an the entire ntate.
All mtoiih In thin nee t Ion who are
engaged In the cattle Imluntry have
itfiefr cattle already branded, whether
they own many or few. Many own
large herds which ncatter over a con
Hiderable woie of country during the
Hummer Heanon, not Infrequently
ranging Into two or more different
counties. Thene cattle are gathered
together In the fall or early winter
and driven to their home winter ran
ges, which now almost universally
consiHts of feed yards. If the owner,
of these cattle were compelled to
brand those that stray outside the
county In which Is situated the wln-
lore crossing the county line, for
home, It would siifjtt tfte owners td
endless ex iense and botiief ns well
as serious da singe to the stock; as
every well Informed and practical
stockman well knows that cattle
branded iu fall or winter do not re
cover from the effects of such handl
ing before the following season, if at
all. Many owners of cattle in Silver
Lake, Summer Lake and down frcm
the Chewaucan, drive their entile
every spring to Klamath county
where they hire pastures from the
Indians during the summer months;
those cattle are again driven back
into Lake county every fall, whore
they arc fed during w inter, and where
their owners reside. I'nder the pre
pared law, those cattle must be
branded with a "hair brand" when
driven into Klamath from Lake dur
ing the spring drive, and again as
they come front Klamath back Into
Lake In the full.
Again, all beef cattle driven nwny
from Lake county towards Shasta
Valley pass through Klamath Co.
Under the proposed law before pass
ing over the line Into Klamath Coun
ty they must be branded, either by
passing the stock through a chute,
or by roping und throwing. Either
of which process would cause stock
to lioRln falling away in flesh as it
w ould lie Impossible to brand with
out severe treatment, which to say
the least would yearly cost tho cat
tlemen of Lake many thousands of
dollars, with no appreciable benefit
resulting therefrom. The proposed
bill would not meet the desired
object that is, prevent steuliug as
any one who wished to steal cattle
would not hesitate to place on them
a "hair braud" if necessary. Mr.
Smith's bill should not becomealuw.
Very truly
11. A. Bkattain.
. .
O. Poludexter, a timber land man
from PrluevUle, arrived hero last
Thursday, and is stopping at the.
I Lakevlew.