mm itntn LAKICVIKW, LAKH COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAR. 11), 1903. NO. II. VOL. XXIV. X A STATION ON MID-DESERT. Untie Jimmy" Johnson's Place Convenient for Traveling l-We County Stock Raisers. (I'i'l. I' l.Y I 1'imTHMi Jul .) Alkali is u hIih kinun'H station In inl'l ilcwrt In Lake riniiit.v. It Im about 72 iiiIIch friiin I.nkcvlcw and 40 iiiIIi-m from Paisley. Tin' nearest point to other water Is nt the head ..f AImH Lake In Hi'' south ihkI mIioiiI miles. Alkali In tin- last mI tipping point w here t here Is water in tin riti(4 from civilization to the desert. 1 1 Im in tin- i niter of a Kicat jilkall lu ll, tin- plains for many miles ji ri ii ml belngi ou'ivil with tin' white -ulinl nine, ultinlt tli' npiearancc from a distance of prcnt snow beds, 1 1 Iii tin' oiilrr nf tliU waste a niaiiiiii'il !i spring I10IU foil li, hi'IhI intf oul a slii-aiu of pun- water w lili li is col in absorbed li.v t In' alkali .1 ml i rv h!i iin. i i; i H In i s n 1 1 IM hi I o . .(.inn i. .IoIiiixoii. a w lilli-linlred old man konwu throughout t lie count r.v jim "I 'mil - .1 im in le," ki-eps t lie ht at Inn jiI Alkali. The station consists of a '.' roniii slun k , n few haystacks ami a w a I" 1 1 1 plate for horses. It wan -tllliliHli. il i-IiimIm V for stiMkluell, mostly sheepmen, tin' only persons w ho c cr vent lire t lint way, saw an occasional triiier. "I 'lnle.1 Iniliile" reiiiiiiiiH at lliln station year in ami tear mil. though there are times I hat lie iloeM not nee a lillinan being for wirU. I n t lie fall ami Hprluu it is lively at Alkali, Imt in I lie winter luiM'l Ih M aire, ami in laitl-siim nier ji x l-lli.r - a novelty to I lie old man. The hlieei'liieii uo to t lie desert early in t lie fail to take ml wintauc of 1 1 w Inter inline. At l Ills season of t In var tin- snow falls and melts, pro ducing a urow th of short g rnss suit able for sheep fooil. All through the u Inter tin' slii-cp thrive on lids grass ainl eat snow In t he adjoining inoiin lulus ami foothills for water. I'.y t lie time spring opeliH t he grann U all gone lltid t he sheepmen ilrlve their Mocks from the desert iH-forc the scorching huh kills everything In the way of vegetation ami ilrlen away I lie hiiow ami water. Am t licscsliecp ineli conic and go I 'm le .1 iminle Iiiih IiIh liamlH full entertaining them, lie known every man from one end of the ili'Hert to the other, ami all I enk well of I'lit'le .llmmie. ll'KKAl' OK INKOI1M ATION. Tho olil man JiiHt HiiitM the place. Ho reiiiomlierM everything he henrn, Ih a (airly good cook, always good naturcd unci niakeH li Ih guests feel at home. II Ih biscuits may Ik a little yellow with Koila, his lim-oii may In irled a little too lii'own, IiIh coffee may a little too lilaek, for IiIh con densed milk gives out oecusonally, Imt I'm le .llmmie makes up (or Hu-ho defects in Home way. lie will sur prise hU guests with fried duck for supper occaHlonally, or give thein liolleil eggs for lireakfaHt or make rice pudding. It might not look tempting to the rugged stockmen at home, but after month of caiH)i IiiK out ami eating their own cook ing one of I'ncle Jliinnle'H mealn Ih couHhlercil a treat from many poiutn of view. Then lie known the neWH. lie Ih a yoHHlper liy nature, lie ivmeinliorH everylliltiK' dull KtH'Ht hm.vh, It mat tern not how many of them theru lie at one time, and ho tell the next KUi'Ht what the former gucHt did .and Hdld. If ono man luingH lu news from clvlllal Ion alioul tin' w arn and polltliH ami hoi la I evetilH of the kind that IlltclVNlH IheMe people, l ll cle .llmmie rciieatN It all to future UHi'hIh until he Ki'tn MomethlliK liet. ler. Then oi-cnxlonally Homeone leaven a neWHpaH'r with I'ncle Jlm inv, TliU lie rcndH over ho many timcH diirln IiIh Idle diiyn that he Win It committed to memory and If It chaneeH to I' Worn out when the next KUentH collie, he tellH tlielll what wiih In It. II AH M V lUVMIHIONH. The old man llmU many iIIvcixIoiin ilill llIU t he lollU perlodn of lolilllieHH. He Iiiih IiIh doH, IiIh catn, chlckeiiH, duekn ami no-ne and In' Ih HillTound ed li.V coyoten. While the liolllll.V law wiih on lie made Home extra money trapping t hew iiiiIiiiiiIm. lie Ci'lmui oecaHluiiiil w ihlcat and hcIIh IIh hlile. The outMlde of ll Ik hhark Im coered W ll ll hl'li'H and all klll'ln of imW tnipH. He Iuim t wo or t liio-old UUIim, Imt lie Im a dead nhot with t lioiu. lie hunt" for ueeMi- and din k-" ! and iroeM iiMhlny: iH-euHlomilly. Ilow 1'inli' .1 i 1 1 1 in v catihi-M lili and 1111m ililc kn ami ui-m- out on tie ilenerl Im a 111 Mtery to the nt ranker, dut I'ncle .llniniy noon comino'M one that he iIim-h it. The MprliiK ImiIIm forth from a crater like opening in t he ground. The hole Im I'll or .'in feet acroMH ami of unknown dept li. I n cle .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - Iiiih throw n up a circular euliankiiient around llieHprln which hIvch It t he apM'iirance of I he liiHide of a circiiM rin. except that It Ih full of water to tln to. - A illicit cut throuuii thlM dam enalili-H the old man to Irrigate a hiiiiiII nardcil Hpot and hln pond around the t-prlnx Iiiih lieeu planted Mil ll IInIi. He Iijim coli Htrilcted a Willi out ovel'the pond to I he hprliitf and he w alkn out to t he HprliiK ami IImIich in the deep water w here he Iiiih no troulile iu landing a IUCHH of lieailtleH for favored KiK'HtH. The man w It h the Hinall hot tie iwnnl ly receivi'H tlu'ne HMi lal fnoilM A reinarkalile tiling alioiil thi" HprliiK Ih that it apparently Iijim no bottom. HuudredHof fi-et of cord have Im-cii let dow n into it with a weight attached, and none Iiiih yet been found long cnouuli to reach the bottom. now m: nt'.vt'H And the duck hunting U jlint iih Hluiple an HhIiIiiK' I'ncle .Jimmy Una only to chme up IiIh houne and hide liiHide and ke'p Mill for a day or two and the wild duckn will come to IiIh pond and attempt to catch IiIh (IhIi. lie waltH until a lare iiuiiiIkt of them IIrIU on the water and then he turiiH Ioohc one of hU old faHhloucd KUiiH, and he never (jiIIh to do execu tion. He never K' tn but one whot but lie makei It count. llOMKHTK ATKlr-uKKHK The hoHt at Alkull has a lare Hock of wild Kt'He, which have become jM'i'fiH'tly domeHtlcated. He found the nt'Ht of a w lid goone down tuuoiiK the HaK'H in the alkali pond and watched It from day to day. When thi' old k'ohc bewail "Hcttlnn'." I'ncle .llmmie 'Vwiiieil" her i'H'h'h nnd plac ed them under one of IiIh common heiiH. They all hatched out, took, to t heir lien-mot her hundmunely, have continued to lnwd.'ind now he Iiiih a lat'no flock. They nwlni upon the circular pond iu IiIh yard and never think of leaving1. They are an gentle an the nnmt common domeHtlcated gecHC. Then he Iiiih IiIh (iiuuy eplHoden to help kill the time. He Htartcd la with a pair of catn and noon had a dozen more. He wiw too tender hearted to kill any of them and there f- ,J-, ai- ''rim 1 m n iffn i hut - i fii tnk ' I , 'hi i.ii HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. CAPE TOWN. For week SoutU Afri'-n bin tieen I'mkliiR forward to the nrrlviil at Cape Town of the l!rltlhli colonial nwretary. Mr. Johci1i Chanil.iTliiln. A rouBlng reeclitioi) Iiiih lieen plHlilied, the chief feuture of which in to be nn otliclal welotuie t Mr. CliiiinlH-rliln nt the Iiouim of assembly, where the Cup Colony prriinuient meet. wen- 110 nciyhboiM with whom to Hliarethcm. ('VoteHiind wild catn are death on I oue catn but the cat never nt rayed far from the Iiojim- and but few were lout in tfi'M tnnnner. The catn were taking the place. I Whenever he left the kitchen door open the catn raiiHackeil the cup board ami table iu nearch of food. There wan not hlni; else for t hem to I eat near the place, and animal i'l jHtln't warned them agaiiiHt Htraying I out into thcdcHcrt when- the coyoten were watching for them. I'lUMl A ICKMKIIV. Tin' old man found, by accident, a way of keeping the catn out of the kitchen, but it worked HiicceHKfully and iH-rmaneutly. In w Idling a way the time lie divided to make Home t rnamentH for hin "parlor" and ntarted in by HtuffingacoyoteV nkin. When he had newed together and Htuffed it he found that he had no head for It, an the ncalp had Urn taken. Not to 1h outdone, lie cut the needed part from a wildcat's nkln, wwe.1 It to the coyote wkin and Htuffed It uccorI.'.'gly. placing giant) niarbleo of different colorn iu the oiH'iiingH (or eyeH. Stuffed anil plac ed erect on a board theaulmal whh a ragged looking one an well an a novel one. It did not look well enough to phut' in the parlor, ho the old man titood It in the kitchen. The cats were under the floor, watching (or an opportunity to enter. Ily ac cident the old man left the kitchen door open while he went (or a buf k o( water. The catn all entered in a body, and in a moment he heard a iioIhc that Htartled him. I lo rushed back and found the catn clinging to the walln and celling and mewing in a moHt pitiful manner, at the name tlincgiulng at IiIh Ht titled animal. They had torn the table cloth and the cloth from the cupbourd Iu their attempted flight. T1IK CATH HCATTKKKK. The old man wan dtimfounded. He thought they had all gone mad on the npot. Ho attempted to drive them out and lu doing ho broke the only window pane iu the room. This wan all they needed. They made a grand rindi (or the owning and they poured through It like ruin until the hint cat lind t'Hcnped. Two or three ila.VH afterward they approached the place cautioiiHly, the old cat in the lead. She reared up on the ntoop and looked in. There titood the fake animal. It wan HUllicieiit. She ran for life. The ot hern followed. I'ncle .linunie wan not troubled further with hin catn in the kitchen. A com bination of two of their luont de Hlructlve cncinicH wan too much for them. For motitliH after thin episode the old man entertained Ills guentn by telling the story and denioiiHtrating the truth of it by taking the animal In IiIh hands and chawing the catn from one point to another about the place. In IiIh isolation the hont nt Alkali doe not find life so burdensome af ter all. Taxes Collected, The total amount of taxes collect ed by Sheriff Dunlnp up to Monday evening, March ltith, amounts to more- than three-fourths of the total tax (or 1902. The amount is con fllderbly more thuu was paid In last year. Total amount on the 1902 tax roll was $44:245 111 AHHCMHinents inado by the Sheriff CI 54 J4430.S 73 Totat a mount collected up to and Including March 1G liMKI S-JSS1 12 I Amount of Rebate allowed.. 1011 9.1 ?a."Ksi;i o." Amount apportioned to the School (and 0119 !W Amount apportioned to the Road fund 11. "h" to Amount of special School tax In District, No. 7 71 .V Amount ot special school tax In District, No. 11 14S 42 Amount of bpeclul school tax In District, No. 21 2S3 81 7778 HO State tax s2;W.tK)one lial( to bo paid on or lief ore Muy, leaving a balance, to bo applied on redemp tion of warrants f209S7.7tJ Total auiouut yet to bo col lected 10413 CS GREEDY MULTNOHAH A Few Straight Hits by Our Pop ular Representative State Should be Reapportioned Keno, Orcg., Mar. th, l.WI. A. Y. Rkach Lukevlew, Or. Dear Sir and Friend: I notice In the Kxarnlwr (your J paper) about Portland gettingevery- thlng they nsk (or except the I.. S. Senator. Your ivmarks are well taken, only hardly strong enough to do real Justice. The State, and particularly Kant em Oregon, will never get any Iwne fical legislation they need until such time an they can combine againnt .Multnomah ami Marion counties. People from ndir do not notice this j as the iiu-iiiIm-i-m of the legislature j do, Ix inon the ground. j Jackson County with a normal ! school loii-liif with a normal i school and soldiers home. Lane with the state university, lienton with the agricultural college, and Tolk with a normal school; then Marion with the insane asylum, the ieiiiten tiary, the reform school, blind school, deaf mute school, exjH'tise o( state house, etc. All these must enter to Portland to get uliat eacli o( them want, and if any otherCounty wants any State assistance they must in vade this combination or go with out, no matter bow small the assist ance ask for may lie. All the gentle men from tliesecountiesnssunietole the "watch dog" of the treasury when any other county knocks for admission. Wo rvinemlier that Mult nomah has s,tXK),tNH) taxuble prop erty, Eastern Oregon $:B,0o0,00O, and the remainder of Western Oregon only ?."i9,0li),tHit). You will therefore take notice that Eastern Oregon comprises more than of the whole States area and pays more than half tut much taxes than all the rest of the state outside of Multnomah County. We simply good naturedly poor our shekels into the hands of the tax-, payers for the benefit of thesp people, and get nothing. If thing are uot changed on this line, the people of Eastetn Oregon will lie justified In clamoring for a division of Oregon, the geographical line of which will be on the Summit of the Cascade mountains. Again you will obserse by exam in .. Ing the matter, that Eastern Oregon is not properly represented in the Legislature. Multnomah county has 20 members. Western Osegon 50 members, while Eastern Oregon has only 20 memlters. Every member from Eastern Oregon represents 1 million dollars taxable property, while the rest of the State including Multnomah county, where million lares are as thick as musquitoes in the month of June, each member represents only a shade over a mil lion and ono half, and tho remainder of Western Oregon, exclusive of Mult nomah county, each mem Iter only represents one and one fifth million. We know tho representation Is not based on tho taxable property, but should hear no more about the "poor" people of Eastern Oregon. After the census of 1905, the Legis lature should, and doubtless will enact a general apportionment law bused upon population, which will enable Eastern Oregon to demand a better recognition. Mark you that within tho next ten years Eastern (Coutluued ou fourth puge)