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VOL. XXIV.
LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OULOON, THURSDAY, APRIL 'A 1903.
NO. It?.
GRAVE IN
A CABIN.
An HpiMtde In the l;ntly History
of Old Port Varner--"5horty"
Wa. Scalped by Indians.
I I'kiiI li iJiin-y III I'nrll.ri'l Jiiriinl.
l'i III li IwimiW gulch " nille
liioivfrolil thcsllcofOld Fort Warner
III Lake County, Is an old decaying
.ahln. Tin- riml Is gradually falling
in and I In- log arc gU lug way tothc
exponiip' uf tlliu'. Ill I In Veil ler oil
tl Hour, wtilrli wilt always compos.
I nft'jirtli, linn' Ih h mound. II J
1 .1 - f I I'M till' Hll! Illllt ll'lln (III- old
-liii x. I! Unbuilt mI feel long iiihI
I lllll- (it wide. Itll'l the Hllllkclicnl'lll
.imnii'1 tin edge clmw III'- iiiiiiiIh
l iik'M I'll- i- idelices i if a gi n e.
MtM I Mil MW. j
Tin ii- huc been many t lii-i irlrM
liiixofl li.v tin-Mt'H'kiii'-ii ini'l tripp
i ih, n limine I hat way , itinl t here
nave In en legend and Mtorie nliiillt
I In- graxc fur lili' of I Ik- mark I Mic
tl ty Ih lliiit the iMiiipniil of tlic
grae ii n IiitiiiII; tluit In- had
committed some crime In tin East
ji tn I tlrlfti-il to tin- place, where lie
I in i'i nli mi' tint II uvi-r taken ly dent h,
mid was later fiinnO mid buried In li Ih
cabin li.v members of tin- Hudson Hay
Company. Allot her Is t hut lie ami a
roiiiiiitiloii lived t here t oget her; I lint
they liail a iiiImuiiIi rnt iiikIIiik. and
IiIh companion slew lilin, Imrli'il ll tn
j i ii I li ft, itnd was never hca rd from
ugnln. Tlii'ii there Ih tin- theory Hint
In attacked agrlxiiy Is'ar.wa killed
liy tin-animal anil his remains were
later foiiinl ly - iiijut nl ms wlio
Imrli'il til in In I In- tatiln. Tlii-n It Ih
'laiini'il lie was tin discoverer of tin'
fain.iiiH Islucbiicket mines, ami while
liercgntheiitigiipbiickctM of nuggets
of gold somewhere III till' Immediate
vicinity of tin' fount ry, In lout IiIh
lii'iiltli, illi'tl ami IiIh limly was after
wards found ami Intrli-il liy traH-t'H,
TIiIm t lii'ory Ih ilottliti'il moHt of all,
fur every nook ami corner of the
utility has been searched for gold
iiml not a semblance of t he precious
int'tal Iiuh Is-cn fi mini.
TltlTII IH I.KAKNKII.
lint tln ri'al truth was brought otit
recently from nn old dlehnrged sol
dier who made IiIh way back to Lake
County after many years' absence.
'Shorty", In Hiild In sM'nklng of tho
grave," wiw a hanger-on to our com
pany. It wan somewhere along In
t ho early 70s when wn caino over
from old Fort Boise with (iencral
Crook to tako up station at old Fort
Warner. Shorty had always been
ambitious tola n soldier, but IiIh
physique wiim not up to the require
ment ami IiIh w when I knew him,
for he wan at least Ml years old.
"Hut lie hung around tin? Boise
City post until we started on the
famous trip to Oregon, and ho foil In
iih a Min t of matter of course. Tlu
olllccrs all knt'W him, an well an the
men; In fact, he wan anort of miiHcot.
He had Ihimi a Hinall, led-headed
fellow, with fn-ekled face In earlier
da.VH, but now IiIh hair wiih almost
white and IiIh ftuo wiih a Holld red,
while Ids body wiih round and plump.
I I Ih general name among the, boya
wiih Shorty, but many of them called
him Ited. It didn't make any differ
ence with hlm what the bojH called
him, however, lie wiiHalwayHgood
until red, apparently laboring under
the belief that he had to bo good in
order to stay In the army, an he call
ed It.
Ill-.I'AMK t'HKKI'l..
"After we reach old I'orl Warner,
ii'tii'rul 'rook ch! m IiIImIh-i I a miimi II hh
mill up In the inouiitaliiH where Hie
I it tn I ht wiim cut to build the fort. A
donkey ennliii' and a Hinall clrular
miw had been brought along for the
purpoHo. When t he mill began Shorty
took gri'iil Inb reHt In It. He prac
tically became t he M renin II of Hie Utile
doiiUey and illdn't like to lea veil. He
kept the engine clean mm a Watch,
and after the day'H run would wIm
the engine off and exatullie the I'oiIh
and boltH with an much care iih ilocHn
IiiomI up to ilateliM-oitiol Iveeiiglueer.
And the little fellow wiih JhkI iih
proud of that donkey, too.
in i i.i' A chin.
"lb- Ih'cuiiii' mo Infat uali-I il IiJIi'ih
w ork I liat lie did not like to lcac
t he engine lit lllllt. Il W IIH I lie li lt
ri al 'wn li e' lie had ever rendered to
the government, mid nluce he had
failed to gel cnllHted iih a Holdier he
Hii'llied to look Upon the matter of
having worked IiIh way In iih a 'guv-
rrtilliellt etlglllii-r' With CtiliMlilepililc
vanlly. At odd tliui-M Shorty l gan
to cut down Hinall trei-M. Then lie
dragged I belli to a level npot near
the donkey. While the moIiIIcim were
renting at noon Shorty would take
advantage of the time and line one of
the muleHtodrag the logn to thin
point. He UHiiallycut the Hinall trecH
down late In the afteriiooiiM after
work wan over.
Anyway, he filially got the logn to
gether and the Iiovm gave hlm a Hurt
of ' limine raining. ' Then he Hplit the
HhakeM and coveri'il the cabin and In.
gan hoiiMckecplug. He only had a
dirt floor, but he built IiIh bed on the
ground and noon had fairly comfort
able ipiarterH. He took HomcHklllctH
and ot her cooking utc-tiNilH froui the
fort and when he ran low In provin
Ioiih the boyH would bring hlm frcHh
MUppllcM. He wiih literally a happy
man. He had reached t he ambition
of IiIh life. Working for the govern
ment, living to hluiHcIf, In Mole charge
of the donkey for no one touched
the old rattletrap of a concern now
except Shorty he felt IiIh Importance
mid hIiowoiI It in every movement.
I Mil AN MlliN.
"Late one afternoon one of the men
doing logging 'norvlce' In the out
skirts of the camp saw an Indian
watching the work from a distant
peak. He reported the matter and a
wonting party was sent out, but no
discovery was made. In spite of
this fact the loggers reported Indian
'sign' every day or two. It got to
lie a 'chestnut after awhile and but
little attention wan paid to the re
ports. In fact, they qultsendlngout
searching parties. The country was
continuously being scoured In every
direction by scouting parties and It
was thought to bo Impossible- for
Indians to approach the fort without
being detected. Ktlll the boys lagged
Shorty to spend his nights In the fort
as a prowling war party might come
that way unexpected. The little
fellow would not think of leaving his
donkey. 'Why, they might steal my
pet, 'he would say.
I'AII) TIIK I'KNAI.TV.
"Hut the lack of vigilance wiih paid
(or, and that, too, unexpectedly. One
morning when we reached the mill
tho donkey was not II red up as uhuiiI.
The first dlncovery was that the belt
ing was all cut.
"What's the matter with Shorty?'
was the natural Inquiry.
"It's all up with tho poor fellow!"
exclulmed one (if the men as lie entered
the cabin.
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SLEIGHING IN THE SUBURBS OF ST. PETERSBURG.
While the Ituiwlan peawmt may be a poor, andly abused creature wb(
Ui U Oiled with kIooui and hardship, bit rich uelbbor la a J.llj. active,
ulrUi lovluu Individual who fliida hla aiort lu the ojieii lu spite of the severity
of ltuaalau winters. The wealthy citizens of St. I'eteraburK think nothluK
Of twenty or thirty mile alelgli ride Into the couutry with the thermometer
far below ero. Of pourae they wear au abuudunce of fur clothing, and the
drlvltiK of tbn-e spirited horses haruesw-d ahreuat is hi Itself a bluod warming
port. AImmU tlili hi'iimoii of the year the great, wide hlghwaya leading from
the hi'art of St. I'eMTKliurK ut Into the suburbs are couatautly the scciiea f
ueU -p"iled plctureM an the oue here presented.
"And, sure enough, the poor fellow Lyon Hunj.
was found dead in IiIh bed with his i Kdward F.lliot Lyons, slayer of
scalp taken. It was not until then i Sheriff Wither, was hanged at Ku
that the little man's real worth in gene at !l::il lawt F'riday. He was
life was appreciated. The
were all indignant
aiixioiiM to avenge IiIh death.
men i
and j
The I
report was Meat to the fort and a de- !
tachmetit Immediately put on the'
trail of the Indians. They were follow
ed several days, but they were not
overtaken and poor Shorty's murder
was not avenged until we caught
the Indians at I Minder and Itlixen.
"Shorty was burled in his cabin.
He had often said that he had found
the spot where he wanted to Is? buried
and that it lie should die while in the
'servle' at Fort Warner, he wanted
to Ik buried under his own roof up In
the gulch among the tall pines."
Big Sheep Corporation.
liiil Metschan, A. II. IK' vers and
John Iainont of Portland have filed
Incorporation pajK-rs at the County
Clerk's ohMce, creating the Oregon
Sheep & Laud Company, with a
capital stock ot 12,000,000 snys the
Journal. It is tho purpose of the
corporation to buy extensive lands,
build irrigating ditches, where found
necessary, and by other means es
tablish largo stock raising indust
ries. Two hundred thousand shares i
of stock are offered for sale at f 10
per share.
A pupil In a country school who
had Imh'U requested to write an essay
on the human body banded in the
following: "The human body con
sists of the head, thorax, abdomen
and legs. The head contains the
brains In case there are any. Tho
thorax contains the heart and lungs
also the liver and lights. The abdo
men contains the bowels, of which
there are five a, e, I, o, u, and some
times w and y. The legs extend
from tho abdomen to the floor and
have hinges nt the top and middle
to enable a fellow to sit wheu stand
ing or to stand when sitting.
'ft.
4, -
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not nervous, and walked bravely to
the scaffold. He mounted the steps
without assistance, took his place
on the trap and but for a slight
trembling, let no movement indicate
that he was afraid to meet his doom.
Sheriff link asked if he had any
thing to say, any Lyons answered:
"No, only this, I thank everyone
w ho has Ish'II kind to me: may (!od
forgive you jieople, for you. know
not what you do. That's all."
Sheriff Flsk sprung the trap and the
murderer shot down to the end of
the rope, breaking Ills neck. Din.
l'alne and Day pronounced him dead
In fourteen minutes.
Binder May Raise It.
Thomas H. Tongue had some
where near 7000 majority In this dis
trict tho last time he was voted for,
but there were a whole lot of Demo
cratic votes to swell that Republi
can majority as well as all the reg
ular Republicans who voted for him.
It will lie different this time. Ash
land Tribune.
Yes, Ringer mny raise it another
thousand, who can tell.
Tuesday evening while some boys
were playing "catch" with a base
ball In front of Baldwin's hardware
store, a commercial man standing
on the sidewalk opposite made a
wild throw to Fivd Houston. The
ball went high and wild and Fred
being unable to get In front of it. It
struck the big plato glass window
In tho hardware store, breaking It.
Klamath Express.
Posters are out announcing the
spring meeting of races by the Klam
ath County Agricultural Associ
ation to be held at Klamath Falls ou
J uno 4th and ,1th. f MS Is to bo given
In purses.
O.R.& N.WILL
BUILD SOUTH
Harriman Has Definitely Decided
to Build a Branch Railroad to
South Eastern Oregon.
NEW YORK, April .-.. Sjieclal to
the On-gonlan) The Oregon Rail
road & Navigation Company will
extend Its system Into Centrol Ore
gon, guaranteeing to Portland mer
chants control of the trade of this
rich section and making its rapid
development certain. Tills decision
of the officers of the com
pany ban just Ixt-ii announced.
The proposal to extend has been
under consideration by the company
for some time, but until today not ti
ling definite has ls-en given out that
j would reassure Portland joblx-rsand
wholesale men. The absolute prom
j ine of an extension has now iK'en
j made.
To T. IS. Wilcox, who came to New
i York iih the representative of the
I'liattlls-r of Commerce, belongs the
credit for souring this early an
nouncement of the company's plans, If
not the entire crei'lt for putting
through the deal. Mr. Wilcox has
lieeii in consultation with K. II. liar
riiiiun, of the Union Pacific and
chairman of the board of directors
of the O. R. & N., relative to the ex
tennion for some time, and lias now
departed for his home with the as
surance that the company will do an..
Portland has desired.
The details of the extension have
not yet Imh'U worked out, but theso
will ls decided upon immediately.
Construction work will 1k conimenc- -sd
soon.
"Am promised the road Into Cen
tral Oregon promptly and the de
tails and plans are under consider
ation. I can do no more at present.
and am leaving for home today."
Telegram of T. I!. Wilcox, who rei-
reseuted the Cliamlier of Commerce
lu a conference with E. H. Harriman.
It is evident from the reading of
both the siecial dispatch from New
York and Mr. Wilcox's telegram that
the O. R. & N. has determined to do
whatever railroad building is at
tempted In Central aud Southern
Oregon. Tills determination means
to Portland that no outside system
will be jiermitted to interfere with a
trade that naturally belongs to this
city and Indicates the complete suc
cess of the plans of the Chamtier of
Commerce.
Central Oregon Is one of the richest
sections of country in the West,
though at present It is more of a
sheep and cattle raising district than
agricultural territory. With the
coming of railroad facilities, how
ever, It Is believed the country will
lie developed rapidly and the influx
of settlers, now scarcely felt in that
district, will lie a potent factor In lta
growth.
The details of the extension, It is
apparent, are to lie settled nt once.
Within a comparatively short time
It will be definitely known whether
the O. R. & N. Intends to build a line
of its own or whether it will extend
tho Columbia Southern. But ouo
thing Is certain and that Is that
Central and Southern Oregon are to
lie opened up just us quickly us rail
road constructors can lay the raHs.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. lllckerson
came over from Ft. Rldwell last Fri
day on a visit to their daughter Mrs.
1'eter Post. They returned homo
Monday.