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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1903)
'If 97 if A Mi wntnlw amtm LAKKVIICW, LAKE COUNTY, ORKtiON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1903. VOL. XXIV. NO. 18. I MIRAGES OF i THE DESERT Many Delusions of The Desert of Lake County Hand of Ante lope 5ecn by Moonlight. Many people nre under the Im pression tlmt mirage are "ly m" nt the great desert of Nullum. People of Oregon do Hot generally know thene phenomena arc si-en on till' OrcgOII "ll'M4Tt." It I II flirt, llOWCVcr. Hllll Hllllll' llf till' IIMwt lii lvi and most beautiful effect nre wen w hilt croHnlng the plain of I ln great Inland IInil r. They may 1m seen on many point on tin desert, but they are i. lily known to Im mirage In nwiny IiihIuiii-i'h liy t hose who an1 innualntcd with tin' par- lli ulur liM iillly. Tin it common form of mirage on tin On'uiiii desert Ih the change In tin' appearance of lamlinarkH, both mm to hIiii ami lletiiiiri'. 'riii- stranger mistaken 1 to-1 it for lu-lnal condition wlilli' the cltl.rn I him long known tin1 land mark anil when tin' atmospheric condition change thrill lio Ik q lllrk to Irt.i t It mnl call it U-iit Ion to It. There are also vow In which ex Inordinary mirage have appeared, mnl In which tin old-time trapper mil KtiH'kinun have lcii deceived, I nit they mv rare. IN H.WINKV VAI.I.KY. Nome of th iii out iM-antlfnl effect are wen In Harney Valley, In Harney 'onnty. Harney Iiike, one of the prritli'Ht lioilleH of water In tin ntate, will appear one ilay to lie only a few iiiIIch iIImIhiii-i' when In fact It 1m ID or mum iiiIIch away. Mountain change their apMarance, mnl while one day they look to Ih only a few inlleH away, on another they appear loin many iiiIIcm illMtant. Then they change their appearance In Hhape. A range of inoiintaliiM lying off to the east of lluriiH furnlnh h a iIivitmIoii in the way of night Hcclng to the cltlxcn. Altlough the range stretches acroHH the entire Eastern portion of the valley, yet on Home occasions they do not deem to lie half ho long as iihiiiiI, ami at tlmcH they npH'nr to lie cut In two in tin) nililille or at Home other point 111 the range. IUHTANT MOUNTAINS. "Do you see that wide oix-nln through that range of mountains?" Iiiiiili-eil William Hanilley, a promi nent Htockmaii, near Ilurns one morning. "Yen; what of lt?"was the answer, for a brent-h at leant a quater of a mile, wide npcar in tho range. The mountain are several hundred feet In altltuile at thin point, and t ho breach apcared to lie as distinct uh If It had Ihh'II chiselled out. The walls at either end of the breach were uri straight an a die and they appear ed to be one of Nature'H prettiest ileinonHtratloiiH of her work. "There Ih noopeiringnt nil through the mouutaliiH there," mild Mr. Hen ley. "They are Just an solid there an they arc to the right mul left of the place where, there appears to bo a breach." "You are notHcrloiiN, Mr. Hanley?" WIIH Suggested. "Nurel" wan the reply. "Well, how do you account for It?" "It's a mirage," replied t ho stock inan. It wax early la tho morning and tho stranger was requested to look over that way in tho afternoon and liu would bo convinced. Kirn enough, by the middle of the day the breach had dlnps'arcil. mid the range wan once more solid, clear acroHH the caHtcrn border of the vol ley. At another time the breach will appear at another point In the range but the effect art no real that none except thorn who arc familiar with the country would know; that It miw only a mirage. The moMt beautiful effect are vto llile at sunrise. At tltln tluii one may him many effects, which If one will watch, one will see illsnp'tear In regular order an the hiiii rise mid throWH on a different light. Then tliey apHar again, often with a dif ferent effect at HtlllHct. and Home nioMt remarkable siM-etnck' have Is-cn kii ii on a clear night. AiiIiiihIm on the ili-MiTt haveapiN'ared to thoHc familiar with them to be of more than ten t linen their hIxc, ami the moMt experienced have lieeij diim foiiudeil by this plienomeuon. win i -Kit o. tiik ih:mi:iit. Incoiupauy with a Lake county trapjMT I exiH-rleiiced a uiont remark alile ciimi of the latter kind. We with travelling In a buckboard on the winter range in the mld-ileHcrt. The Hurroiimling mountain were all covered with hiiow, and thl iih a background gave a peculiar bright' lie to the light, both by day ami night. The ncctlon we were In wan void of Inhabitant. Coyote, nage heiiH ami antelope wen plentiful and I kept up a conHtaiit warfare on the Huge hen ami antelope that Ih when we came clone enough to the latter to get a Hhot. In making a roundabout trip on the ilcHert In mld-wiuter we often had to make long drive to reach Mliet'p camp or Hiipply polnln. On the Oregon denert where the nheep iiicn Hpeud the winter, they have uh tabllHhed HUpply Iiouhch mere cabin orMhack at a day' travel apart, which are for common uo. The t nipper and I had HHnt nevcral day at the foot of Mount Juniper, nearly bHI mile from the nearent human habitation. In company with two men who had a vant herd of nlioep. The trnpier had Vhiii buy In the canyoiiM and gulf he and had a nunilicr of coyote, wildcat and marten hide an a rcfeult, while I had Ihiii biiHy Hiipplylng the camp with Hage hen, mnt had brought down one nutclope. A NKillT 1IKIVK. From Camp Juniper we Btarted early one morning for Windy Hoi low, a dlntance of !0 mllea. The roads were rough. At one point the trail lay through a wide stretch of lava lied and wo were Hoveral hours making the distance of Ave miles. It was known that we were In a great antelope country, but luck had been against us during the day, and we had not seen ono of these much cov eted animals, though "sign" was abundant. Night came on while we were Mill several miles from our des tination, but we were compelled to drive on in order to obtain water for oui'hcIvch and the hornc. It in unt have been at lent ten o'clock. The stars were shilling brightly and the clear, crispy, cold evening gave every thing an exagger ated appearance and made the slight est nolso sound much louder than under ordinary circumstances, Tho myriad of coyotes that were fol lowing and howling In the ilUtanco sounded like a thousand demons. ANTUI.Ol'K. We had driven some distance in silence, each buttoning his coat to .m.iiiniii m t tm '.. u ih'i iinliiii imji Mi m n imn m mnwii W pn 'J-J-----1 ' .... .y -- --- y i ir '-. i 1 - T F ' D MSs;j-Jt,xi.' l'..,i,in in RECEPTION HALL IN THE WASHINGTON HOME OF SENATOR FORAKER. On of the not J-nnnllke of WhInjron reKideneea Is the big yellow mansion on Sixteenth utreet which Is the home of Senator Joepn B. Forakcr of Ohio. In former years it has been the Koraker girls whose friends Ut filled the big rooms with merrymaking. Now that both the duushtera are married the gathering are Ions youthful, but none the litis frequent and well attended, for Mrs. l oraker la a social leader and a charming hostess. keep out the chill night air, and each carrying a recating rille across his lap from torn of habit while in that country. Suddenly the horses shied, and the trapper, who was driving, threw the brake nnd drew tho reins. At the same time he nudged me In the side and said in a low breath: "Antelope!" We had lieen watching for them all day and I Immediately manned the country about us. Hut I was iept searching for them but an In stant. To the left, and on my side of the vehicle, a great band of animals stood, not over 40 yards away, and they were moving restlessly about mid nodding their heads up or down, Just as anteloHs do. 1 raised my ride, a Marlln loaded with powder and steel-Jacketed cartridges, and took aim at the nearest one. Just as I was about to pull the trigger, the trnpinr stopped me. "Don't nhoot yet!" he said In a whisper, "there may lm a mistake. It might be sheep. Step down to the ground and walk toward them until you get closer they won't run at night." I cased down out of the seat, greatly disappointed, for I was pos itive that they were antelope, and walked a few steps toward them and again raised my gun to my shoulder. Just as I was ready to pull the trigger, again came the w arning from the trapper: "Iion't shoot unless you are cer tain!" "I am sure," I replied. "Then let 'em have It," he consent ed In a louder tone than before. EAHTH SWAI.l.OWKU 'I'll KM. I raised my gun to my shoulder again, and as 1 did so the. long Hue of animals disappeared as suddenly as though the earth had swallowed them up. I looked up at tho trap per and I saw from his sllenco and steadfast gaze In the direction where - - . ..-v."ih :I m,m ,.mttu m,, iimr m,tm mtiTi the animals had first apjH'ared that ; he, too, wiih surprised, j liut In a minute the animals ap- M-nred again, though a little farther away this time, Just as large and ! numerous as ever. "Now, shoot!" hissed the trapper. I again raised my gun to my shoulder and the objects disappear- ed as completely as liefore. Two or ! three times they did this in success '. Ion. j "(In nenrer to them," said the trapjier. J Holding the gun ready for action, 1 started in a cautious walk toward the point where the animals were last seen. 1 walked for a hundred yards and there was nothing In view except the level plain which lay out in front of me for miles. I was about to turn back when I stumbled into a large bunch of sage grass. As 1 did this a sage hen rose and sailed away, and another and another fol lowed until a great flock had taken it flight. THAITKH BOI.VKS IT. It was a puzxlerto the trapper, who had spent his life on the plains, but wo were compelled to admit that our antelope were no more nor no less than a flock of the plains birds. And tho horses had lieen as badly fooled as we, for wo had driven through large flocks of the sago hens during tho day and they had never noticed them until they ap peared In the sjieetre-llke form of an telope that night. 1 "It was only a mlr-ir-ago," said tho trapinT, after we had driven some distance In silence. Strange as It may seem there are five newspaiiers In Lake county, and four of them are Uepubllcau In poll tics. These four papers are all strongly In favor of llormauu for Congress. Lake should roll up a big majority for the popular ex-land Commissioner. LOOKS UKE A RAILROAD Promising Outlook for a Railroad to Lakeview N. C. O. Road Will Build thib Summer. Last week The Examiner publish ed an article In regard to the early extension of the N. C. & O. Railroad to Lakeview and while It might have len merely conjecture, there Is no doubt a great deal of truth In the report. A friend of The Examiner who was In Iteno previous to the departure of Mr. Hunawny of that road, on April Sid for a three months tour of EuroiH. says there 1 no doubt in his mind but what the road will Is? extended this summer from Madeline, and that next year will see the road In Iakeview. Mr. Dunn way will look up the matter of buying rails for his road while abroad. It Is also understood, and this report has Is.-en confirmed, that the Uould system would shortly build a road through Iteckwith I'ass, and that it was only a matter of time when the N. C. & O. would be owned by the Gould system. The railroad situation certainly looks promising for Lake county. With the Portland business men prodding up the O. Ii. & N., and the Columbia Southern, and the San Francisco businens men holding onto the trade of this county, and occasionally pushing the N. C. &. O., up this way; a few miles further In order to grasp a firmer hold of this trade, there seems to be no doubt ob to the re sult. Portland wants this trade and Is entitled to it, but she hasn't got it. San Francisco has had thia trade for many years, and she don't want to Ioho it. Lakeview is like a young girl with two ardent lovers, both of whom she liked very wellfc and would marry both if she could. The Vote For Gwude&s. Two new candidates have entered the race this week for Goddess of Liberty In the names of Kate Wood cock, and Lena Maloy. The two leading candidates are a tie with 16 votes each. The total vote follows: Anna Down Lakeview 18 Kate Woodcock " .16 Mae Snider " 15 Ada Woodcock " 2 Myrtle Smith Crooked Creek 2 Alta Spray Davis Creek 1 Frances Jones Paisley 1 Ida Howard Drews Valley 1 Ottle Field '. Lakeview 1 Mabel Pry or " 1 Ollle Heryford " 1 Carrie Tonulngsen " 1 Genie Snelllug " 1 liertha Nlckerson " 1 Effle Nyswaner " 1 Essie Gupton " 1 Lena Maloy " 1 Another Portland Fire. A great conflagration along the northern waterfront of Portland oc curred May 1st, this being tho twen tieth fire in Portland In tho lout thirty days. Tho Western Lumlier Company's mills, Martin's planing mills and the I'nion Stock yards are a total loss, and a limnber of other mills, factories and dwellings were damaged or destroyed. Tho Im mense Linseed Oil tanks were seri ously threatened. A boiler exploded in one of tho mills nnd It is reported tvoierhaps were killed and three badly Injured. Ono hundred firemen and spectators were cut off by the flames and forced to throw them selves Into tho Willamette river to save their lives. It Is not known whether all escaped or not. The total loss Is estimated at S2U0.0OO I with but small insurance. If .