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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1903)
wv 11 ummeti VOL. XXIV. LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 190.' J. NO. 20. REAHES IS HARD HIT. Ill Indiscretion of Writing Too Huch Han Thrown Iktmb into l.ocal Democratic Camp. and Iiiim acted III advisedly on till HI1UIC. I Wc Iioim that Mr. Rcamcs will In I nt'li- to make a satisfactory cxplnii- a I lull of IiIm unwarranted criticism 'of tin' iH'iuiM'riitM of Iake county, i inn) In the iiu-mi 1 1 int we ask our friends to muhm-iiiI t heir judgement until tin mutter In more fully under- , HtOOll." A (ciupcHt In it teapot Is brewing In tin local Ih-mocrntle camp as Ih evidenced from mi nrtlrl published In tlit1 lux t Ihhim- of our eoutcmpoary, Tln Herald, In tln caption of "Sum- peuu jiiugeiiiciii. il appears nun ' if,,,..,, iM .1.,. i,m.l,.v Mace Track Notes. C. McCowen of AltuniN Ih here with IiIh 4 year-old bay gelding. Slru .Mr. -a iio-m, rau.lidate or ron- I i gn-HMonthe I K'liif M-ritl lc ticket, Iiiim not only Ihn-ii busy talking lo tin1 voters of the illHtrlrt Imt Iiiim written , m il one it "MTMoiinl" or "confldcii-1 t In I letter." To tin1 Ki'nilillriiiiH of I ,ii ki- hi ii t v lie com iiii'iii'i'H ly hii, Iiik: "In t IiIm campaign I iiiii i Hh i ihci I , to Ih-IIcvc t hat you fee I yourwlf free to Hiii'irt Hie, In view of the good j work that I Iiiim- ilolie fur 1 .like I i comity In the punt. I iiiii particular-1 ly niixloiiH that Lake county kIioiiM j Klve me mi liidiirHi iiii nt ly a goodj vote for w hat services I have reinlcr- j il III the past. If they do Hot ilu Ho, I hIuiII Im- i-ry much illHiiiiolntei to tlml that they are not the kllnl of Henry iore, of Alturn Ih lien with Nellie W. Teil HalilHter Ih rid ing. fiulIlliiuiM' 2ycnr-old h In-lug gnl- Iumi again, having recently ln-en laid up with n ntoiie lirulHe. ' Harry 'h M ( art hy In galloping on I lie t rack Sunday, Iss-ame unman useable ami threw IiIh rider, Jim ! I'artln, near the head of the t retch, 1 ami .Mm came near ls-lug dragged to I death. 111m foot caught In the stir I rii and lie wiim dragged iiImiiiI If") yards, when IiIh mIhh- wan torn off j ami IiIm foot freed, hut he st 111 hung on to the hrldle. All of the horKCH In training an PETITION IS DENIED. n-o.. which I now Ulleve they an-, I "'" niaklngagood mI.ow- lug for the races. etc." To the dcntis-rats he wrlten more pointedly, ami exilaliiH why thin Judicial dlHtrlct wan divided, ami that he wiim not liiHtrumental In having It divided. The portion of a letter that Iiiim created (treat con sternation la the Ih-miM-ratU- camp Hubert Italx-r ami IiIh moii arrived In town Frldaj afternoon from tirantH I'iihh with a string of five race horHCM, four of which will Im entered for the races lien- June 4th and .'th. They are nil well known Secretary of the Interior Refuses to Review His Decision In the Warner Land Controvery. The I tcgislc i a.. . P. lver of the lakevlew Land Olllce, 1.0t week re ceived tin following let tef from Act ing Commissioner of tin (icneral Land olllce, with which lie cut-lones Secretary Hltchcis-k's refusal to re vlew the Warner cases an prayed for Ina motion by the settlers. This declMlou iiIho followH. The part of the ('ominlMMloiier'rt letter In ItallcH Im the only hind now n tuulnlng In question and which Ih now Is-lug collteNted In-fore the Lakevlew lam olllce by the Warner Valley Stock Company. Seven of the Wnrner Val ley xctt lc rn are trying to make proof on their pre-empt Ion claluiH, ho iih to gain title to their land Is-fore the Si-ret a ry'n decision giN-n Into effect. The couteMt Htarted t he firt of hint week and at thin time Is HtlU going on. The outcome cannot Is- pn-dlct- Crawford, lid. Then Im alno sent you a lint of liindn Involved In thin cane, (marked No. 2.) which apiM-ar to Ih- covered by pre-emption declaratory state ments. Such list, you will critically examine In connection with the rec ord of your office and ad vim- tne fully nil to the present status of any of these clalniH adverse to the state ti any of the tract. In the Secretary's det-lHlon denying the motion for review, It in stated: "No error In the decision upon the material and controlling fact l-lng alleged, no good reaHon Im, or, in view of the Department can Ih? as signed to susis-nd itn enforcement, or to harass the parties by a pro longation of a controverny that ban In-en too long jiendlng. It Ih due all the particn that the controverny Int ended without further delay, futile Iiojk', anxiety, or uhcIchh cxiHiixe and waste of rcHourccH to either party." It will lie Hi-eu from the language quoted above that there niUMt lie no further delay in the matter, and you are, therefore, flint-ted to at once examine the two liHtn lien-with sent RESERVE IN LAKE COUNTY Forty -Three Township With drawn From Settlement-All The Best Timber Included ed. L. Conn and C. A. Coggn- well represent the Warner Vallev ! -vo"- i-o'niei tlon w ith the recordn StiM-k 'ompany and -Murphy, a new attorney, ha taken the net tlerH cane. Ih U-tter uniertood in n-fen-nce to lt horni-H and an- ciia A, MIhm Shirley, by the Ih-liKM-ratM theliiHelvcH by the comuientM plllillched In the hint Immiic of the Herald, an follown: rrudeiici- dlctaten In all well regu lated famllli-H, that when then Ih llrty linen to Ih- hiimIii-iI, It Hhoiild Im-clea iimciI within their own hoiiMe Itolil. We lN-lleve that thin rule IioIiIm good In political partli-H an well an In Individual famillcH. While we are aware that tne rule ih not alwavn Mtrlctly adheared to In either i-axe, we never the Ii-mh, believe that It would Im- for the In-Mt Intt-n-Ht of the family or political party iim the cne may be If It were oliMerved, JiihI now, we an worry to nay, t hen-Hi-euiH to Ih a public wiiHhliig going on between the great majority fif tin- ih-UKM'i'atlc party In thin coun ty on I he one nlde and A. 1). Itcaini-M, Cougn-HHlonal candidate for that parly In tliU Dlntrlct, on the other. The Herald n-gretH very much that a circular letter In-arlng the Hlgna- tunf of A. K. ItcaineH Ih ln-lng gener ally Kent throughout HiIh t-fiunty, Informing the people that partli-H t-lalinlng to be DemocratM, and f-Hpi-clally naming Dr. Daly, were not Hiipportlng him for Cougn-HH. What authority Mr. Ileami-H Iiiim for pro mulgating Much a report we do not know, or what liilluence Iiiim 1hh-ii brought to lx-ur to goad lit m Into making hucIi 'in unwiirrnnted ntate iuent (it HiIh time Ih beyond our compivhciiKlon. So far iim we know Dr. Duly and all ot her DcinocratH of Lake county have been Hiipportlng Mr. lieauu-H all llirough the present eampaign. We feel that It Ih not only unJiiHt, but It IsapoHltlve liiHiilt to the In telligence and loyalty of the Demo erntM of Lake county. We feel that a full explanation and an apology Ih flue the Dcmocrut of HiIh part of the DlHlrict from Mr. Kciiiiich. We be lieve that Mr. ItcamcH Iiiih been Im-jioHi-d upon, that he Iiiih taken re port for facta without having (li-Ht made a full and careful lnvcHtigatlou I'ergoknot, The Wooer and Alex ander. We uinlerHtaud that Jan. IIoIiiii-m of Merrill will iiIho enter t Im-e horm-ri. Hepubllcan. Among the liorneH that will Ht-ore fin the Klamath I'allH track In the coming June ract-H an, Ky Taylor'8 Dewey, Kenyon'H I'lillly ile Orr and Montana Chief, Dairy Maid, the McIhm liorMi-H, and one or two which F. T. I'radenburg, will bring over from Yn-ka. lieu Holt and Seventy j an then- from Merrill and llla-k Hart, from Meilford. The Alt tiriiM I'lalmlealer hii.vh that Home of the race horne men who have horneM In training then will not come to Lakevlew tin the 4th of July, aMHtguing iih a n-iiMi.n the poor accounnoilatloiiH In Htabllng, and the exhorbltaut cliargen then-for. AImo that out nlde horneH are not given a "fair Hhake." We will mate flrHt that the aMHtH-lat Ion that given the raccH have no HtableH, which Ih prob ably the Hiune condition of moHt i-fiunty nu-e cf)urHf-H In the 'Interior. As to the "fair Hhake," then Ih no ground for hucIi a Mtatement. The nu-ea are always fn-e to all horneH whether they came from South Africa or China, and everyone Ih given tho sanio fair treatment by dlnlnten-Hted Judges. Few counties are an uiM-ral as Lake county. Other counties Modoc for Instance give races principally for horses In the district only. The association here guarantees equal justice and fair treatment to all. There seems to be some trouble between the mail contractors from Paisley to Silver Lake and the Post master nt 1'iilsley, In regard to the time of depart ure of the mail for Silver Lake. One day last week the stage driver drove around half an hour earlier than the schedule time, and not being able to secure the mall at that time, proceeded on his Jour ney without It. The postmaster se cured a team and sent the mail out on the schedule time at the exponm of the contractor. IKPA ItTMK.NT OK TIIK INTKIUOH fiKNKUAI. l.AMUlKKII'K WASHINGTON, II. C. May 9, liKIX Iteglster and Itecel ver. . Iakevlcw, Oregon. Sirs: On March 1J. 11HI3, the Secretary of the Interior rendered a decision In the case of J. L. Morrow, et al. vs. The State of Oregon and Warner Valley Stts-k Company, which was promulgated by this olllce March 21, llKI.'l, by sending you a copy of the same. On April 14, llMKl, the resident attorneys for J. L. Morrow, et al., (lied a motion for review of the Sec retary's decision, which motion was dented May 5, VMr., copy herewith Said Departmental decision of March 1(1, VMl therefore Is-coiiies final and the case Is closed. The decision of the Department awards the lands Involved to the State, under the Swamp grant, and rejects all claims adverse to the State, "excrptlug that otttw Iwlra of Amos Iioyil, noil any other existing prtemption claims which hits eei or may lie perflated before the tiwtsloa Is car ried Into effect." Iu view of tho dcclslous of the Sec retary, the entries described Ik-Iow, which cover lauds Involved In the controversy, are hereby cancelled on the records ot this olllce and j'on will so note on the records of your olllce and advise the entrymen according ly, vU: ('has. Tonnlngsen, T. C. and lid., 1). T. Foskett, lid., M. 1. Harry, Hd., C, Wtlley, T. C. 0. A. Larkln, II. D . C. Wllley. T. C, II. 1'. Tletge, T.C. and lid., A. F. Touulugscu, lid., C. Lohreng.-l, Hd., W. L l'oiudexter, lid., 1'. Taylor, Hd., Win. Italian. T. V- 1 Mt'irow, lid., Itobert Haty. Hd.. Wm. M. Harvey. T. C. J. W. Morrow, T. C, J. Harrington, Hd., J. P. Harry, Hd., L. Ftisket, H.I.. J. It. Harry. Hd., L F. (irant, lid., J. A. Morrow, T. C J. K. Dun navlu, Hd., II. J. Stein, Hd., S. Dix on, Hd., 1. Vinyard, Hd., C. Dixon, Hd., O. T. Phlnney, lid., E. Piatt, lid., L. Wlnklenian, T. C., T. II. Wakefield, T. C. and Hd., J. M. Wll ley. lid.. F. H. Houston, lid.. J. 11. Oreeu, Hd., It. C. Clark. Hd., A. D. ' of your office, and to promptly re turn the same to this office with your report. Very ItesMt-tfully J. 11. Kimi-i.e, Acting Commissioner. May 5, 1903. J. 1 Morrow et aL v. The State of Oregon and The Warner Valley Stwk Company The Commissioner of the tieneral Land Office Sir: J. L. Morrow aud others, the set tier claimants, filed a motion for re view of departmental decision of March 16, 1903, In" the case of J. L. Morrow and others v. The State of Oregon et al. (32 I D., 54). The motion does not question but that the tlndiugof fact that the lands In question were not, March 12, IsCO, the lied of a lake or perinnnentjbody of water, but were swamp and over flowed lands thereby rendered unfit for cultivation and ot the character flescrlls'd by, and that passed by, the grant of that date to the State of Oregon (12 Stat., 3). The motion asks: 1. That the decision be modified by dlrectlngthat It be not carried In to effect until the Department Is fully advised as to each pre-emption claim made prior to March 16, 1903. 2. That the decision be modified by directing, for abundant caution, that the new swamp land lists do not Include any lands claimed prior to March 10, 1903, under the pre-emp tion acts, whether such claims, fil ings, or entries are now existing or have Ihh-ii cancelled. 3. That as to such lands the de cision be not carried Into effect be suspended for twelve months. No error In the decision upon the material and controlling facts ls-ing alleged, no good reasou Is, 'or, in view of the Department can be as signed to suspend Its enforcement, tir to harass the parties by a pro longation of a controverny that has been too long pending. 1 1 Is due all the parties that the controversy be ended without further delay, futile hope, anxiety, or useless expense and waste of resources to either party. No sufficient reasou la-lug shown by the motion to vacate, recall, or modify said decision, and none ap pearing otherwise, the motion Is de nied and the decision adhered to. The pajH-rs are herewith returned. Very respectfully, Taos. Hyan, Acting Secretary. As will Is? seen by the dispatch be low, to the Iteglster and Receiver of the Lakevlew land office, all of the available timber In Lake county south of Paisley has lieen withdrawn from settlement, tiy order of the Commissioner. Over SG7.000 acres of tlrnls-r land Is thus reserved. For what piirprsfe It has not yet been learned. Just as is?ople had Is-gun to arrive In numbers to file on this land. It Is taken away from them. The set back It will give to Lake county is hard to anticipate, but it means that w ood for home consump tion will soon Is? impossible to get at any price; Lumls?r mills will soon have to shut down, and the js-ople will have to suffer according ly. Not even a farmer or rancher will Im? able to take up timber land for his own use. Not one man In Lake county Is in favor of this re-n-serve, as they feel that it is not on ly a detriment to the stockman, but to every Interest of Lake County. If this land was taken up It would mean thousands of dollars in taxes to the county every year. As no warning or reason was giv en for this wholesale grab, the letter following the dispatch will be await ed with much Interest. Many cltl zens In denouncing this action of the Commissioner, claim that some big syndicates are at the bottom of it. The land is being withdrawn so they can pick out the best timber when it will Is? thrown opeu to the public again, but they will Is? on hand with scrip to take It all, thus put ting It In the hands of capitalists, and depriving individuals from tak ing It. The dispatch follows: Washington, I). C, May 16, 1903. Register and Receiver, Uuited States Land Office Lakevlew, Oregon. Withdraw from settlement or an appropriation Township 34 to 41, both Inclusive, Rr.n 16-17-18; Town ships 35-3C-37-3S and 41, Range 19; Townships 30-37, Range 20; Town ships 30 to 41, both Inclusive, Range 21 and 22, all South and East. Ac knowledge receipt herefor by wire and post this with land on your records Immediately. Letter follows: W. R. Richards, Commissioner. The Vote For Qoddess. Anna Down Lakevlew Kate Woodcock " Frances Jones Paisley Eda Banister Paisley Mae Snider Lakevlew Mabel Pike Paisley (5enle Snelling " Ethel McKee Lakevlew Ida Howard Drews Valley Mrs. Jonas Norln Lakevlew da WoodciM-k " Myrtle Smith Crooked Cn-ek Vita Spray Davis Creek () 1 1 le Field :. . . . La ke v ie w Mabel Pryor Ollie lleryford 'arrle Tonnlngsen " Hertha Nk-kerson " iflio Nyswaner " Cssle tiuptou " Pearl Moss " Pet Hryau " 52 23 21 20 IS 15 11 7 2 2 - Acting on advice received from Silver Lake stating that no new cases of smallpox had developed at that place or in Crook county, the quarantine against Crook county was raised Tuesday.