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Mil me VOL. XXIV. LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, ORIiOON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 190.1. NO. 21. A DRAWBACK TO LAKE CO. Oovernor Chamberlain and State Trcanurcr Moore Denounce Lake Co. F orest Reserve Below we publish t lie letter from (ho Commissioner of tin- (ieiicrnl Land Oillce to Register &. Receiver, III which all the fact arc ulvcli In the Luke ( ' m ii 1 .v forest reserve. A simi lar order setting unldo 15 townships ill MoiIim' County Cul., and adjoining Ijike County, has Imi ii made. Ah Will lie sec II If.V IlltervleWH frulll (inv- riior I 'liiiinlM-rliiln mid others, Lake futility has ln-eii done u great Injus tice, iiinl will suffer inure t lim iiiuhI H-uile wuulil think. Twenty thou miiimI dollars wuulil lint cover I lie Jiluulilit uf inuiiey t hut Htilllil luive Im-cii HH lit were euie nlluweil to eoinii nml take up t lilt bind, not In cluding tin ainoiilit uf taxeM the 'onuty wuulil receive. If the entire II towiiHliiM were taken up, the 'uiiut.v would receive aliuiit 7.,ikhi nt year In luxe. The reserve de prives farinerH ami raucherH from taking up the hind fur their own use, which they will greatly lieeil. I'etl- LI.MM will Ik. circulated ,,rn.MtI1(f .'ialiiHt thlH wholcHalc Hl-nl. IiKI'AKTMKNT tK TIIK INTKUtoll (IKNKIIAI. I. AMI UKKII'K WAHIIIMITON, l, ('. May 1H. liMirt. 1'ropoMii! Winner Mountain Fur t Itewrve, Cul If urn la anil )reK), Temporary Wit Inlrawn. HeNler ami Kecelver Lakevlew, rcKon. ielitleiuen: Hy teli'Kriitu to yuu uf even ilate, nil tin vacant, unappropriated pub lic lamlrt within the following 1ch tIIm'i towimhlpri were temporarily withdrawn from net t lenient, entry, Hale or uther dlxpoHal under the public land lawn, pending deter inaiiatlou an to advUlably uf Includ ing Miild lamlrt within a fort-xt re nerve, ami you were dlrecttvl to wknowlede, by wire, the receipt uf nalil telegram, ami to pimt the with drawal upon your record Imme diately. (Here followH tho town HhlpH withdrawn). Said telegram In hen-liy conflrmeil. Neither thin U'liiporary withdrawal, nor the permanent reservation uf the lamlrt, which may follow, will -ffect any lama fide Hettlement or claim properly Initiated upon the lamlrt irlur tu thr tint hvrvof, pro vided that the HcttlerH or lialinantH continue to comply with the law under which their HcttlementH or clnlniH w(re Initiated, ami place their clalniH duly of record within the prcHcrlU'il Btatltory ierloil. The withdrawal ujierateM to defend all settlement clalniH or other clalniH Initiated mihsriiurnt to this thit, re gardlcHH of the date upon which you receive the telegram. Very KcNpectfully, W. A. Kiriuitim CiiiiiiiiIhhIoiici'. The Salem cuiTenpondent uf The Oregoulaii given hoiiiu very timely lutervlewrt with the Htate olllchiln who protcNt ngaliiHl the Injtirttlce uf he reMerve. Jf I'lenlilnit Koonevelt taken tho trouble to Hound public opinion In 1 lil.- nlatu upon the nubject of forest renerve, he will lind that there In a very ntrong oppoMltlun to the crea tion uf tho rcHorvo proponed for Southern ami Southwestern Oregon. Tho pooplo of Curry ami Josephlno Counties have alreaily made a vigor hum protest against t he creation uf a reMcrve, which covers about one half the urea uf those two conn ties. Men who are aciiinllitei wit h conditions In Lake ( 'utility whore WMI.OOO acres wore withdrawn fruin entry yostcr ilty fur the purpoHe uf creating a re nerve, May that a no Icmm vigorous protest will go to Washington front that part uf the Mute. IN' TIIK I.NTKHKHT UK "HTKIM'KltM." The i real loll uf reserves lit quite genorull.v Isilevcd to Im a move wholly In the Intercut uf men who uwn wurthli-HH laml In the tract wit lull awn Mini who wIhIi tu ex change It for valuable HiiiImt laml. Conservation uf water supply It re- rcgardi-d im a mere subterfuge tu cover up the real motive. The I'.lue Mountain rcHcrvc In P.ust ern Oregon Im the only one t hut hits lieen conceileil to iioconsury In or iler tu preserve the wuter supply ami there an many who know that coun try who will question Its utility fur t hat purpuHc. The cuiiHervatluu uf water lii Curry County HtrikcH Hople who know t hat country a Ising "ii at tempt at humor, though very serious to those wIiomc Interests are uffiM'ted. Then1 j In m. m arclty uf water In that n-Klon and never will In. IIOVKKMlll CIUMIIKKI.AI.N I'KOTKrtTrt. "There In no reason whatever fur the cn-atloii of thene renerven, nayn lovernor Chainlierlnlii. "You can quote me an naylng that If tho rener ven In Curry, Jowphlue and luke Couutlen are cn-ati-d, the effect will Is- to retard the development of those nectlolin of the state and evidently for no other purpose than to enrich men who own large tracts of land In the area withdrawn from entry. 1 am creditably Informed that the Oregon Central Military Wagon Koad Company, or Its assigns, own SO.IKM) acres uf wagon-road grant laml "They have Hold off t he lient of It ami want to relinquish the rcinnln deraml necure 'scrip' In return, which they can use to take valuable lands In any other parts of the state. l!y this means they can give up their worthless lamln and secure gooil lauds Instead, ami when a Iiomeseek- er goes to take a homestead he will llnd that the tiuvernment hart noth ing to offer tl'at In worth taking. "1 am also Informed that the Ore gon & California Railroad Company has thousands of acres of laml of lit tle value la the proposed Southwest ern Oregon reserve. If that rcnorve Is created the owners of that land will lie permitted to exchange their lands for valuable land elsewhere with the result that all the liest lands will 1m owned by large corporations. This In not right nml should not lie jiermltttnl by tho Oovernment. INJUKY TO THK STATIC. "Tho creation of thene renerven will prove a direct Injury to the state, for wheu thene wagon road and railroad companies are given 'scrip' coveting thousands of ncivs of laud, which they can use themselves or sell, It is impossible for the state to realize anything on the base it may have for sale. "Tho wit lid nwvl of large areas of laml from sett lenient not only re tards dcvclopcmcut, but reduces the amount of laml subject to taxation, and, In tho cane of Curry County, I fear It will make It almost impossible for them to maintain a county gov ernment. OK WAT KM TU KMC in IM.KNTV. "Tho reason given for tho creation of theno' renerven In thut tho wuter PRESIDENT IN OREGON --f" ' " ' ' -v -.;5'. R-,:wj-'-'i ' I'rcsldcnt Roosevelt, on bin tri umphal tour of tho West, passed through Oregon last week, making his tlrst stop nt Ashland, where he wan given a great ovation. People came from everywhere to take u look at the chief executive und hour what he had to say. Five thousand M'ople gathered In the peach city, and the day won made Into a holi day. At I'ortlnnd nothing wan left un done to show Oregon's welcome and hospitality to tho President. A hu man flag composed of boys and girls greatly Impressed the President an he ns on his way to break ground for the Lewis & Clark Fair. In pass ing through the Willamette Valley, with the rain coming down In tor rents, he remarked that he had found one place In hirt travels where It wan not necessary to look after the prol lem uf Irrigation. Hiipply will ls3 conserved. From all that I can learn there in no foun dation ln fact for the assertion that tho reserves ure needed for thin pur pose or that they will do any good whatever. I lnqie tho reserves will not Ik created." State Treasurer Charles S. Moore, who has resided for many yearn In Klamath County, adjoining Iake, and who Is familiar with all the country from which it In proposed to create a renerve, nayn that there In no occasion for such a reserve, and that the project will meet withstrong oj- posltlon from the pooplo of that sec tion of the ntate. I.AStm HO NOT AKKKIT W ATKH nt l'I'l.Y. He nays that with the exception of one or two townships on tho head of Chewaucan Illver, two or three at the head of Spraguo Uiver and an ninny tit the head of Drew'n River, there ure no lauds that materially affect the water supply of that re gion. Out of the whole -II townships that have boon withdrawn, then are not to exceed 12 or 15 that could pos sibly bo used to conserve the water supply. More than this, the best timbered lamln have already boon sold, and these are tho ones which must bepro nerved In order to hold the snow and water. Since it has passed out of the power of tho (lovernnient to pre vent the cutting of timber, tho alleg ed object In creating tho rvnervo Is now Impossible of accomplishment, oven though It might have been pos sible once." Mr. Moore regards tho creation of the reserve nn a project in which the owner uf the wagon-road grant lamlrt are the principal js-rsoiis In In terest. Regarding the proposed re serve la Curry Count3', -Mr. Moore says that the problem In that county Is more likely to Is; how to get rid of the surplus water rather than how to conserve It. Conservation of water cannot Is assigned as the purpose of ' a reserve In Curry County, R eames Insult to Lake Co. Democrats Jacksonville, Oregon, April 2,l!a Confidential Mr. , Lakevlew, Ore. My lear Sir: I understand that certain partis claiming to U Penns rats an- circu lating ln Lake County the report that I uni responsible for the putting In office in that county uf a Republi can. Tills Is absolutely false and has no truth in It whatever. The I bill wan submitted to me at the time uf Itrt Introduction. At that time no one wan mentioned In the bill for Lantern Oregon, nor was the salary mentioned. Wheu the bill came back from the Com in It tee, It had Mr. Conn's name In It. though I was not present at the legislature nt that time. It had already tnvn ascertain - ed, no I have been informed bv mem- liern of the legislature, that the legis lature would not iermit Oovernor Chamberlain to name the District Attorney tor that dintrict; In fact, ther won much talk of not Inaugur ating him at all, or allowing him any appointing power. Chairman White went to the legislature to Sa lem, and labored with the legislators for several days In an effort to get them to Inaugurate the Governor. I certainly do not think that my own party will throw me down ln Lake County, or that the good people of that County will balance all that I have done for them In the tax canes, against the Himpsy, unfounded re port of this kind, circulated In the first Instance by one who culls him self a Democrat, and who, I lielieve in a little jealous that I may make a lietter run In that locality than he has made at fume times past. I sup ported Dr. Daly at the time ho ran against Mr. Tongue, and he knows that I Wits responsible for his nomi nation, and would not have thrown him down under those circumstan ces. Kludly do what you can to hold our Democratic friends in line, and get out the full Democratic vote. If I can get the full vote of tho County, I lielleve I can carry the County, which Is very necessary for mo lathis campaign. Sincerely and Truly j'ours, A. E. Rkamkh. The Vote For Ooddess. Anna Down Lakevlew Frances Jones Paisley Mao Snider Lakevlew Kate Woodcock " Lda Ranlster Paisley Ft hel McKee Lakevlew Genie Smiling " Malwl Pike Pnlsley Alta Spray Davis Crock Ida Howard Drews Valley Mm. Jonas Norin Lakevlew Aila Woodcock " Myrtle Smith Crooked Creek Ottie Field Lakeview Mabel Pryor Olllo Heryford 5K a.' 2S S.i LM 17 17 15 Currlo Tonnlngsen " Ilcrthu Nlckerson " Ktlio Nyswauer " Lssio (lupton " Pearl Moss " I'et Bryan " Pete Post TAR BUCKET WITH HISTORY Found on The East Side of Abert Lake in 1 880 Fails to Reveal Jlystery How it Got There If It could talk, there Is a relic of early Iike county hlHtory now on exhibition at Ilcrnards' ntore, that ro 1 cxcl"n tlm ln t,,e l'"r,.y "lMtory of th,B county- ,n touring me nortn part 01 the county T. K. IJernard came across some thing that attracted hi attention and took his fancy. When he stopped at A. W. IJryan'a place in (lover Flat he wan shown m"'tlng that he uppoeri had passed out of existence In the advent of a railroad to the Pacific coast. It was a tar bucket of early days; the kind that used to hang on the rear end uf a coupling pole of the old ntyle lynch-pin wagon, when pine tar wftM Um,m1 for Wwlng the wagon . '"MU'a1 of the more modern axle ! reane or oil. j Mr Br-Van ,OUI,(1 tM tnr uet ; wn t,,e e,wt Hhore of Abert la 1 lKSi' 011,1 how ,on 11 ha1 t,)ere i 11 woul(1 I,e nard to tel1' on,y ,rom the fact that It wan known that j 8ome of the ear,y Veneers were crwwlnK country with their 01 teams, and probably this particular party met with a sad end. When they came to Abort Lake from the east, they found themselves con fronted with a rlmrock looking oft into the lake with a sheer fall of 2000 feet. In trying to descend this rocky precipice their wagons were more or less broken; and then it Is prob able that they were surprised by the Indians, and the tale that tho tar bucket could tell, would be a bloody massacre. While this is all conjecture, yet there In believed to lie a great deal of truth ln the supposi tion, as there remains today numer ous pieces of wagons, and old irons of all kinds, at this place on the lake, and it Is claimed that a wagon has been seen out in the water beyond the reach of man. This particular tar bucket is made out of a solid piece of some kind of tough eastern wood, and is about 6 inches across the top and 12 Inches deep. It Is well preserved for having been exposetl to the weather so long, but a heavy coat of red paint prob ably explains It. It was half full of tar when found, which showed with out doubt, its Intended use. A bale to hang It under the wagon, was made from braided rawhide. Tom Bernard says it was undoubtedly from a Studebaker wagon, which would account for Its longevity and good state of preservation. The Koseburg Plaludealer says: Secretary Hitchcock Insisted that tho Uogue River timber lands should lie made into a forest reserve during the time Mr. Hermann was In tho Land Otiioe and Mr. Hermann op posed the plan. Just us soon as Mr. Hermann was out, and before ho could lie sent to Washington on our Congressman, Secretary Hitchcock has attempted to foist his lieu laud scrip graft upon the people of Ore gon. We want Bingor Hermann in Congress to stop the graft nud net back to tho state. Uoo. Duncan returned homo last week. He exiects to start soon with a lot 01' ct t fish from tho Che waucan river, for Harney county where the fish will lie planted In Sllviea river.