Mint
VOL. XXIV.
LAKKVIKW, LAKK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, A UCUJST (J, 1903.
NO. 31.
LOST RIVERS
OP OREGON.
W0
PEOPLE FALL
INTO RIVER.
Part of Bridge Across Willamette
at Portland Collapsed and Two
Are Drowned as a Result.
I
GOVERNOR
WANTS TIME
Warner Valley Settlers' Claims
To Receive Thorough Consld
cration by State Hoard.
NALP.M, .Illl.V IW.HSpcM to Oregon
Inn. I Several wn-ks ago I lie matter
f the mutest lietweeii Hie. Warner
Valley Land Company ami several
net Hers In Unit valley eanie ii lie.
fore t In State I .ami ll.ianl for ndjud
icn'lon The Warner Valley Laud
Company elalniH t It le t o land t hri nigh
Hie Htate h.v virtue nf purrhuMc anl
Iced limlel' t lie hmiiIIIi land art. Tile
Met HiTH claim the lit tn I li.V virtue of
Met t lenient Under t lie ilneMteail act.
The Met tlet-H ilelnaixl patents to the
laud from I he i iveiniiniit . while the
I j 1 1 1 I i ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' desires the I i vera
mi nt toaleiit the linnl to 'lute In
riler to make ItM h-ci vallil. ami it
Im iimlel-Mtooi) that an effort Im Im-Iiik
maile ly in iMlcprchciit a t Ion t o accoiu
pllh t IiIm enil, W hli h Im maile iommI
lile li.V the iro ImIoIIM nf the act of
I 'oiiui-cm of March ll'. I '-. Tin-mat-ler
Iiiim lieeli reported to the State
I, ami I'.. wikI ami an ln cm I inn t Ion
ill lie Made. I n t he men ll t line the
iovcruor toilay sent a dispatch to
Hon. K. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of
the Interior, the text of which fol
lows: "Aiproei list No. 70, swamp
lands, Lakcx lew illMlrlct. Oregon, re
ceived. Again I earnestly request
that no patent Imkui' until requent
therefor Im maile by me. urMimtil to
hcIm of 'olmrcHM, September 1! ls."il,
extended to Oregon liy act of March
l'J, l'iii. No one Iiiim ant horlty from
Hie to represent the State of Oregon
In request lug IsHiinnec of patentM of
the himl or any of them embraced in
mii Id llHt, though I am JiiMt Informeil
that Mome one prctemlM to represent
Hie (iovernor of Oregon for that pur
I'omc. The matter Im Iteing Investi
gated by me, nud, until satisfied iih
to t he bona tlili'M of the claim of the
Htate to theMe IiiiiiIm, 1 will make no
request for iMMiiauce of pntciit."
Nearly 3,000,000 Acres Reserved.
l.HHt week the Lakevlew l-nnd
illlce ri-cclvcd notice by wire to
withdraw another lare body of
laud from Met t lenient In HiIm laud
1Im rli t, in the count Icm of Lake and
Klamath, moHtly In the latter coun
ty. The numlM-in of the towiiMhlpH
can bo found In another column.
There lire 1 l.'i towiiMhlpH withdrawn
not Iik'IiiiIIiir the 40 towiiMhlpH In a
former rcMcrvc In thin county. Thin
liiMt roMerve IiicIuiIch about S.fMKI.aOO
ucreM of land. A rcwrvc In Tho
Italli-M land dlHtrlct of nearly JCiO.OOO
utcm Iiiim iiImo Ims'ii withdrawn from
Hcttlcment. It Iminedlatcly JoIiih
Iiko and Klamath on tho north
jt in t takeM In all the valuable tim
ber lu t'rook County.
Double the Price of School Land.
The State Laud Hoard, lant week,
made an order raining the juice of
ail Hchool laud to -." per acre. It
alHo decided to ralMe lw price of all
hcIiooI lamlH liiHide of temporary
wlthdrawalH for rewrvatioii purpoH
h to $ ." per acre. TIiIh action wiih
In puiMiiance of an opinion nrently
kIvcii by Attorney (leneral Crawford
holdluK tho act patmed by tho hut
lt'KlHlature Invalid iih to tho Halo of
hcIiooI landH, for tho rcamm that It
wan omitted from tho title of the act,
and the board wiih, therefore, free to
Hell school laudd at auy price. It may
fix, not U'hh thau f 1.S0 per acre.
Anne River of Summer I jke is a
Wonder, and Is Supposed to
Run Under a Mountain.
Kastcrn Oregon Im truly the land i
of womlei'H. TIiokc who look Upon I
It im a mere "dcMert." stork range, 11 j
miicccmmIoii of IiIIIm and dry plaiiiN ,
covered with sago brtlMli and lava'
riM'kM have no conception of the i
country. It Iiiim the barren IiIIIm and I
Mane-covered plaiim and lava roc Km,
It Im true, and It Iiiim great Mlretchcsi
of country mo Impregnated with!
alkali that no kind of vegetation will
(.'tow upon It; and It Iiiim iiiIIcm and j
mlleM of IiIIIm and plaliiM where there'
' Im not a drop of water to Im found,'
I
I but Mm iiiauv rcMourceM of value :
I I
iliikeM Mi.il MtreiuiM of pure water, ;
J vaMt meadowM of natural hay, rich.
valle.VM that will produce anything
that will grow, well watered by:
I mountain HtrcauiM. uioiintaliiM of
forests, thickly Mettled, prospcrotiM
coiiiiiiuultleM, thriving Iowiim, ureat '
; bainlM of hoi-MCM, cattle ami sheep, j
liioiltitalllM of rich ore, coal deposits,
'i variety of other rcMourceM that j
! would till a book In enumerating j
jtlieui outbalance all of the thlngMj
that give It the name of "cMcrt."j
amlJiiMtlfy the people la calling It the;
'Mireat Inland Umpire." MiiyM Paul
le I, alley in 1'iirllaml Sotirual.
AN INTKIIKMTIMi I KATI UK.
What art- known ntt tho "Lost
ICIvci-m" of thin vaMt wet Inn make up
a feat lire of the country that Im not
lacking In IntcrcMt. TheMe may 1k
found at many poiutM in that por
tion of Hie Htate, and there are
rivers that might Ih called "Found
Klvcrs" for the Maine reaMoii that the
"Lost KiverH" are named; and then
are rlverM that might, well be termed
both "Found" and "LomC rlverM, uh
thev do not only "Iokc" tlieniMclveM
at onepolut In thedcMert HamlM, lit ,
after IraverMli.K a lare ncope of (
umlcrcriiuml country, "lind" them-
hcIvcm aalu by rUlnj; out of the
earth like a boiling cauldron and j
flow away through a natural t han-1
uel to their place of dcHtlnatlon.
M ANY OK Til KM.
Thene rlverM may be found
.lu
Klamath, hake, Harney, Crook and i
moHt of the Interior count Icm. At '
some pointH they Who up from the
plain, the water rolling and foaming
iim If it had jiiHt escaped from Home
nnat n'wrvtilr w hen' the preHHiire Im
greater than Iiiim ever Ihvii con
MtrucU'd by human handH. Then
they dlHiippear oh Milei'tly In the dcH
ert HiindM an If they were punaing
through a Kreat fllterer made tor the
purpoHo of taking from the water
every Impurity that might have lioon
Kathen'd on the way. Thene rlverM
do not appear at one place or In one
community alone, but In many, and
they are Hcnttcrod throughout that
viiMt Mectlon. I'pon the fact of their
I'xlHtance the liaHtcrn Oregon titi.en
Iiiihi'h great liopeH for the future of
that country, from a Htnndpoint of
irrigation. It Ih well known that
nearly all of the livers and Hinaller
HtroaniHof that country have been
largely utilized already for Irrigation
purpoMCH; that tho Htorago nyHteiu in
depended upon to reach many points
where the natural watercourses are
Inadequate; and that there are many
points that cannot bo reached either
from tho natural watercourses or
from tho water storage system.
Many of these rich valleys He far
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THE FINANCIAL FORTRESS OF AMERICA'S MONEY KING.
IToro la a picture of the entrance to tho ntlic8 of J. Plerpont Morgan & Co
tontheiiKt corner of Wull and itniad HtreetH, New Vork. It Ih on the necond
Boor of thin time yellowed marble tiuildiiiK that the private otfiees of Aroerica'a
money klliK ore hw-Htetl. Acccso to them Ih KUHrdel more jealously than the
way to ma ny throaeH, and It Ik said tli.it no private citizen In America la M
Alfflcult to rt-ncb as the big man who In commonly referred to aa "J. P."
away frt.in the mountuliiM
and
.HtrcauiM, and they can never Im
brought Into a Htate of cultivation
'except by local irrigation.
I AKTKHlAN WKI.l.M.
i I'pon the "LoMt" and "Found"
, rlverM of the country the cltlwiiMbaMC
ill theory which Im agreed upon liy
, Hclonct'. It Im claimed that thewo
, rlverM are In fact natural artCHian
j wcIIm, and that they Indicate that
! vant botlieH of water lie under the
HlirfjUH. of the tartli at many points
throllr,K)llt iMti country and that
the liitirv Hectlon Im eanlly acceHMible
to artesian water. Tho further fact
lnut UrKV ,akeH an ,IlU.r8,K,rH,.,i u
iwr tl.e ,llntry i8 takt.u
oh cor-
roboratlve evidence of the exlMtence
of underground baninM and the ac
ceMMibillty of artcMlau water. The
iMolated condition of the country at
prewnt and the dilllculty of totting
machinery Into the place has pre
vented extensive exj)erlnient for
obtaining nrtesian water, but the
few eases reported, where only the
crudest apparatus for boring was
used, Indicate that a heavy (low of
artesian water may bo had at the
points where experiments have been
mmle at an unusually slight depth
and of an abundant quautlty.
IN KLAMATH COUNTY.
Lost Itlver lu Klamath County is
one of tho most Important and most
historic In the state. Some of the
best ranches la Klamath County now
lie along tho stream, though in early
days it was the battleground of the
Indians. Along this stream more
Immigrants were slain than at any
other point In tho country, and It
was here that Hen Wright and his
famous 113 wreaked vengence upon
the savages by attacking a whole
band ami killing aud scalping tho
men, women and children. The river
runs through a level plain, "losing"
Itself and "finding" Itself again more
than onco. It rises up as a vast
spring, and, after flowing a long
distance, It disappears again In the
sands, but rises again at a short
distance, and one may watch the
the course and It Im easy todetermine
that It is all the same stream. The
soil Im very rick along Uh bankn, and
where the Indians once laid In wait
for the weary Immigrant, who
sought the water of this stream,
after crossing the plains, for himself
ami team, and to spend a few days
in this, at that time, great oanis in
the Oregon desert, now well-to-do
farmers and stockmen dwell lu j)eace
and comfort, and the latchstrlng to
their homes Is always out to the
weary traveler.
A.NXK ItlVKK.
Anne Itlver, at the head of Summer
Iake lu Luke County, Is an interest
ing study to the stranger. Only five
or six miles from the head of this
tK'autiful lake Anne Itlver springs out
of the ground like a torrent aud
flows down through the sagebrush
to supply the lake. Winter and sum
mer the water bolls forth from a
hollow basin more thau an acre In
width and breadth and flows away,
making a current large enough to
float an ordinary river boat if one
live upon It. The water bears a
luke-warm temiernture, winter and
summer, and Is pronounced artesian
water by all who see It and tasto it.
t OMKS FKOM I'NDKK A MOl'NTAI.N.
There are many theories about
Anne Itlver. It Is claimed that it
flows under a mountain and U fed
by Silver Lake, on the opposite side
of the mountain, many miles away.
Silver Lake Is at a much higher al
titude, and although It does not
have a feeder, Its depth Is about the
same the year round. It Is claimed
that an underground liver from
some far away basin feeds Silver
Lake, or rather, supplies ft with Its
back waters, and then flows on be
neath tho range of mountains and
supplies Summer Lake. Silver Lake
has a peculiar clear, glossy color
that doubtless gave It Its name,
while Slimmer Lake Is more like tho
(concluded on 4th page)
An appalling accident ofx-urred at
the Morrison street bridge In Port
land last Friday afternoon about 3.
o'clock due to the collapse of one
Hit-tion of the Hide walk, on the East
end of the bridge over the Willamette
river. Without warning, a rotten 5.
by Yi inch tilnlxT broke short off at
the point where the bridge walk,
adjoins tlie roadwny. It was to
central support of 40 feet of walk, on
which were crowded probably K0
M-opkv moMtly woman and children.
A mass of shrieking humanity was
preclpatnted Into the river.
A great crowd had assembled to
see Prof. Lutz, the armlens man,
swim the river from Kelloggs' boat
house to the !owlng Club's float.
The break occurred on the South
side of the bridge opposite the Port
laud Club house.
The bridge was crowded at the
time from end to end and it is es
timated there were over 6000 Hinfta
tors on the bridge. As the swimmer
neured his destination surrounded
by a fleet of launches and row boats,
the crowd Burged toward the east
ern end of the bridge to see jthefinlsh.
At the time of the crash, Lutz was
some CO feet from the float, swim
ming in the midst of a swarm of
small cnJU. The antics of four
Italians in a skiff had diverted the
attention of the !eople.
This Joyous party had just given a
burlesqueexhibitlonof a rowboat up
setting in front of the boathouse,
when a scream was heard from the
bridge.
An awful scene of struggling floun
dering humanity was suddenly enact
ed as the side walk gave way and
scores of iKople were dropped Into
the river. Two persons are known
to have been killed and over a hun
dred more or less injured.
Looking Over Lake County.
A dispatch to The Oregonian un
der date of July 2Sth says:
Francis G. Uurke, of Minneapolis.
sjM?ut two days here making a per
sonal examination of the country
and a feasible route for a railroad
which ho thinks will be built from
Salt Lake to the Coast, terminating
somewhere near Eugene. He ex
pressed the belief that $ 10,000,000 re
cently paid tne Union Pacific Com
pany by Clark for the Oregon Short
Line will be expended on a road
through this country to the Pacific.
Coast.
After an examination of the coun
try he has concluded that the most
practlcablo route for such a road
would be across the desert from
Stelu's Mountain, striking Lake
County at a point where Oregon and
California corners on the Nevada
line, thence bearing northwest and
passing through Crooked Creek Val
ley and up the Chewaucau Valley to
Paisley, and In a northwesterly dir
ection to tho low pass over tho Cas
cade range on the headwaters of tho
north middle fork of the Willamette
River.
Nearly all the timber In this part
of Oregon would be accessible to
such a road. Mr. Burke goes from
here to San Francisco, thence to
jNew York.