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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1903)
MttUMfL VOL. XXIV. LAKKVIKW, LAKK COUNTV, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1903. NO. SI. 11 A ! 0 PAYS VISIT TO WARNER A Local Photographer Sees Many Things of Interest and Taken Views of (1 rowing Fields. Hi. nth Warner. Sunday, Auk l'. I90.'l. Kiutoii l-'.x aminkii: AIiih! Vliut n pity It U that wo it not hoed flu- advice i if our niotli rr. Wo can nlwayM moo when It Ik too ti t how wu might have avoid 'i our mlxtnkcM. Here I hiii In inU t.v kin"' deep, if not iliM'iM-r, nil I' cause illilu't ilo iim mother said I Mhotild. Thi Sou t li Warner Vallt-y settlers neonicd to get It Into their hcudM that they iiiiiHt have picturcM to lay Wfoiv t In Oovernor iim evidence In their case, and Immediately sent 11 aiiiKwiiK'r to I jikrvli' w fr a photo grapher. I illil not want to come, had too m mil iiiiIIiiIhIh'iI work at homo, nml then, too. Warner In sup-poM-il to Im full of hail H-opU anil I'm not hrnvr, hut hm then wiim no ne else to make the at tempt, It xiri I that I uitiHt mid mo I finally consented, after advising with my friend nin! In-lug assured that, while tlie man sent to take ine over wiim dark vlsnged and looked very much like an outlaw, he wan really an tin comiipmly good man. We Minuted at movcii o'clock Thursday morning mid It wiim JiimI at that time that kiml hearted mother gave the ad vice mo Madly disregarded. She miiIiI, "my daughter, yon Mhouhl lake your riiMsTS or gum boots, you don't want to net your death of cold wad h.g arounil In that Mwauip." "Oh. never mind about that" I Miihl, "If I need ruhlM-rM, I can get plenty of them In Wnrner," and mo I came, but have not soon one kiiiii loot or rub Imt In thU country, and mo have hail to wade wit hout them, and oh. the nilHcry of It. I got Into an cMpee Inlly bad place this morning out on the rrnkcM' meadow lHyoiid the hay MtackM. It wan miicIi a bad, sticky place 1 longed for not only gum bootM but ii whole Miilt of rublM-r. The ground win dry and dusty, but how the fox-tails did stick. We re turned to the Iioukc by eleven o'clock thlM morning and I have put lu my lime Mince then up to the Is-glnnlng of this, at 3 o'clock P. M., picking my clothing and yet am not through with It. All thU, however, Iiiim lioen n good Sunday Icmmoii. It kcepM mo thinking of the tlmeSampHon caiiKlit the three hundred foxet and tied fire brands to their tallM, and when ho had Met the branilM on tin, turned them loose Into the I'IiIIIImIIih-m' grain fleldM. And to think, too, that this wading wiim done on swamp lan.l Im food for more Sundiiy medi tation. The Kla re of water being had for thecycM, I wiim thoughtful enough to bring dark glasses, ' spite of thin, theiblMt, not the water, Im rath er trying. Water Iiiim not given imy t hliyg like serious trouble except in one ciihc and that wiim when we broke a t ug mI nip in crossing a mud dy hIoiihIi on t he way to I'licle Joe Morrow's place. That mud, I wiim told, wiim on Home of the corpora tion'! desert land and wiim, there fore, In the right place, as It wiim pos Hlve proof of reclamation. When you have, visited the faiullli'H here, driven over their rancheM, taken vlewM from the tops of their hay stacks, and used their collars for dark rooms, you foul pretty well acquainted with them. You find them hoMpltable and kind hearted, and that there Im nothing to fear. Then are no mnnsloiiH, One could hnrdly exMct them to build on land In dispute, but the shade trceM and vlni'M Rive the dwellings a comfort able apiHwtrauce and (veil the bach eolorH place with their pigs, chick cum and potato patches, are home like. The moII and climate have their I MMt rii'oiiimeudatlon In theorchanlM lu which there are tn-en learliig ap plcM, MarM, pruticH and peacheM; and In the gardens, In which then are all klmlM of lM-rrleM and vogotnblcM, In cluding Much iim Im'iiiim, ciiciiiiiIxTm, MipiiiMheM and rlM water-meloiiM. It MtrlkcH one iim a little peculiar to nee these things growing on laud niip-poM(-(l to Im under water, but one mccm MtratiK' thliiKM In Warner. One of the ipiecrcMt mIkI'Im Im to watch thi'Mc Mople iim they drive over t heir tueadoWM koIiik to or from their work. In many phu-eM a foc mcciiim to rlMe from under the horMcM feet and from the wagon wIiccIm, nt tlmcM Im-coiiiIumT mo deiiMe that horMeM and wagon are alunmt oltMcured from view; one naturally n'lnarkM, "tliat'M iiiImI", but on cloMer liiMpectloli It Im found to Im dtiMt. It Im wonderfully Mtrange that lu one of the very w.'t teMt partM of the "Mwamp" laud claimed by the MCttlerM, It titkcM a well twenty feet deep to reach water. And If, even yearM ago UiIm wiim a lake, why did tlx IndlauM iIioomt to build their town here, iim there are unmlMtakable evIdenceM they did, on tiiu iuuii .f tint rnrk running through Mr. Taylor'M place? When one mccm the daniM and dltclieM um-d now on thlM laud for Irrigating pur pow'H they MUggeMt the Idea that probably tl.o wttler'M troubh-M are all ended when he gvtM IiIm patent, and that hereafter, JiiMt iim a remind er of the piud, he may have a little llttlgntioti and an occaMlonal law yer'M fee to pay It would ! a Mt range Irony of fate that would compel a man to tight for yearM to avoid iMfoming "MwaniM'd" and then, under the Maine conditloiiM tight again for water. Warner Valley, iim you firMt mcv It, looking from the graded road of Peep ( re'k canyon, prcHentH a Ih'iiu tllnlvlew. The hayMtackM, mo thlck lv dotted over the meadowM, tell f.ne j their own Mtory of proMperlty comfortable ucm, with their gar- deiiM and orchardM are a pleaMiint feature of the Mcene and Ih-mIiIcm tlu'Me then are thotiMaiidM of acn-H of laud, which are umpieMtlonubly HWiunp, extending away lu the dlMtance. One cannot wonder that there are many people willing to own hucIi a coun try, but to the dlMlntereBtedobHerver It would Beem that tliero Is room enough for all who are located here and that harmony nhould reign In Much a place If anywhere on earth. Long may the corporation live and Mm beef grow fat. Long may the "McttlerM" proMper and the voIccm of their children gladden the mcIiooIm and homeH iih they do now. A PllOTOdUAI'lll.lt. Hermann J. (leer, father of ex (iovernor T. T. (leer, (lied n't IiIm home at The Cove, Union county, AugtiMt l:ith, aged 73 yeat-M. He wan a native of Ohio and came iici-omm the plains to Oregon In 147, lu the com pany commanded by (leu. Joel Pal mer, nettling lu Marlon county. Afterward In IStHI ho located In the (Irando Hondo valley, eiwteru Ore gon, where ho has ever since resided. V PICKWICK ON THE STAGE-SCENE FROM 4,MR. PICKWICK.W IIr la a scene from "Mr. Pickwick," the new niiiHk-til couietlr which l pl(HliiK New Vorkcro. The title role la Wolf IloptKT, who Im aeon lu the front wltb rrlcuan lu tlie courtynrd or t lie Dinicy Arnm. No Appointments Now. j A WiiMhlngton dlMpatch to the Oregoiilnn on Aug. LU hii.vm that the , Interior Itcpart meiit (IcmIh-m to put new men lu the oIIIccm of Ucglnter j and Hecelver at the Iakevlew Land oillt. K. M. llmuwlii nn.l Marry f nancy ntv the prcMent IncunilK'ntM.' The department holdM nothing ! agaliiMt the character of Itrattain or Ilnilcy, but (1(mm not like their nd mlnlMt ration of the otliccH. The Oregonlan lu a late Imhuc HiiyH: Oregon lnemberM of CongreMH have agrtH'd to let the n'uding Federal appolntmentM go over until next Winter or at leimt until PreMldent KooMevelt Iiiim decided the KnowIeM ciimo. The delegation Iiiih five land ottlceM to till, and Iiiim reached nn underMtandlng In two or three of the awardH, but Iiiim not Meat the olllcial recommendation to the Pn-Hident. The otllce of Tnlted StatcM DUtrlct Attorney, now held by John II. Mall, Im iiImo at the (IIhpomiiI of the delega tion. The resignation of (ieorge W. Col vlg from IiIm CoiimuIhIiIp at Har- j ran.p.llla. Colombia, will be announc- . '...I I,, ii ulnkrr i nin null t Ink ili'leiffi.. " " tlon will probably endeavor to fill the poMltlon again with an Oregon man. "We shall not make any more recommeudatlonM," Senator Mitch ell 1h reported to have said several days ago, "until we kuow how we stand lu the Know' lea matter. We wish to learu whether a recommen dation by the Oregon delegatlou is worth anything to the President or whether a recommendation by a Hpwlnl Inspector or agent Im worth more." Of the live land otllce appoint ments two, and perhaps three, have been decided upon by the delegation. .1. 11. ltooth w 111 succeed himself as Hecelver at KoMcburg and probably J. T. Hrldges as Heglster. C. l Snider will get the Hccclvcrshlp at Lakevlew, J. N. Watson Is likely to bo appointed to the otllce of Hegls ter at Lakevlew, but It Is understood that the delegation has not jet chosen him because Representative Hermann wants K. M. lirattalu re tained. Appointment of Receiver at Burns Is st ill lu doubt. C. E. Ken- taken hy tlint joviul IiIk coiuediuu. De center of the picture tuking liix vus j yon and A. W. (iowan are the lead ing candldateH. "When I'm for a man, I'm forhltu," announced Senator Mitchell, Beveral day ago. "I don't have any aecond cIioIwh." Reliance Wins Two Heats. XEW YORK, August 22. On the 52nd anniversary of the winning of what was then the Queen's cup by the America, the Stamrock III, Sir Thomas Llpton's 3rd candidate for the International trophy, now known as the America's Cup, was defeated by the Reliance, time allowauce ex cluded from the reckoning, by 8 minutes 59 seconds. With the time allowance the Reliance won by seven minutes and two seconds. The second race was run Tuesday, Aug. 2"), and Reliance won by one minute and 13 seconds. If the Re liance wins the next race the cup Is ours for another year. Runaway Accident. Miss Eleanor Hes of Portland, who has taken a position as stenog rapher In the Lakevlew land office, met with a very painful, and what might have been a fatal accident, last Sunday evening about 8 o'clock. While out driving In a single buggy the horse became Irelghteneu at some horseback riders passing, and she was unable to manage her horse. The animal dashed around the cor ner of the livery stable near the court house Into Main street, when Miss Hess was thrown violently to the hard graveled street, striking on her face and chest. She was very badly bruised and scratched about the five. She will Ihj confined to her room for some time. Miss Hess hud only begun on her duties at the land office a few days before, and was Just becoming famil iar with the office work. The rush of business at the land office the past year had piled work up far be yond the capacity of the office force to handle It, even when clerk Whltle scy was there, and since then It has been accumulating rapidly. At the present time the office Is probably three years behind. BIG OREGON LAND SALES Broke all Records in the 5ale and 5ettlement of Public Lands During the Fiscal Year. TIm? State of Oregon witnessed the greatest activity In Its history In the settlement and sale of Its public lands for the fiscal year ending June '.to, The year broke all records, both as to the number of entries, the amount of lands disposed of, and the cash receipt from sales, combined with few and commissions collected nt local land offices. During the year Just ended there were in all 1H.744 entries made in Oregon, embracing a total area of l,HU,ti'M acres of land. The enor mous aggregation of funds derived from sales, fees and commissions was $2,03r,50, nearly four times the amonnt collected In 1!K)2. The unprecedented gains are appar ent when these figures are compared with those of 1!W2. when there were but 11.7!2 entries In Oregou, cover ing 1,297.099 acres of land. In that year sales, fees and commissions amounted to $59S,2S1. These re turns mean that the state of Oregon last year contributed in the neigh borhood of $2,00i:noo to the leclam atlon fund, or twice as much as the state contributed in the two years preceding, when it turned in more than $900,000. The reclamation fund gets all cash receipts, w ith the exception of money the 5 per cent diverted to education al purposes. Although figures, so far as avail able, do not classify the entries -made in Oregon, the fact that over 18,000 new entries are reported Is the best evidence that Oregon is attract ing settlers In no small numbers, and home-builders and citizens of tlie desirable class are seeking out the state where they can establish homes under the most favorable cir cumstances. There Is a guarantee that the new settlers are desirable cltisens from the very fact that all entries, particularly those of the first half of the year, were most carefully examined to determine whether the eutrymen were acting In good faith and In their own In terests, rather than in the interest of others. Woman's Prayers Answered. Pr. L. W. Brown of Eugene was called to Cottage Grove Aug. 13 to assist In an operation to remove au eye from Mrs. Hunnlcult, who has been blind in one eye for 3G years. The operation was to be performed the next day. The woman was placed on the operating table and attending surgeons got Instruments In readiness for the operation, wheu the woman shouted that the Lord had restored her eight. Those lu at tendance were greatly surprised at the outburst, but the good eye was closed and she was shown several articles and could see them plainly with the eye that had been blind for years. She called the articles by name. There were half a dozen wit nesses of the occurrence. The woman had spent several hours lu prayer previous to the tlino for the operation and Just before going ou the operating table offered a final prayer to Qod to restore her sight. A'