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VOL. XXIV.
LAKKVIKW, LAKK COUNTV, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1903.
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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.
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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.
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