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VOL. XXIV.
LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1903.
NO. 38.
4600 TONS
OF HAY LOST
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IRRIGATION
CONGRESS
Adjourns After Stoimy Debate on
Repeal of Land Law--LI Paso
Meet In jf Mace Next Year.
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THE SCHOOL
BELL RINGS
The Lakevlew School Opens Mon
day With 181 Pupils Enrolled
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l.ower Chtwaucan Marsh Burns
And Destroys $Jo,ooo Worth
Hay and Pasture Land.
Nin reached Lnkcvlew Tii"day
evening Hint tli lower Cliuwaucan
mirsli win aflre mill Hint thoiuatid
i( loin i( liny In tin tt lurk and
ilUIII'lllt'l, tlt'sidl'S t llOIMfilld of IKTCH
of pulure unit ui'alow land had
Ikmmi i istroyol by tin llery il mi hi.
I'V.t started Monday n utr the low
r X nnii:li, but tin Dr wa presum
ably iut ut anil everything was
eouildercd snfe, but Tuesday the
wind ratiiit iii ami noon tauind the
hiii nitdtrliig spark Into a mountain
H 11 mi wlileh soon Nral to tin!
adjoining ranche of If rylord Bro.
and lirattaln Bros., ami wan Mtlll
hurtling nj to tin tlnn of going to
jir.M. but wai rlalin ?d to b. under
control.
11 ryford Bros, are said to liuvo
but 12 large ta:kn of liny, contain
ing over I'M ton each, beside about
tout of hay, cut and buuc hed la
i lie (Ldd. Tlnlr lom aloin will prob.
ably not bj lest than f J).0i).
Hrattaln Bro'. los U 3 stacks, or
about 3W toiM, anl about AO J totn
f li ly bunch I. in iking a lo4 of
1,000.
Tin 7.K lo44 U not knowii exactly,
tiut omi or two stacks aru known to
have b wu burun I an 1 It In supposed
iliatHoiai bunch Iny wm lot.
Tim total loss In tin in irsli will Is?
from .',())) to 11.0)1. Tn i Ion I
Irrep arablit, an I coin m qultu sverj
on tli II iryfordsan I Hrattiltn who
h ivtic title tofel. Wlntlnr they
hive Iny sulll-lent on tlnlr otliT
rau -liHl not yet known, but It Ik
preumi 1 n it. If not, It will tneess
Itate tli mii baying in ire hay, which
U n it ovoryly plentiful any pla-ru
IhlHfall.
Itxrti. Jmtmwigo to pro a
message, U n-celved from Felix OniMi,
who with W. P. llcryford went to
Chcwatican Wednesday morning, to
tin 'fft that tho flr I raging
a gain and nkn every body In l.nke-vli-w
who can to go to Chetvaucnii
mid help fight lln. The Hltuatlon at
thin time lookH inort) HerloiM than
In-f ore, Muny men are reMioinlliiK: to
t ho cull, and wapin IoimIh are Kolnjr-
Jlui tJrj.Mi in t with a vry ji ilnfu I
-injllmt but S itur l ly wiillo corrab
lug liiir on tin XL rau.ili on tho
Wjit Sili. Tn i h )MJ Ht'iil In a
titli'i" h)l an 1 In tin fall plum. 1
-J I in ti tin grojil. Jlm'i rlglit
h i i 1 w ii bro!( u in thi w.'Nt an 1
tin bini protriilil tlir)j!t the
II mIi, prH)iitln a m)i :kln ; a;i;)j;ir
iniM. Jim did not know tint hu
wn h ire until liU attjntloi wn
itliil t) It, bit In foirjl hU log
w. il I In hr A jii in tin li)iw wu
)ylii o i It. Hi h tld tli i h ifi) ilowi
fo a fnr niluutJH to prav.mt hliu
r n I i i c i j i .' I il i y .
MlH4 M ty M ilvlu:ilm t.) i:!nriu tin
I'nn d'j .:!u il, TimIvj I a l(tur
llHrt wjj!c Htitlug that Inr brotlnr
VTllli vrti ill at Harm, Orogou, with
typluld fjvtir. Tin eoiilltlom of
tin youjf in vu w.n roportdJ critical
lutlii ustrotu j a'lJ with hiu ill hupj
ofrjjojry. Wj cjrtalnly Iio;ij th
young intVa conlltlou hn Ujoii
ex igM-atj.1, a 1 1 tin n ixt ropjrt will
lu ra m favorablo. Vlturai rialn-dealer.
The eleventh National IrrlKatloii
( 'oiijfreiM In hchmIoii at O'len, came
to an end taut Friday. It rM-kcted
Kiiator W, A. Clark, of Montuna,
prt Mldeiil; decldiMl to hold the con
KreitN of 1INM In I'A I'iiho and adopted
a platform which requested Congrenn
to make healed modillcatloiiM of the
ex luting lai?d lawn In order that
Hpcetilatlon nnd a monopoly of the
public domain lie prevented.
The Rreat fl;ht of tho coiikivhh
rauie up when the report of the corn-mltb-e
on reMolutloiiH wan made over
the adoption or reJctlou rlaumn of
the majority report reiuHtlnj Cou-Kn-MH
t o repeal the dem-rt laud act,
tlinU'r and Ktoue act, and the com
mutation claum of the homeittead
uct, und a debate of four bourn' dur
ation occurred, exce'dliiKly bltUT at
tlmeM.
The opposition to the National Ir
rigation CougreMM committing Itnelf
In any hucIi manner whm led by
former Henator Carey, of Wyoming,
CotignMMman Mondell of Wyoming,
and former Coiigrctutiunn Khitfroth,
of Colorado, ami when the substi
tute for thenu provlntoim of the
majority report wan offertHl by Con
trreMMiuan Needhani, of (.'ullfornl.i,
ulinply rtHiueHtlng CongreHu to mod
ify the land laws, the wholeMtrength
of the oppoMltlon wiut thrown in It
favor. The result Ih reported by
them um a decided victory. The
debate wan prolonged until evening,
and, although a number of In to rent
ing paHTn were to have been pre
sented by the bureau chief of the
department of Agriculture, the con
gress, tired out by the long and at
times acrimonious discussion, ad
journed without listening to them.
IC1 I'hho won out In Its picturesque
fight for next year's congress on
first ballot. There was a desKrate
effort made by the Northwestern
states to bring the honor to Koine,
but It was unsuccessful, and but one
ballot was necessary. The apparent
desire to go to Portland, Oregon, lu
liMK'i hud much to do with this action
In giving the honor for l'.MU to the
Kout hwest.
Almost a Fatality.
Miss Oussie, Metzker the 10-year-old
daughter of James Metiker, pro
prietor of the Camas Pralrto aaw
mill, came near losing her life about
two weeks ago, by having her
clothing caught In a taut revolving
shaft. Kho attempted to step over
the shaft that runs the saw, which
revolves .100 times per minute, and a
knuckle Joint at this place caught
lu her skirt and tore her clothing
completely from her. She was
thrown violently to the floor and
bruised badly pretty well over her
body. Had her clothing been strong
and refused to give way slio would
have been hurled to Instant death.
The llrst sale of beef cattle this
year of any consequence was made
this week by Tom Koiublo and Mr.
Porter to Audy Murdock, says the
Plalndealer. The Bale consisted of
about 150 head and we leura the
purchase price was 0 delivered at
Madeline. Our best Information is
that good beet will find ready Bale,
but feeders owlug to tho price of hay
will bo a drug on the market.
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MRS. STEPHEN b. tLKli.
Mrs. Elklns. wife of Senator Stephen B. Elklns. will erect a tbre story
ton front bulldlnf in Elklns, XV. Va her hone. for the une of the Tonns;
Men's Christian ssaociaUon. Tbe building will coat fM.ooo when fully
Quipped.
When Egan Surrendered.
W. P. Moulder of Adel, one of the
first white men now living in Lake
county to set foot on Cake county
soil, was In town Friday. Mr.
Maulder recalls many Incidents of
the early history of Iike county
and the southeastern portion of the
State. In ls2 Mr. Moulder entered
the (lovernment service at Ft. Walla
Walla, as scout and served in that
capacity continually, with the ex
ception of two years, until 1N92, at
which time he was discharged at Ft.
Kid well.
It was in 1SU7, during the Piute
war, that a detachment of soldiers
under Lieut. Stanton, were being
escorted by Mr. Moulder to a place
80 miles east of Ft. Harney. Several
hundred Indians under We K Wa,
attacked the soldiers at that place.
At that time the future chief of the
ltaiinocks, Fgan, was a young buck
and was one of the redsklus engaged
lu this particular battle. The In
dians got the worst of the fight and
licgau to waver. Kgan had a inag-
axine ride and the shell extractor
was broken during the engagement,
and he was the first Indian to sur
render. With his rifle held in both
hands horizontally above his head,
he came running out of the brush
and W. I. Moulder, the scout, was
the first man he met, so be handed
over his gun to him. Mr. Moulder
did not know It was Kgan at the
time but learned It was afterwards.
This is the first and only time Egan
ever surrendered. In 187$ during
tho ltanuock war, Egan was betraj'-
ed and killed by another Indian.
Mr. Moulder flually located on a
piece of land at the mouth of Deep
Creep lu Warner valley, and on this
laud stood a stone chluiuey made by
Ueneral Crook who earned there
with his commaud when he first
came to Waruer.
Miss Ella Itusslll of Cedarvillo, ar
rived hero lost Friday ou a visit to
her Bister Mrs. E. N. Jaqulsh. Miss
ItUBslll has bargained for tho S. J .
Studley residence on South Dewey
street for her mother who will short
ly move to Lakevlew to resldo
permanently.
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Death of Alvia Manrlng.
County Clerk A. W. Manring was
summoned to the bedside of his fath
er at Oarfleld, Wash., nearly a month
ago, and wrote back that his father
could not live. Since then it was
learned that Mr. Manring passed to
the lieyond on Sept. 15th. The Gar
field correspondent of the Oregonlan
under date of the 16th says:
"Alvln Manring, one of the pio
neers of Whitman county, died yes
terday ut his home in this city, and
was burrled from the Presbyterian
Church today under the auspices of
the Masonic Lodge, of which he had
tieen a member tor the past 88 years.
Mr. Manring was born in Ohio April
28, 18.13, the son of Jordan and Sarah
(Knox) Manring, he grew to man's
estate, acquiring his education in a
select school and afterward teaching
music for a while in Ewington Col
lege. In 1855 Mr. Manring went to
Missouri, where he farmed until 187S,
in which year he came to Whitman
County, Washington, crossing the
plains with teams. He located land
a part of which Is now the town of
Garfield. In political circles Mr.
Manring has always been active.
W. A. Masslnglll, W. II. Bernard
and Max Whittlesy, spent several
days hunting near the; Cove last
week. They brought in a very fine
siMjclraen of four point antlers and It
Is reported that the buck that be
longed to the horns weighed 210
pounds dressed. Max Is reported to
have been several miles from the
scene when the deer was killed and
could be beard walking around In
the brush very distinctly by the
other gentlemen, and that all the
deer in that vicinity became fright
ened. This particular buck trotted
out a few paces from Billy aud so
excited him that he gavo a war
whoop and scared the deer to death.
The citizens of Bums are raising a
fund for a town clock. This Is un
usual enterprise for an interior town.
As Lakevlew is not likely to afford
this luxury for many years, it Is hop
ed that Burns will got a loud strik
ing clock so that we can hear It
across the desert and tell when to
quit work.
37 flore Than Last Year
The Lakevlew Public School open
ed Monday under very favorable
clrcumstauces, with a full corps of
Ave competent teachers. Prof.
Valandlgham as principal takes
hold of the work with a vim, and
proposes trt make the Lakevlew
public school one of the best in tbe
state.
The enrollment for the first day
was 181, just 37 more than on the
first day last year. Nine of the 11
have entered for the high school
work. Tbe school board and prin
cipal are working for and looking
forward to the early establishment
of a blgh school.
The scholars are divided up In the
departments as follows:
Primary. Miss Hall teacher, 44,
prospeet of 15 more.
3d Grade, Miss Callahan teacher,
37, prospect of five more.
4th and 5th Grade, Miss Blougn
teacher, 49, prospect of 10 more.
6th and 7th Grade, Miss Sands
teacher, 31, prospect of 5 more.
8th and 9th Grade, Prof, Valandlg
ham, principal, 20, prospect of 10
more.
The present school term opens,
with exceedingly bright prospects
for a most successful school year.
The corps of teachers is probably
the best the school has ever had.
Parents and patrons will confer an
everlasting favor upon the teachers
by insisting upon keeping theirchild
ren at school regularly, and demand-
lug punctuality In attendance. The
present term can be made to far
surpass any former season in
advancement of the classes if this
rule Is strictly adhered to.
Children that will be six years old
by Jan. 1st, are requested by the
School board, to start to school at
once so as to get the benefit of the
full term. No banners will betaken
after the first two weeks of school,
so it behooves parents to Btart
their children now.
O. A. Hasting bears the distinc
tion of raising the largest crop of
beans in Lake county. Last week
Mr. Hasting harvested and threshed
less than an acre of small red beans,
and to his surprise and delight he
had just 20 pounds over one ton.
At the going price of 5 cents per
pound Mr. Hasting will realize f 101
from less than one acre of ground.
If anybody can beat that In Lake
county or any other county, we
would be pleased to bear from them.
Let's see, at that rate 160 acres of
beans would be worth f 16,000.
Whoop! that looks too good. The
chances are favorable that every
Goose Lake farmer will hereafter
devote his attention to lean culture,
aud the result will lie that they will
be upending their winters with their
families traveling in Europe.
Mr. aud Mrs. Geo. Miller started
Tuesday by private conveyance, for
Oaklaud, Oil., to remain with their
daughter Mae, who Is attending
school there. They will make the
entire distance to Richmond by
team, aud will take the cars from
there. Miss Mae is one of the faculty
of the school there, any will not
complete her education tor two
years, during which time her parents
will remain In Oakland.