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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1903)
9 nmint i .t ; i i i 1 5 VOL. XXIV. LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 1,1903. NO. .39. ! i I X J. N. WATSON C. U. SNIDER , OicRoti Delegation Recommends Their Appointment to the l.nkeview I -and Office. Tin1 Washington correspondent of 1 1 ii ( ircgoulnii under hy u of Septem-Is-r says; Tin' Oregon delegation having awakened (o a realization of the furl lllllt President Itoosevclt menus what he suys, mill fearing dc lay might prove detrimental to their pr.-stlge, have riiiiiMnl'l that John N. WntKoii, of Paisley, hi- ap pointed Iteglstcr, and '. C. Snider, of LitkcvlcW, Ik- appointed Becclver, of tin- LnVevlew Land Olllcc to sue rud Itrattalu uii'l Pulley, soon to Is removed. Then Is lit Hi-iloiihl that tin iin-it ri-coiiinii-iiili-il will be ap pointed within h short thin'. These recommendations were fore casted In Tin' ( iregonlan itt tin- (lim it was lirst (i tux mi ii ) that Brut tain ami Bailey were to go. It w as also im-dlctcd that Congressman Her iiimiii would not consent to Brat tain's tvmoval. but woiilil advocate and recommend his retention. This predict I. .ii hitH also Im-cii fulfilled, for In t In- li-t ti-r reeeh -I'll h.v t In- President , wlill.- M 1 1 1 1. -i I . l ull..'!, Williamson .-mil Hermann all Indorsed Snider, only tlu'it- iiii-iiiIh'Ih Imlorm- Watson, I h i iini'in writing a separate letter liiwhlrh he recommends that Brat lain In- allowed to o mt luue In olMcc. I iil.-.-t s.-ci-i-t i ry II 'tchcock haw KiiinriviiMiii why Watson nml Knlih-r should hiil l- nioliiii "I. tin- I'i'i-mI-, f , i i t will w It hiii lh'-ii'-xt few days ..Ign ci.iiiiiiUs1.hu for I h'-M- lii- n ami direct tli.it no t Inn- I"- lout In liistnll ng tli. in in oiImi-. Hi il.--liv for ill Imliii'ilia t- change U rll kh'iWII, III. I ll l- ll'.IMI lllllllh- to hlllHIMI lli wlll hlniHi-li i.iki- any steps that w ill result In ii n-;t 1 Uto' lory ili-lay. Makes Valuable I'uri ha.M.. I . (. Bunting ret urncd Tuesday evening from Salem w hnv lu- has ln-en attending tin' state fair. Mr. 1 '. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 says tin- rinwil at tin- fair WHS l l.l .t'lllollH. Tin- North Pacini- Kural Spirit IiUh tin-following la regard to Mr. Bunt ing's pun base: "Mr. I'. . Bunting, if Lukcvlcw, tin-., ami proprietor of Bunting Stock Farm, of Hercfords, with IiIm uhiihI foresight and good Judgement, bought the prlzo winner, Pendlctonlun l.Vlvti, from C. II. Wade, of Pendleton. Ho Is sired by Tip Top 11KM0, bylluiK-rt 74103, out of Golden Pippin 103093. IVndletonhtn Ih an fine a sKflinen of the brtHxl an will be found In along lime, and he promlnos to make a flue animal and aire. Mr. Hunting will i mo him on hU other Iferefordu, and UUIeve that the btwt way to build np Ih to got the bt'Ht blood pomilble and ntfu Itfm ly. He now ban something over 200 head of reglHtorod Herefordn, and while a long wayH from railroad connect Ion, he dtn-H a large 1uhIih-hh. He now ban Home very choice young stock for Male, from Much noted Mt raltiM mm Lord Wilton. Anxiety and drove :!d, who are well known to all hreed- TM." Win. II. Shirk returned the latter part of IiinI week from lierkely, Cal., here he iiei oiiipanied hU family a couple of wcckM ngo. Mm. Shirk will remain there Huh winter where I heir Hon It.'V e. peels to attend the I 'nlvei-nlty. Mr. Shirk will njiln i i 1 1 them all. ml Hie litvl of January to remain until 1 hew inter season Is over. SETTLERS WILL LOSE Secretary Hitchcock Decides In I'a vor of Corporatlon-l(tnore Chamberlains Appeal. The Acting Secretary of the Inter ior today hroiiKht to a clow olio of the luont fiimoiiM and iiiom) protract ed laud ronttMtn ever Initiated In On-Kou, and In ilolng mo added the name of (Jovernor Chamberlain to the list of On-gouluu olllclals who have Im--ii turned down by the mighty Interior Department, mii.vm the tlregoiihili of the lN;th. Se n-tJiry Ityan In rendering final iis-mIoI III the case of J. I,. Morrow and others auallist tie Slate of Ore gon and the Warner LlvctM'k Com pany dln-cted that patent at onee Ih Ishiii-iI to the state on In-half of the livestock company, transferring I o t he state I he large tract of l.iti.l In Southeastern Oregon which was LM years ago scli-eted under the swamp act and which lias ever since Im-cii In continuous litigation. This Is the very action that liovcrnor t liauilierlaln undertook to prevent when he telegraphed the Secretary on .Inly la demanding that "no patent Issue tot he state lint II request tlicivfurc Is iiiiule by Inc." In that telegram In- mlded: ('IIAMIII.KI.AIS T HI Kit To SI ol' IT. "No one has authority front me to represent the State of Oregon in re- Ucsl in:.', Issunnce of pnO-iit fur t he l.in., though I am inlormeil that some one pretends to represent the lioverin.r of Oregoll fur th.lt pur pose. 'I In- matter Is U'ing Inves tigate! Iiy ine and mull sutislied ns to the Im.ii.i tides of t he cla llil of t he st ile to these lauds I will make no re.uest fur issuance of patent." lu his ili-cislon Judge Kyau says Hint on March !! last tin- depart ment I, I'M Hint the Inn. Is lu contro versy at the date of the grant, March 1-, lviu, were swamp lands and therefore the Land Otllce was directed to prepare a ne swamp list. List 70 was prepared and approved July i!, and a copy sent to the liovcrnor. This brought out his telegram of protest. Judge Hyan sIiowm that the War ner Livestock Company Ih the party that tiled requcHt for the Issuance of a patent of these lands to the state. The state Hold the lands In 1SS3 or 1SN4 and received compensation for the same, which It haa ever since re tained. Title passed to the stock company from the original grantoea of the state and under the ruling to Judge Kyau since the state sold the lands and accepted pay therefore It was bound morally, at least, to up holJ Its transactions In good faith, Moreover, he found that Oovernor Lord and his successor both sought to obtain from the Government patent for these lands and that patent was delayed In issuing be cause of the adverse claims of Mor row and others. I'llKlllOCKSSOItM TAKK I'KK.CKIIKM'K. Taking a broad view of t ho ease, the Secretary says that the present Uovet uoi- cannot revoke and vacate Hie request of his predecessors, even though the law provides that "patent shall Issue lit the reipiest of the tiorvernof." Construing the law liberally he says that w hen t ho stale disposed of these lands the slate was bound In eipilly to pro tect the rights of its grantee and moreover that they had perfect right : v; ' ' 1 V." ,V. . . v j - MR. REED SM00T OF UTAH. Mr. Itfl Huiottt, wlinm ambition to sit In the l'nltf-d StHten iicnate as mpm hcr from t'tih evoked a prntt-Nt from the administration. Is one of the twclre apoxtlen at tht lioml of affatri In the Mormon church. lie Is nut a polygamlat, however. Mr. Kmoot In a piomliient hanker of Suit Ijike City. to ask on their ow n Is half that the patent sho.ild Issue to the state In order that the transfer might In completed under the terms of the original grant. The fact that t'liamls-rlalu Is now (iovernordiM-s not give him the right the land or to pay for t he improve to Ignore or i iilllfy it:-. . I. '-vide meats which the set t lers have made by his predecessor la ollice nor diss upon It, hut the livestock company It give him t he right to pass up. m has st outly maintained for 1'U years the equities of such contracts when thatthetract in question w asswanip the state has signed away Its title laud, and that the settlers had no nml has received and ret allied com- right to it under ot her acts." H-nsatlon for such surrender. i.o,;1.iNs.m r. .. i noii Fiuviis. j Farewell Party. "In the view of Hie department. Last Friday evening was the scene the request ..f i he liovcrnor that o f" very pleasant cveiiing-scntertain-patent Is- issued Is not essentlaU here "t '!'" Xicker- the record shows that the state has -"' 'n the north end .f tow n. The accei-ted the grant and has disposed , ! was given In honor of Miss of all Its Interest In the particular ; Lallle Ilrown who has since departed lands Involved." Is the way the ,lt.. i for her future home In Warner Valley, clslon reads. "If a request U news- j Iuvltntlons were Issued on Wed nes- sary, It Is held that by Its grant f the laud the state but authorizes its grantee to make such request In its ls-half. Here, however, there Is a formal request by the Governor (Oovernor Lord), which Initiated the proceedings that resulted In the decision of March , 1903, and Issuance of a patent Is the natural and neces sary sequence of that decision." "I think that the decision of the Acting Secretary of the Interior De partment will not end the litigation," Bald Oovernor Chamberlain last even ing. "I believe that an effort can till be made by the settlers to cancel the patent. It Is doubtless ended so far oa the Interior Department Is concerned, but a court of equity would havejurlsdlctlon to cancel the patent. I have refused to sanction the Issuance of the patent aud I will do so until the matter is more fully Investigated. Hermann decided lu favor of the settlers, but the Interior Department has decided In favor of the livestock company." Ilcportshave repeatedly come from Warner Valley, Lake County, to the ffect that tight tag was going on be- twecn the settlers on the land lu litl-, at the same time avoid unnecessary gatlon and the employes of the War-'expense. The ladles will haye pre ner Livestock Company. Tales of ( pared an excellent dinner In the b.in sett lers burning over theground they Iquet room of the Masonic Hall and had Improved ha ve also frequently j nil those who assist lu the 'work at come from LakeConntv. These have the cemetery will be Invited to be lu been denied by the representatives of v. . t.i, If ' - - - ' the Warner Llvesttck Cimpany, who say that the company Is willing to do everything In Justice for the set Hers who took up the land under the homestead and pr.-cmptlon claim nets. The company Is willing to sell ; hiy to s.-ventHMi ot our young peo- pie and by eight o'clock on the evening of the L'.'tth everyone was present and proceeded at one to enjoy themselves. Dancing, games and various other amusements were Indulged lu until a late hour when refreshments were served. Those present were: The Misses Jean and Fannie Ton nlngsen, Anna and Gertie Schlagel, Nellie Simpson, Ella Jones, Lallle Brown, Bertha and Mabel Nlckerson, Messrs Fred Reynolds, Clarence Sni der, Harvey Colvln, Willie Boyd, Johnny Boyd, George Chandler, D wight Johnson and James Max well. The ladles of the Cemetery Com mittee are doing everything In their power to swell the fund for the im provement of the cemetery north ot town and more Interest should be taken in this most laudable under taking. There Is a movement on foot now to have all those Interested In the Improvement of the grounds to lie on hand on Friday morning to do w hat they can to put the ccme- ! tcry in a presentable condition, and attendance at the spread. TO RECLAIH 12,057 ACRES Portland Irrigation Company to Store Water in Chewaucan to Irrigate Land at Paisley. The State Urn! Board has entered Into a contract with the Portland Irrigation Company, of which Edwin Mays, of Portland, Is president, and C. If. Ball secretary, for the reclama tion of a tract of 12,057 acres of arid land In LakeCounty. The estimated cost of reclaiming the land Is $LV),o:iO or a trifle over $12.45 per acre. The annual cost of maintenance Is placed at $1.50 per acre per year. The tract ot iand covered by this contract lies In a rather compact form, bordering on the marsh land north west of Chewaucan Lake. The Irri gation company proposes to secure Its water for Irrigation purposes by constructing a number of reser voirs which will hold the surplus waters of theChewaucan Creek In the Spring. The water will beconducted around the hind in large canals and distributed lu smaller laterals. This contract has lieen entered Into under the terms of the urld land law passed by the legislature of l'JOl, for the purpose of accepting the provi sions of the Carey law, an act by which the United States Government gives to the state l.UOO.OOO acres of arid land whenever the land has been reclaimed. According to the terms of the contract, the Portland Irri gation Company must reclaim thn land at its own exjteuse, and secure the return of Its money through sales of the land. The company holds a lien for .150, HHi on the land, and purchasers are required to pay off the lien on the subdivision they may w ish to pur chase. The company has the privi lege of charging settlers $1.50 ierncre Iter year for furnishing w ater. This is the only large arid land contract the State Laud Board has executed for abcut a year. The paiers have Iteen filed lu the Lake view Land Office and forw arded to the Department of the Interlon for the approval of Secretary Hitchcock. S. V. Kehart's buildiug opposite Hotel Iakeview, Is undergoing Im provements this week. When first built. It was thought the building would furnish ample room for all kinds of office work but It has since been found too email and an addition of eight feet is being added to the en tire length of the building at the rear. Mr. Itehart will furnish an office for hla own use adjoining that of Chas. Umback. The addition will undoubtedly prove highly beneficial to those who occupy the building be sides adding to the appearance of the building Itself. Jim Handley is do ing the work and it ts progressing rapidly. The terrible fire on the lower Che waucan Marsh broke out afresh on Wed nesday last and about 20 men immed iately left town to fight the flames. By Friday noon they had things well under control and as a strict watch has since been kept, it is not at all likely that it will again break out. lleryford Bros, lost about 11 stacks and 7000 tons of bundled hay and the Company about the name amount. lirattain Bros, lost about 150 tous. Tho total loss is estimated at about f.'W.OOO. The marsh will bo practically useless for several years to come.