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VOL. XXV.
LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OltKGQNTIIUKSD AY, FEK..25, 1901.
NO. 8.
WARNER
MOUNTAIN
INCREASE IN
VALUATION
Taxable Property Increased Cvcr
$25,000,000 In The State -at is
Shown by AsscsAment.
All IllcrcaMt of 9'.'."i,NHI,tNHI In Hip
iihki'hhi'i) valuation ot I In- taxable
iroMrty In Oregon U show n by the
JlnrteMMtllCIll f llllllllfirlfM tttlll'll llllVC
JUh( Imm ii lllcil In tin- iilllii nf tin1 Sec
ivtary of Stale. Tin total value of
Uixitl.lt- properly In in $llv
inid.imhi ami according to t he roll of
I'.Ntil It Ik 17:,Ihm,inhi. There has Inimi
mi Increase hi t he u (messed value of
very class of iroNrty, real property
showing till heaviest nil VUlirttM. lu
round iiiiiiiImth, tillable land ha
Increased $5,000.0011, noii-tlllnliltf IhikI
!l,000.000; city Iota ami Improve-
incuts, l,ouo.ooo; railroad lied f 3,000,.
IHHI; merchandise, $1,000,000. Kail
runil Imi1 shows tin greatest jiorceiit
of Increase, lln' advance Mug nearly
12 ier rent. I iitiiiircv'l land lia
uonc up 34 per cent on the assess
ment rolls.
1 11 1 t cent of increase i 'lurk u man
county lli'ltilri tll lint li.V allllUHt
loiihllng Its assessment. Gilliam
county shows an Increase of Mr
!
I cent; licntou, 72 -r cent; I'matlUa,
I t'i'2 mt !! t : Morrow, .VI M-r cent, ami
lutsop,4l M-r ifii t. Two coiiiitli'M
.' . show decrease. Tillamook mid i
I i
Grant, hut Tillamook hml nearly
ilollhled It assessment the year '
fupi'. Much to the surprise of every.
i one. Multnomah County show the
mnllct rate of Increase, although It
f w no wii t hkt rent liave advanced
f jiihI many new building have Is-en
erected. The average Increase
throughout the state Is 17 mt cent.
Multnomah' increase In 4 ht cent.
Tht figures show that t lie advance
have Ist-n more In the amount of
property. There has Iwcn an increase
.f 100,000 acres In the area of tillable
Intnl. but the rate of valuation luut
Increased from f 10 to f 11.50 per acre,
i a 1902, there were 2.NM.327 acres of
tillable html aHescif, ami In 1903
there, were 2.'.71.:U3. The area of
non-tillable laud assessed ha In
creased trom 13,122,10s acres to 14,
:i!)H,140 acreH, and the rate of assess
iiieut Iiiih Increased from $2 jht acre
in aiMiroxlinatelr 2.5n m r aire.
The Increase In the number ot
iiillctt of railroad bed hn Imvii from
1.0.H0 miles In 1902 to l,7iil miles In
J903. The rate of assessment has In
creased from $3409 (cr mite to flOSO
per mile.
Thu number ot livestock Iiiih grown
tut follows: 4 m
lim.. 1903.
I iiorHCM and mules... 150,340 J 67,743
battle ?. 4.V..S74 fill.SSS
j Nhwp and goat 1,0.V1,011 2420,107
.Xwlno U4.ti21 J05.2S0
VALUATION MV CorNTIKM.
1 t ..7- v . n-J-.l . '
5
Forest 5upervijor Orant I. Tajc
gart in Trouble for Recom
mending This Reserve.
RI2A PASHA. TURKEY'S MINISTER OF WAR.
UUd 1 ')! ha a of litle heeu one of the bulitt !VJt"li Turkey, for ha Ua
Ut'ii nioiilltXiJiK ihu hlif Hrmy of thv Nultnn In remltiM'M for war with liuIgarU,
lie l :i vetcrHO uud oM-itHeM grent u JoilnlHtratl ve ability.
JiHphlne l.NOO.eo.'J 00
Klamath 2,744,515 00
Lake 1.740.M7 00
I Alio 8,311,600 0
Llncolu 1M.1.S&4 00
l.lnn 8,113,022 00
Malheur 2,278,625 00
Marlon 8.30S.378 00
Morrow 2,328,454 00
Miiltnomah 51,0:t8,3(H) 00
Polk 1,087,225 00
Sherman ?. 1.0S(l,408 0(1
Tillamook.,.:. 2003,347 00
rnmtllla 9,214.630 72
I'nlon 3,922,244 00
Wallowa 1,761,121 00
Wuhco 4,64J,S00 00
Wahlnjfton,. 4.352,762 00
Wheeler 1.125.380 00
Yntnlilll 5,157,715 00
Totals 173,55,888 M
s
'IMlla i IlKlik tilift'M loi tut nl rnlnn.
i a tn niMii v ft rt I Willi ? UIUII
Hon of all taxable proirty In tho
j i ate, by couuticM, iih ctuallr,ed by
t he county boardx of eiimlI.uMoii:
4 , v'ounty. Total value.
'" liaker $ 4,0.'M,48 00
Iti'iiton 4.330,745 00
j lackatnaa 0,034,377 0(
' ClatHop 4.613,230 00
t 'oluinbla 1,822,832 00
'ooh 3.050,200 00
'niok 2,31)!,02o 00
'(v!'iirry 722,428 00
Ijoiitflaa 5,500,042 50
4 tillllaiu 2,315,164 00
jV'raut 1,740,717 00
irnoy 2,316,395 00
Jackson.. , 4;65U,220 00
A Bride's Woes.
Front Mexico coniee a story of an
American wedding lu one ot the
cities there, llrldo and grooiu both
American, had reHlded there some
time, and were both very popular
with both natives nnd foreigners.
Tho wedding was a grand affair, and
among tho brides tuulds were a
couple of pretty inexlcau girls.
One of tho dishes at the wedding
supper was a delicious lobster salad,
of which the bride ate very freely.
Meeting her next day one of the
bridesmaids accosted the bride with
the usual morning salutation in
Mexico: "Cotno paso usted la
nocbe?" which, rendered Into Kngllsh,
Is "How did you pass the night?"
"Oh, very well," replied the bride,
"but that lobster laid on my stomach
all night." Arlaona Sentinel.
iHIGH WATER
DOES DAMAGE.
The ralu first of the week causing
a sudden thaw, filled every creek lied
to overflowing, and the consequence
Is some badly washed out roads In
Lake county. Reports from all sec
tions say that traveling Is almost
Impossible on account of the deep
washouts In places, and deep deposits
from the hillsides In others. Small
bridges have been washed out and
people are complaining of the diffi
culty In reaching different points.
Water has backed up on the slash
road, until It Is running over at this
end, which Is liable to cause a bad
wi&hout It It does uot subside soon.
The taking out ot several bridges
last fall and filling In with dirt does
not allow the water to pass ths
grade as fast as It collects. . j
If the high water continues
throughout the county much road
work will have to t done without
delay.
RAILROAD NEWS
OF iriPORTANCE.
expenses of the Counties.
The Secretary of State has com
pleted the compilation ot the state
ment of the excuses of the various
counties of the state for the year
1003. This summary Is compiled
from the statement of the clerks of
the several counties, the last two of
which were Just received In the Sec
retary's otllce on Friday, February
5th, when according to the law they
should have been In on or before the
15th of January. The total expenses
of all of the counties for the year 1903
amounted to f 1.100,385.34, against
1,200,519.01 last year, a difference of
of 1100,133,67.
From a Salt Lake paper, dated
the first of this week. It Is learned
that the Gould interests have decided
to at once begin the construction of
an almost parallel line of railroad
from Utah through a new pass upon
lower, grades and lesser curves
through Net ada Into California and
connecting at Sacramento with Pac
ific Coast systems. This Hue will
be almost an air line and situated to
the south ot the present Southern
Pacific main line. At Ueno the new
Gould line will connect with the new
road being built northward from
that point through California Into
Oregon.
It Is stated on good authority
says the Burns Times-Herald that it
Is not beyond the possibilities in
fact It Is more than probable that
arrangements will lie completed this
season whereby the Sumpter Valley
railroad will build Its proposed ex
tension on down from Burns 240
miles nnd connect with the Reno
Itoad.
Kccent dispatches from Washing
ton have contained much Informa-
j tlon In regard to the extensive land
fraud jHTpctrated by The Hyde-Benson
ring of land grabbers, ho secur
ed poHHCMNion of Immense bodies of
valuable timber lands In Oregon,
California and other Pacific states.
j It has Just lieen disclosed by recent
In ventilation that one of the great
est gralm was scheduled In the
Warner Mountain reserve In Lake
and Modoc counties.
Grant I. Taggert, at one time a
resident ot Willow Itanch, was ap
pointed forest supervisor, and In 1900
came to Laker lew and listed 1,000,
000 acres In the Warner Mountain.
A dispatch from Wasnington dated
Feb. 19, says:
"Taggart reported that there was
great necessity for the immediate
creation of the reserve oa account of
the denudation of the country by
timber men, which was causing the
j drying up of streams. One of Tag-
gart's Ingenious reasons for the
creation of the reserve was that
such action would "prevent frauds
by timber speculators." As a result
of Taggart's report approved by
Commissioner Hermann, 1,000,000
acre were withdrawn from entry.
Preparatory to the Usuance of an
executive order creating this reserve
Clifford Pinchot, forestor of the De
partment of Agriculture, examined
that region last year. He says It is
safe to say that no reserve will lie
created there, as half of the land Is
totally barren of timber, never had
tlmber on It and probably never
will. This barren land, however,
was perfectly suitable to the Benson
Hyde ring, as they could trade It for
forested lands elsewhere.
It Is said at the General Land
Office that much ot this land Is now
In possession of the timber grafters,
who anticipated the creation of the
reserve."
Ou recommendation of senator
Mitchell, Willis L. Moore, chief of the
Weather Bureau service, hits author
ized the establishment of a volunteer
weather station at Paisley, Lake
couuty. By direction of Mr. Moore
the government will furnish Imple
ments and apparatus for observing
and recording weather conditions at
Paisley, but the station will be oper
ated by Charles M. Sulu, who will
draw no salary.
Death of Dr. J. A. Bowdoin.
Joseph Arthur Bowdoin, an old
time newspaper man of Oregon and
California, and for many years a well
known citizen ot Klamath couuty,
died at his home In Klamath Falls,
Sunday, Feb. 14th, In the 74th year
of his age, and was burled there Mon
day, services being held at the Meth
odist church at 2 o'clock p. m. Dr.
Bowdoin who was highly respected
founded the first newspaper (The
Klamath Star) In Klamath County
at Klamath Falls, then known as
Llnkvllle, In 1SS4. The Examiner
editor assisted In the first and num
erous subsequent editions. He is
survived by three children: Mrs.
Florence K. Green of Vancouver,
Wash; Mrs. Ada J. Herron of Tort
land, and Will E. Bowdoin, of Klam
ath Falls. The latter Is foreman
of the Klamath Express.
At Hlllsboro, Washington county,
is being erected the largest condensed
milk and evaporated cream factory
west of the Mississippi river, the Or
egon Milk. Company lielng the pro
moters. It will have a capacity of
100,000 pounds dally, but at present
about 60,000 to 80,000 pounds ouly
will be used and this will require
fully 6000 cows to keep tho factory
In operation.