"OLD TIMER"
IN RHYHE
Me CtmllciiKc HcCarthy Come
Down" Into the Arena Attain
And Ak About "Joaquin"
Altum. Feb. .'. KMH.
I'.xaminkm:
A few iIi,vh mlii nud it ehltionk
wind Iiiim put mi end to xli-luli rldN
for tin pri'M'tit. Tin' mud nn- mud
dy nnd Hlopp.v. Hit river I iIkIiik
fllHl llllll iviullnU III)' of old tlllM'M
down on tin' old WiiIuimIi. Thlx Iiim
liven tin mo! illMMKnrnlili' IVbriinry
ihtiiitIhk; lthln t In- hii-'ih uy of lli'
oldt Ml Inliiililtniit. I run Im mI iIch
i iHm' It with Monii' linen li.v .Iiiiiii m W.
Riley known nn "tin' lluimlt-r piM-t."
Tin' wliii' r iill liig- r nii'l fi iimliK mi
liriikn TlifKruiiii'l Ik alt .i.. r !
I In- uinii-r man iinw laim-iua that h
ajMiltr
txiaii. hr mil nmt' n-wivril.
Ho lol'l ii. inir wllin r urniM uini-llf In tin
lull. The hull Im wmilil wan r o a"" li tun
Tliv .t..iln I of (imI Maa luil m.. iI m all,
fur Ifa vliiii-r ii.iw hi ii II muflii l t
C.riiiK."
Tin- river I itcuily nw blub rnt It
win lnt iik hen tin' hi' went out
anil Im Htlll rUliiK. If It don't hooii
ntop, It will tn' n nooil tlnn to nell
tin town of Alt iirnx for 11 rvnervnlr
Kite.
There have Imiii ruinorM n'liiK
' iiroiind In th' wind to tin' effect
thill th'' fciiertilnclit IlltiliiU to
hi).. l!lk' Vnlli-.v.-u vnllry al.out IU whm only prevented l.y partlen diK
mlleN M.llthei.t from AlltiraM alid JI''J out thepllen of lee w hlell had
In l.ii"ii ii County, put a dam In )
low It, overflow the entile valley
uud con ert it Into an ImmeiiM- llxh
plewerve, UxiliK ll htealil lit llliator
for hatehlliit the cat tlch of which,
only the thoroiiphlired layeiM will he!
kept, all lion hiylnu llnh no be nohl
uinl the prorecdn iim il to pay N.
Hellier for tlie loon of hln valley. The
proji-ct hnn encountered nume op.
pimft ion but a pipe dream or two,
with the anHlxtauce of 'oiikivhmihiii
Llvermmh In pretty nun' to win and
fro li'HH and "niUabn" will iMMpiot-
ed In tl larket at raten very much i
reduced. It would In a fin id plan
alno to ralne lotn of turtlcn, then
when we net another deimnratlc
aduilnlntratloii, the charity hoiincn
could hit the "Ini-f trunt" one In the
Mular plexun by dlnhliiK out only
turtle notip to the iiumeroun ami le
nerving jioor at all the free noiip
houneM.
The rialndealer, Home wti kn ajro,
In an Item that vtiiri hotient and well
meant, launched a puIe onto -!
tiiiHUHpectluK iiadern by the nlde f
which the ipieHtlon of "Who Struck
Hilly ratternon" or "How Old In
Ann" bhln fair to nlnk Into oblivion
tinhonored and uiihuhk. The Item,
an near an I can quote, readn like
thin: "I t In reported that W. J. Hry
an will nupport Hearnt for prcnhlent.
We hope that It In not true a) we
nhould In worry to nee an honorable
name linked with hucIi tilth." The
coiitindrum oiiened up by that In
nocent looking item In, "which of
thoKC two worthlen In entitled to
wear the honorable name, W. J. or
W. It." I quit. Ict tin shako the dice.
1 have worried Home trying to
figure where your oorrenpondentu
have been and are ntlll hiding
throughout all thin nice growing
weather. Some of them, at leant
among the late recruit nhould lie on
deck engaged la getting buny telling
hln neighbor's Hccretn. Ietme Imag
ine that 1 am Joaquin Miller or noinel
other old Hport and I will troll for
them a little. I'leane. hold my hat.
"MdCarlhy Coma lown" from off your
tall purcb,
And wrlta in a letter one more.
Can It ba you have left u alono in tlie
luruh
Have you gone to that uvholuia aliorcT
Have they borne you away on thulr
nowy wluga,
To aomu heavenly (mature above,
Anil atruiig up your harp with aumo gol
den al'iDira
W'lillo you pln the in the jarin that
thuy love,
Now "Mi(arlhr Comn liwn," let na
hart hhI limn
With toff iit Imliifii fiirt'inrh:
Of nil rrri'nnli-riti lliat a l'l'r ar
lia.l,
Yim wire Ihr Jnlllrat (inn Id Ihc tuitv h,
11 iiki auk jrnii nun ticllnn Dial oe-
rurn In my tiilii1 -Von
n-tiiiMiilKT Hi h waa trwn).
MiM'arlhy runic up ami Mrlarlliy Coma
lilll,
Wlii-rn It your M arti.i'r, Jnaiiln.
If lie baa no I ollf ailt rilr'l lir baa lial
a I'm nap.
A fiiiirlli (if a Illii Humor nioro
Miii'arthy rnimi ilnwu uiiliiu J1111 liave
toft auap
A way upon I tin frrriHn alinrc
ol.KTIMKIt.
ZtoMtionnl local
Tin' MfiHtiin Star Inline at their
ii-ltiilar iiieetliuc Tnewlny nluht had
a prouniui of aniiiwiiii'iitH, nnd
ri'fri'HhiiicnlH, which linn Imtii tin
i iiMtoiii t 1 1 It thiMii during tin' winter
tuoiitliM. Their tnii-tliiKN nri' itlwny
Hindi InlcrcMliiu to Iim iik iiiIicih by
t IllH HIM'lllI fl'llt III'!'.
We iiiiili-lxldii'l Hiiyn thi' tVilurvllle
Record t tin t tin XL couipany
liroutrht ovit Kmhi head of cat tli hint
week, m hlrli will U fi'd at tin I'nt
tiTMoii rn tnh until tin liny tlu-ri' Im
couhiihhmI, and tliry will tln-n Ix
litoiiuht to Win. MnlllnVphwi' win-re
thiy lia vi' wcurvd liny.
II. A. lirattaln, tin I lifwani-an
HtiH-kimt.il wim In tin county wilt ;
M-vcral iIii.vm ItiHt wi k at tciiillny; to
moiiii land iiiattcrH. Hi ll mii.vn tin
hlKh water in tin ( lu-vtam-an river
llilriili'iii'd lodo i it lit-It i!inmiic' and
(l.iniliK d Up the water, railMliiK it to
overllow t hi IUiiIm.
Miii-pmen inform the Silver Lake
( reolilall that the il--il khimh on
the demrt hax started tip In Him
hIiiiim and water Im luore plentiful
than It hu liecu for a iiuinlier of
yearn, a Iho nay that nlucp are In a
liettcr condition at thin time of year
than for yearn, and from all reportn
the t omliiu ,enr will Ik a pronn-roun
one for nliecp men of thin county.
livery hoily In Invited to come ami
nee the race Ix-twecn the fat inanand
Jm tV ,. xv0 ,.m,.8 under
t he w Ire llit mid k(mh to the Mon
ogram and han hln meanure taken
for a nult of eh it hen will ln the win
ner. Tlcketn to the race free to all
1 hone who liinHct the In-autlful line
of namplen of made to (It clothing
now on dlnplay at Ahlntrom Hron.
The capital ntock of the Flrnt N'ut
lotml Hank of Alturan will ln fJO,
itiM. A brick or ntone ntructure will
beemted. but the bunlneHn will In?
HtnrU, at un t.ar,v (,Ht0 , t,.nipor.
ary quartern. The dlreetorn of the
bank are C. A. Knten, I), t. Ilerry,
W. II. Whltemore. A. B. Knten, K.
Van Loan, John K. Itaker, J. It.
Knten, Alex (i Union and -A. W. Ttir
rennen. The Portland Journal of February
'".' contalun a large half-tone of ltev.
V. M. Smythe, formerlj of lakevlew.
The picture In a very good llkenenn
of the gentleman and that paper
nnyn: "Kev. ('. M. Smythe who has
accepted the panto-rate of the Mtnn
Innlppl Avenue (Congregational)
Church, recently came from Ulencoe,
Minn., and will preach the flrnt ner
iHon of hln pantorate March Cth."
Nome one In a nplrlt of tun one day
lant wiik fixed up a fake dlnpath on
a regulation blank, and stunk It up
in the pout oflire. It stated that
ltunnia had declared war agalnnt the
United Stateu, and it was not long
before itn content were generally
known. Excitement booh ran ram
pant, and a volunteer company wan
noon organized to go to the front.
Old veterans who had fought in the
civil war had their old time spirit
nroiiHcd.and wero ready and willing
to forget their old ago and lie boys
again. Hut their ardor aud high
hope were noon dashed to pieces
when operator llurke upicared on
the scene and said It was a fake, but
no Joke.
For th flrnt tltiiff In yearn, ulnre
t he Chlnene rloln, when the Chlliem'
were driven from Tncoina hy firmed
vlKlhintu, ('lilniM4 re now doliifr
Wunlpenn In that fltjr nnmolented.
Ia'W Hoiik and I'W How, of I'ort
luiid Itive nccntly oM'itfd n rntnu
ntttt there and thin brought out the
fact that there are about 1." Chlna
llietl fflKltlP'd III different kind of
hllnlnenn there.
If the old tdiiK' hohln Kood thin
year that If March comen In like a
Hon It will itt out like a lamli, and
vlna vcrna, there will ln no doubt itn
to what, the renitlt will In-. The
llrntday wan unhered In upon the
lilllun n of a yottuu uiitamed bllr.xard,
carryltiK with It eoiintlenn atoinn
and larui r chuukn of nitow t hrotiuh
out the day. Therefore nprltiK can
In neen coming In the dint uui-c.
I'ebruary wan a nco.'il breaker for
molnture III I,nketev for H loliK
term of yearn, or the memory of
nevcral old renldentn falln them.
'ery few ibiyn out of tin" Lit were
plcnnaut onen, and if It wan not
rulnliitf or HiiowliiK. the wind wan
blowing a sole. The n-cord for rain
and melted nnow durlntf the pant
mouth wan 4 lnchn, which In quite
iitiiiHiial for thin country. The end In
not yet.
O. Metxkcr, ex-edltor of the
Chewaueati l'ot, acconianleil by
hln brother In law, W. Y. Miller,
npent wveral dayn In Lake-lew flrnt
of the week. It han N-cn reported
that a tiolltiial lit buzz-d In Mr.
Met r.k i 'n lionnet, but he denim the
alienation. Hut Oncar'n real mlnnloti
In likevlew wan to negotiate the
piinhiiH.- of the Lakevlew Herald,
which he in expected to take chaw
of In t he m ar future.
.1. C Conn, the Silver Lake tner-
chant wan tra linnet I in,' lnihlnenn nt!'.'K'0 JIO.'KMt more that W. It.
thecoinity neat lant week. A few
dayn previous to hln arrival here,
Mr. Conn had tlu misfortune to lone
three fine freight wagons by tire,
valued at fiiiHI. They were standing
under and old stock shed belonging
to the ZX company. The cause
of the fire Is not known, but Is
thought to lie the act of some boys
ho threw down a lighted cigarette.
The large cougar that lias Ikmmi
terrorizing the vaqueros at the X L
ranch for some time past, by trying
to kill young calves, Is out of com
mission says the New Era. I'ete
Ivory, one of the .vaqueros of that
place lassoed his cntship In tlie Cox
Held this week, and taking his
turns proceeded to drag him to
death, which was finally accomplish
ed. The cougar was a large one
and measured eleven feet from tip to
tip.
J. 8. Elder, W. M. Mamters, Clyde
Hartlerode and Chan. Harcus have
returned fiom Christmas Lake where
they went to skin sheep says the
Post. They only succeeded in saving
about 10(H) fK'lts, as some of the sheep
had Imh'11 torn by coyotes ind others
covered with snow and could not le
found. The boys think the uu tuber
of sheep killed has been overestimat
ed. One of the. Juniper clubs used
by the parties who slaughtered the
McKune band of sheep Is at this
ofllce.
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It is now time for business. If you want
a good crop you must have good machinery.
Anticipating your wants, we have in stock
a large lot of Farm Implements' of the best
grade and quality, consisting of Gang Plows,
Sulky Plows, Disk Plows and Harrows of all
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Sacramento wrote to Louin Gefber
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Hearnt would receive the democratic
nomination at St. Louin for president
of the flitted States, says the Klam
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parties want any part or the whole
of this lKt let Mr. ierlnr know and
he will secure even money for them.
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fine Skhcrp Raark la Moatax Vmmty
Tbe Examiner bas for Mtle one of the finest
aheep ranrbea In Modoc county, which rn
tmla the beat range In California. It conaista
of Ma acre all under fence. It Ilea along Hit
river for 2 mile. Beaidea other buildings
there are two houaea 1', mile apart. It ia an
Ideal aheep ranch. If taken quick It w ill be
aold for VOX.
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and adjoining territories, to represent
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CONTEST NOTICE.
United States Land Office, Lakeview,
Oregon, Feb. 19, 1004. A sufficient
amended contest affidavit has been filed
by Robert McK.ee contestant, against
Timber culture entry No. 1183, made
August 2iith. 1890, for SE!4' of NEVf
Section 14 Township 40 8, R. 20 E, W.
M., Oregon by Amanda E. Boyd, Con
testee, in which it is alleged that the
entrywoman died in July 1897, leaving
as her heirs. Alice Moore, Arilla Vernon
lla Grav, Royal A.Bovil, Coy A. Boyd,
Raymond Boyd, and Leo. Conn ;
that the said entrywoman and her heirs
have failed to break, plow, plant to
seeds, cuttinss or trees, any part of said
tract, or to cultivate any portion therof
at any time except to plow and cultivate
to crop tt' e acres two years, and since
the year 1900, the entire tract has been
wholly abandoned by each and all of
said heirs; said parties are hereby noti
fied to appear, respond and-offer evi
dence touching said allegations at Ten
o'clock A. M. April 9, 1904, before the
Register and Receiver at the United
States Land Office in Lakeview, Oregon.
The contestant having in a prop
er affidavit, tiled February 15, 1U04, set
forth (acta which show that after due
diligence, personal service of this notice
can not be made, it is hereby ordered
and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper publication.
J. N. Watson, Register.
8 C. U. Snidkk, Receiver.
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