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LAKE VIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OliKGOM, THURSDAY, MARCH 10,1901.
NO. 10.
CREED CONN
IS MISSING
Left Ills Silver Lake Store Larly
Friday Morning and no Trace
of Mini lias Hcen Pound.
Word whs received In Iwikcvlcw
dint Saturday t hut Creed ('mm, a
prominent merchant of Silver Lake,
iiiul Imi'H mlnnlng front that place
xlnee Friday morning, and (tin feared
tlmt during ii tn c 1 1 iii-tt t of alienation
of his inlii'l ho has wandered nwny,
mul either perlnhcd in tlm iiiotiiitiilim
or taken IiIm own life. Searching par
lies hitv ln-eii out every day, n ml t lie
river has been dragged fur a long
ilUtnuce, but no trace ha Is-en found.
He wan last si-en on Friday about
s o'clock, going toward Silver Creek
bridge, which U not quite half a mile
from town, ami Htiorlly afterward n
hot was hoard. The supposition Im
that he idiot himself and fell Into the
water and wan carried away by the
vlft currwt. Mr. Conn him Lhii
lrk for Hcte wwki, and It Is thought
That moiim Imaginary trouble him
nvyed upon bin mind and lie thought
i end It all In the grave. Some,
however, are reluctant to believe lie
would do tto nodi an net, and think
there ha Is-cu foul piny. Thin theo
ry has liccn strengthened by the re
Vort that a flue saddle horse had
Imi ii Htolen from C. M limes' ranch In
.summer Lake bint Saturday night.
It Ih believed by Home that the borne
thief committed a foul deed and cut
cross country to Summer Lake to
mislead any one w ho might pursue
-him. The borne was tracked for
Home diet mice toward Alkali lake on
the denei'l, whi n all trace wan lout.
While It Ih earncHtly hoped by every
llli'ii of Lake county that Mr. Conn
may yet be found alive, the worst Ih
feared, and a deep gloom ban been
i ant over the community In which be
bio rcMldcd for ho long, lie ItaH liullt
op a flue biiHlm-KM ami bin frlemlM arc
Irglon. The brothei'M of Mr. Conn
tire (leorge ami Virgil, of l'alsley, L.
I'. Conn of thU place and Frank
onn, of ItoHchurg.
Prom Cattle to Sheep.
A report from Eugene says many
Lane county cattlemen will turn
& nwny gradually from cnttlctushccp.
m .ii .1 t i .. . . . . .
I tie,v hiij mere nun imtii no kiciil
profit In range cattle for several
years, unless t hey could be kept on
range that costs nothing, while sheep J
nre paying handsome profits on any
a f the best farms In the valley, after
liiarglng them with feed, interest
and all Items of expense. The cattle
men are brought to a realisation I
t hut It costs nearly as much to keep
uu animal over winter us It will sell
for In the spring, and In this they
nee no profit. This winter hay Is,
worth 1S a ton or better. It takes
no less than a ton to each animal to
winter them In decent shape, and
very few ranges could sell out their
.stock at f IS per head. For this
reason they an? looking more to
sheep.
A (lood Example.
The fellow Williams was released
from the county jail Saturday and
sllll tarries with us. Since his re
lease ho has been thrown out of one
saloon and knocked out of another, j
The best thing the authorities can
do with hiut Is to follow the example
set by Lakevlew and simply order
him to move on. A 1 turns l'lalu-l
dealer.
LAKEVLEW INUNDATED
Dullard Creek Gets on the
Rampage and Plays Sad
Mavoc With Two of Our
Principal Streets.
Momlny night and Tuesdiy La Re
view and Lake county wax vlnlted
by the greatest Hood known In the
hlntory of thin section. nkcvicw
wan literally Inundated from the
high water of Milliard creek that
flow directly through town. A
warm rain began falling early Mon
day morning, which continued
throughout the day and night, cann
ing the hiiow to melt rapidly. Four
flftliH of an Inch of water came down
during that jhtIimI.
Hullnrd creek Ix-gan raining early
Monday morning, and by nightfall
It wan above the iimuuI high water
mark. lint not until after dark wan
there any fear of danger. (Jrad unity
the water rained until the. creek l
gnn to overflow It banks In the
yard of Chan. Tonnlngson and ran
down the street totween IJalley &
MannlnglU'H and li. Daly's stores.
Ah fear U'gan to Hpread, jM?op!c con
grcgated, and a Hiipply of picks,
shovels and hoc were freely passed
out by lialley & XloHnlngUI and The
Mercantile Company. Then came n
demaml for gum boot. The large
Htipply on hand In these two stores
wan freely given out to all comers.
Lanterim were then given out.
fife It . . VN y, I ; . A
1 L,:y :KM 1
n MRS. JOHN D. hOCXEFELLEK. Jn. (H
Jn ( Ono of the rlcliest of New lork s society belies ! Mrs. Jiiltii 1). Hoekw Ak
II ll 'ftller. Jr.. daughter of ' Unite.! Slntey Semitor Nels.in V. A'l'rleli of ltlio1s ImI
Mr Ulund and tluutfllter-in-luw of Joint 1). lioekefi'ller. Iho Stuuditrd Oil n.ultl. 1 NK
(A mllllonslre. - . Ajs
Tho first work wan to try to con
fine the ovcrllow to a channel a the
street, which hail to Im made. Hut
an tho water continued to rlo the
tank lMt atne more difficult.
While thin work was going on, the
merchants who wen ls'two-u the
two streams, were buy removing
their large Mtore of goodM froivjfhelr
cHlarn. Tho Mercantile Ci have
two large cellars, both full of good
One contained the only supply
ofnugar In town. The hint good
were taken out of t lie cellar In two
feet of water. Kvery cellar in that
vicinity wan noon filled with water.
Soon water I u'gan running through
the residence lot from tho Wllt
wortb place In tho Canyon l?twoen
the two street to tlte alUy at the
rear of the stores. Then water
came In at the back doom of Lee
Bead's drug store, C. U. Mulder's
tore, llalley & MossInglliVf store,
and B. Daly's drug more. Yet the
water had not reached It 'highest
jKilnt.
Three tennin and plows were
brought Into service, and continual
throughout the night. Men, not
lined to hard work, labored all night,
and Home continued to do ho nearly
all day Tuesday.
As at a Are, It would be bard to
give due credit to thorn who worked
so faithfully to save property.
At midnight several toots trom
the electric light whlntle brought
out more workers. The flume had
become clogged with lock "at the
rear of S, F. Ahlstrom's shop, and
threatened dire destruction of prop
erty. The whole creek was swerved
to the street, making a small river
of that highway, and threatening
the residence proix-rty of W. A.
MoMsiuglll and Kent Smith.
Sacks and sand piled along the
side walk prevented any damage of
the former place, but water to the
depth of two feet flowed through
the hitter's yard. Men and teams
worked at this place nntll late Tues
day afternoon, when the Jain was
worked out, and the water made to
take the natural channel.
During the day many ladles occu
pied the Masonic banquet hall near
t he scene of work, and prepared hot
coffee for those who labored, which
was greatly appreciated.
I As night began to approach the
weather began to cool, and before
dark ice was forming on the still
water, and thus brought to an end
the long to be remembered Hood of
March 8th. 1904.
Only for the debris strewn streets
! and water filled cellars there would
be no evidence of a flood. The stores
suffered little damage, bat the city
will have considerable work to do
to repair the washed out streets and
flume.
Many reports from other sections
of the county of high water and
washouts have been heard, but out
side of the partial Iohm of the Paisley
bridge, very little damage has been
reported.
LARGE BONUS
ASKED FOR
Klamath Lake Railroad Want
$150,000 Prom Klamath Fall
To Extend to That Town.
The president of the Klamath Lake
Railroad Company, Mr. Llndley,
spent several days at Klamath Falls
lost week, says the Express, talking
over the matter of extension of their
road to this place. As everyone
wants the road, and as the subsidy
asked Is not at all ls?yond our
means, there seems to be no good
reason why the road should not be
built this year.
They offer to extend the road to
Klamath Falls as soon as $130,000
subsidy Is signed, and if it is sub
scribed soon enough, will build this
year. In any event, if the amount
Is subscribed, they agree to have the
road here not later than January 1,
1900.
The work of raising the amount
has been placed In the hands of J. O.
Pierce, and he has full authority
from the railroad company to act
for them in the matter.
As all the property of the county
and every business enterprise in the
county, whether it be mercantile,
agricultural, lumbering or any other,
will be greatly benefitted by the
advent of the road, everyone should
take an active Interest in assisting
the work of raising the bonus, not
only by subscribing all that their
property and business Interest
warrant, but by urging others to
do the same.
If the people of Klamath Falls are
awake to their interests they will
uot be long in raising what the rail
road company asks. Should the
road conclude to miss that town a
few miles, the Injury would be Irre
parable and permanent. Klamath
Falls is Just now experiencing what
Lakevlew will have to expect in a
year or two. If we were asked to"
raise an amount equal to what is
wanted from the Klamath town,
j w hat would the result be? Well, the
money would have to be immediate
ly forthcoming or Lakevlew would
be killed as dead as the proverbial
mackeral. The Examiner hopes
that Klamath Falls will not hesitate
to raise tho amouut, and that when
the time comes Lakevlew will emu
late the example.
Coming This Way.
A recent dispatch from Washing
ton says: Senator Fulton and Rep
resentative Williamson laid before
the Forestry Bureau a request of tho
Surapter Hallway Company that a
strip of laud, two townships wide,
lying along its proposed right of
way through the Blue Mountain
forest reserve withdrawal, be restor
ed to entry.
If the company can give positive
assurance that its road will be con
structed from Sumpter to Burns,
and gives tho exact location of its
right of way, the Bureau will recom
mend that the strip of withdrawal
I land will is restored to the public
domalu.
With his wide hat, coat of ample
skirt and commanding figure, Repre
sentative Claude Kitchln of North
Carolina is accounted at Washing
ton a fine tyisj of southern congress
man, lie bears a resemblance to
Senator Bailey of Texas sufficiently
strong so that a senate doorkeeper
recently mistook him for the Texan