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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1904)
V VOL. XXV. LAKKVIKW, LAKH COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAKCII 31, 1901. NO. 13. r RESULT OF PRIflARIES. friend of Mitchell Win Out In Lakcvlew Outside IveclncU Make Oood Showing. ACtf nil tlutt ItiiM Im-cii said nlHiut the No-culled npllt In tlx' Itcpublleau party In Lake county, tin good ftt-1- Ing Hint wn evidenced by tho plea ant word, Jct lugs from both faction Mild JIUtiiI manner hi which the prl mnry ollleer were solifted, there ls. lux no content for either chairman or Meretnry In tin South Lakevlew pit duct uii'l only the chairmanship wo contested for In the North, goc to chow that harmony In the rank will ! ttin.Ii) tjtltuil throughout tho coin lug campaign, and never n ripple of thonppurently troubled water will mar the smooth surface of IlcpublL n politic In l.nke county. Tho content In thescvtrnl precinct a the primary election m closely lrawn and ardently contested !- l wwn the, supporter tif It. A. Km mlttof Klamath county for the wtato cnatorlal nomination and tho friend of W. A. Musnlnglll.tho oppos ing candidate tor thl position. Ju the north ami outh precinct It wn very evident that a large majority .f tho Republican of" Ijikovlew fuv iivd lion. It. A. F.nimltt for tnte MMiator, for the reumm that ho I good senatorial tlnil-r, a firm up porter of John 11. Mitchell and a Initiator of proven ability. . The JxHiie wn Masslnglll against F.miultt Mild thl will be the prlnclpiil contet in the county convention next Sat urday. In Noultil.nkevlew A. II. Hummer l.v wns clectsd chairman and A. Y. J leach ecret ary. W. llnllcy and leo. .IoIiiimoii were chosen teller. The t ount showed that the five delegate ret riving the greatest iiuiuIht of vote were on the F.mmltt ticket and I ho other four had tied with four on t he Malnglll ticket. A compromlo woj effected. each ticket receiving t wo delegate. In North Lakevlew tleo. S. Nicker Him and 1. M. furry were both placed In nomination for chairman, and Nlckei-Mou wa electeil by a big niajoi-lty. W. li. Snider wa elected wcrctnry. There t he count showed M more dtvlded vote, the F.mmltt tlckel winning the whole nine dele gate In a walk. The icKtilt of the two l.akevlew precinct nave Fm initt. Its and Massiugllt Full report from the oulsldo pre cinct Indicate strongly tlutt nil F.m- niltt-Mltchell delegation to the tate convention will l chocn. Thl U ing tho paramount Imhuc the conven tion can Ihj depended upon to elect mk wtate delegate, only men who are known to bo favorable to Senator John 11. Mitchell, and n Senator Mitchell ha expressed a denlro that It. A. F.mmltt be tho next Senator front thl district, Mitchell' friend In l.nko county can hardly bo expect t'd to Ignore hi preference In thl matter. Thorn will bo t'd delegate to tho county convention to meet hero next Saturday; April '2. Tho line are cloely drawn, but ho far us county officers nro concerned, there will bo no hard fight, it Is lie Moved that the only content well Ins for delegate to thestutcconventlon. Kvery man on the 111 of delegate I fully aware of the fact that Sena tor John 11, Mitchell' nomination depeud upon the legislature to be elected thl Juno and at the election two year hence and that the w-nii. tor elected thl Juno will have a voto for V. S. Senator, and our dele gate ati nllvo to the Interest of Lake county and know that Mitchell Is the man for u. nay Yet Loose Claims. A great deal of anxiety I l-lng felt by part Ion who took claim, m Mile of whom tiotiM will hold a against otaer ap plicant but not against the govern ment. The matter wa dlcuacd In a decision by Secretary Noble In 1W)1 In a case which Involved a reserve lu-tually created, while Incentral Ore gon It I only a withdrawal with a view to create a reserve. V hether the land department of tho jovern inent will nee any distinction ! habitant. Mr. Byron leave hi wife and three sons, Silo, wllllam and t'harle, and one daughter, Mr. II. I). Irwin, fie ha three brothers living In I'olk county, Oregon, and a sister In Seattle, Wash. Spokane Spoketnau-Itevlew. tlmlsr tween the to condition remain to i nude . fluid Is- seen. The point I a to the pow- proofnnd paid t'2.M js r acre for er of the government to withdraw them, a a result of the report from from entry land which have not the land department that the gov-1 leu fully entered, though the tlmlsr eminent will reject nil proof ubmlt-. and stone application for them ha tod since July :il. )M, Jir tlmlsr Ist-n filed. land In tho limit of the largo area then withdrawn from entry fur the Warner mountain forest reserve In southern uud central Oregon. Sev eral hundred claim would be a fleet ed by such action and the Ion to ap plicant would Is heavy. Lnud uppllcant have U-en pro ceeding tin the theory that the filing tif their application U-fore the date of the withdrawal for tho reserve o- erated to hold the land. The dis trict land ollleo have also Is-cn act ing with thut apparent understand lag. Thl diN-N not take Into consid eration the distinction U-tw-een a homestead and a tlmbc rappllcatlou. With the homcMtcnd application cer tain f-s aro paid, there Is a formal entry and a receipt I lued. That I an entry that hold the land not only against other clalmnant but agalnt other appropriation by the government. TlmU-r and stone claim U Iultlat-1 by an application that reipiln- no payment and entry I not complete until final proof I made and full payment I made for tlielaml. Not until then ib- tho applicant hold Miuh a right a will prevent other ap propriation of the land by the gov ernment. T ho filing of the upnllcn. If It shall In held that the govern ment ha the power In tho Oregon case It will greatly Increase the area of forest, laud available for the War iter reserve. Death of a Pioneer. William T. Syron died at' hi home near darfleld Friday, ' ilarth IHth, ngitl Si year. , ? Mr. Syron wa born In Ohio tir 123 and emigrated tolowaln where he wn married to KlUabeth K. Meteker In lM. In 1A tliey croed the plain with ox team, and dur ing the lx month Journey, experienc ed their hnre of the trial and ad venture of an overland trip In thoe day. I'poii their arrival In Oregon they had a capital of 25 cents, one ox and the uual "prairie schooner" outfit. They took a claim tit I'olk Roosevelt In Idaho. In an Interview with a Spokane Spokesman Hevlew reporter, I'x-Sen-ator (Jeo. L. Shoiip, of Holse, Idaho, recently had the following to my concerning the political situation In hi state: "I In-Hove that Iduho w III give a solid ami utttantlal republican ma jority. We will have the election of two congrcHMmen, a governor and mot of the other state officer. The people .throughout the state are very frk-ndly toward Theodore Uoosevelt, and be Is certain of the Republican delegation to the nation al convention. William It. Hcat-Ht I developing considerable strength for the democratic support, and I think be will get the indorsement of the Idaho democratic delegation. Took a Mud Bath. Frank Lane tell an amusing story on a couple of gentlemen though It won't do to laugh too loud, a tlie said gentlemen might hear who were going down the road Monday evening In a hack. 1 bey were en gaged In conversation and did not heed the big mud hole below town. SURVEYS REFUSED. Secretary Hitchcock Gives Settler First Chance Cver Scripper on Agricultural Lands. so well known to thoae familiar with county where they lived about t wen-' that road, and drove their team, In ty year. Following thl period, to It. The horse both lunged out they lived a short time in t aiifornla ' ami wlwa Uw. front- - wiwin-.ottwJ Ysra w ere akel for In the Interest of ami three year lu Denton county, rig dropped Into It the team stopped Oregon. They came to Whitman ' throwing one of the men head first county lu 177 where they took up a homestead, on which they have lived ever since. Mr. Syron freighted from Portland up the Willamette valley when I'ort laud wa a town of about (MH In- into the mud. Frank say that the fellow looked like he thought he was not worth cleaning when he emerg ed from the mud and water. We did not learn the name of the gen tlemen, nnd would not venture to mention them it we bad. 0 mini II ii .m hi mum mil inn , ' l. -..ir rVf. .. i t. ..- j.. - ' . - , ' " ; .v rvsl 'V-:. ;-.-:v.- Secretary Hitchcock Is determined to put a stop to land frauds, but ha hi hand full dealing with mo many fraudlent speculators in land. He has repeatedly urged that congres remedy the land laws so as to mini mize fraud. It I apparent now that there will 13 no legislation on land laws at thl session of congre, and as frauds continue to come to light the secretary Is doing everything In his power to head them off.. Under the present law timber en tries as well as lieu selections can only be made on surveyed land. It appears that most of the valuable timber lands that are surveyed are now In the hands of private owners. The rules of the department forbid surveys only npon application of at least three bona fide settlers residing within the township which the gov ernment Is asked to survey. Several petitions that have been forwarded to the government have proven to be of a fraudulent character. Upon investigation It was discovered that Instead of being residents, the peti tioners had erected only crude log pens upon the lands and were found to be reHldent of citle. Thedepart-. meat has presumed that these ur- scrip holders, and ha UecIIued ld make the snrvey. Surveys will only le ordered where the request is made by bona fide settlers seeking homes. Further, to check the operations of the scripper Secretary Hitchcock has sent to congress drafts of a bill providing that wherever lands have been temporarily withdrawn for for estry purposes and restored to public domain or where lands are eliminat ed from the reserve, they shall become immediately subject to settlement, but shall not become subject to en try, filling or lieu selection until 90 days after they are restored. At tiieexptration of the 90-day period the bill gives the pronounced right to tho bona fide settlers on such land to make entry under tho homestead law. The bill i to pre vent Herlpplug of agricultural lands that are restored to entry. FRANCIS L PATTON. PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON SEMINARY. Kev. r. Francis L. Fatton, who was recently Installed as president of Princeton senilutiry. was for many years president of Princeton university. Dr. Patton la a native of Bermuda and is sixty years of nge. 6 0 Administration Favors Settlers. The public land committee ap pointed by the president to .investi gate nnd report upon tho reserve aud their disposal, ha seen fit to give boua fide houieseekers every opportunity for securing a hq'ue within forest reserves. In Pacific Coast states where tln'ber abounds, can always be found good agricul tural lands along the email streams which 1 lu such shape that the pres ent homestead law would preclude from entry by a homsteader without taking portions of timbered lands. The committee offers as a remedy, a proposition to allow homestead to lie taken within forest reserves, up on proper publication by what they term metes and bounds. Narrow strips of agricultural lands not ex ceeding 1(50 m-res and not to exceed one aud ouo-half miles In length may Iks taken uuder the homestead act, eliminating the commutation claue, bona fide settlers having the prefer ence over parties holding scrip, as honiOKoekers are glvtu (0 days lu which to locate. i 3 $ 1 1 w ! "r ; if t f