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LAKKVIHW, LAKE COUNTY", OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY7,190L
NO. 27.
RACE MEETING
WELL ATTENDED
llumlrl (if jieople w itnessed the
events at tliu l-ake Cojinty Atiticulttiral
Association's I ruck in Lakeview during
I hh I week, when f IftOO in purse
uivert to llit ImmI hi liners. Tlii race meet
was successful with tli exception Hut
relay race, was failure, owing to
eonm tiiiHti i)lrtMfiltntt between those
who tiit't entered ktrluir for the event.
W. '. Moss entered live horse, K. M.
Green and Wiltard I u ic-ii ri five, mid
Hurry Hubert and Jeff I arish five. It
eema that tli matter of changing lri
tlM was not thoroughly understood,
and w hen it wa decided to not change
bridles, Mom withdrew liii string. The
Koherts-Parrlsh string, with fiob F'ar
mr a rider, ami the Green Duncan
Hring with Jin Poor as rider went to
the wire and started. Farmer cam in
ahead, demounted, and tiegan remov
ing Ma aaddle. Por came within
100 feet o( the wire when lie tint-inched
hit saddle w hile hit horse waa running
nnd just as lie came to the place where
h waa to dismount, let hi horta no,
trrabbed the aaddle and leaped to the
ground. He alid about SO (vet, jumped
up, seizin! his aaddle and threw it on
hia other horse, mounted and waa off
oeveral rod liefore Farmer got at : led.
Farmer' horse commenced to buck, and
, 1'oor waa nearly half way round the
track when the other horse was Marled
well. Attain aa Poor came in on the
homo stretch, he unclnchcd hia (addle
nnd luaptiitf to the ground, "olid in on
the homo base." He saddled another
horse and started before Farmer came
up. When Poor's daring (eat was (
-ouii!ished the second time and there
were no prosiieita t( hi Ixing killed,
the other fellows refused to finish the
race and would not start the third horso
nnd the race was called off. Poor'a
method ol dismounting was hair raising
nnd the crowd admired his nerve. We
do not hesitate to say that Jim Poor
kuows no fear.
Rules were left to the horsemen but
they could not agree, eo it waa decided
to have mile race for aaddle horses and
give f"5of the $175 purse to tho first
ti iid second horse which was won by a
little roan horse, rode by Jim Toor, and
a little browti. pecond, roilo by M.
HarneB.
Fallowing ure the events as they oc
curred each day iu the horse went un
fertile wire, firt named winning first
and ao on :
riRST DAY. JUNE 2v
1st Haco B'mile dash free for nil 125
Heaver Tom, Kitty Condron, Klack
Topsy, Chowaucan ; time, 37'.
2d lUce5a furlongs datdi free all f 150
Hinaldo, RitaBinfax, Wooer ; time, lltf.
SECOND OAY-.JI NE ju,
1st Hace tnite dash free for all.f 150
Kita Binfax, Kitty Condron, Chowaucan ;
time, 1:05.
2d Hace mile heat free for all, $200
First heat Wooer, Heaver Tom, Rinal
do; time, :51. Second heat Hinaldo,
Wooer, Heaver Tom ; time, 00,' Third
heat Hinaldo, Wooer, Heaver Tom j
lime, 51'.
THIRD DAY.-Jl l.Y i.
1st Race ?4'niilo dash free for all, tl."0
Hinaldo, Wooer, Rita Sinfax; time,
I :Bi.
2d Raco 'milo heat free for all 150
First heat Kitty Condon, Hcayer Tom,
J'.OBHie Shirley ; time, 8. Second heat,
Kilty Condron, Heaver Tom, Ressle
Shirley ; time, 3d.
I'OURTH DAY-JULY a
1st ltace ?rulle dash free for all f 150
Hinaldo, Wooer, KUty Condron j time,
1 :05. .
2d ltace 1 mile dash free for all 200
Hinaldo, Hessio Hhirley, !ena A; lime,
: 1 M.
On the day of tiin 4th a ,'4 mile tare
j waa made between Kitty Condron and
; Rita Siufax, for fliK) purse. Kitty
'Condron won lust money; time, 25.
An N. C. O. Kepreaentatlve.
' C. II. Smith, traveling freight find
! iiiiMwiitferuireut fur the Nevudi, ( il
I Iforulfi ami ()rcun ICalhviy, speut n
I couple of biy In our city last week.
Mr. S111I1I1 Ih h very pleasant p'otle
inan, but not very talkative. He
Htnteil IiIh IiiimIiii'hh here hm Nlinply to
Ket C(iialut'I with M-opl un 1 con
illtloiiK In thU wet I on of country,
from whlcli coined the bulk of the
truffle over that road. When he wan
akiM by uu Examiner rcprvHcnta
tlve about the contciuplAttMl exten
wloii of tho road ho had but llttlo to
give out for publication, but from
hia conversation the Inference waa
drawu that the exteiiHlon Mould be
mmlo and that no other route than
direct to likevlew wiin jtractlcablu
for the N. C. (. jH-ople. lie further
aalil that but a few in lien of coHtly
road remained, to bo built to put it
on easy Mailing for Iwikevlew. A
Hhort HtreU'h from .Madeline, the
prewnt termlniiM. to Likely, wan the
only place where any dilllculty
would Ik? encountered. When Likely
Ih reached, there will b very little
gradluu; and no hllU to go round or
over. The country In comparatively,
level from here to Likely. Whether
or not Mr. Smith' trip up in thin
country Iiiih anything to do with
an early t xteiiHlou of the X. ('. O.
railroad, fn-iptent vlnltt by the of
flclnlriof the company will have a
tendency to keep their Intercut cen
tered ben, and eventually tho road
will be extended to Lakeview.
Mr. Smith left here Saturday morn
ing for SurprlHO valley. He exectit J
to return hero in a nhort time and
will probably makeamore thorough
Investigation of our reHourccu. All
wo iihU Ih for (teople to Inventlgate
and the merit of Lake county will
force favorn.blu opinion upon the vis
itor. Editor Has a Pipe Dream
Word was received from Lake
view that four young men, in charge
of a baud of nearly fifty horses, were
arivsted on HUHpIclou by the sheriff
and aro now held In Jail awaiting
Investigation. F'rank Swingle and
two other members of tho Klamath
County Livestock Association have
gone to Lakeview to Identify the
animals. The horses are supposed
to'lH'long In Klamath county and
were probably picked up from the
rauge. Tom OHleld of Merrill left for
Lakeview Tuesday In the Interest of
F'rank Adams and tho Carr ranch,
as they sunpect some of their horses
ure among the lot. Nothing definite
Is kuown 11s to tho Identity of the
four boys In Jail, but It Is rumored
that three of them are, Huy Picket,
Virgil McClure and Tiny Hughes, all
of Poo Valley. Tho fourth Is un
known. W, II. McClure was Hi the city yes
terday. Ho said that he had heard
the report but stated that ho was
positive-that neither of hi boys are
within 200 miles of Lakeview. Ho
says that both of them are at l'ltts
vllle, Cullf. where they aro buying.
Klamath Falls Hqpublloau. . "
Kutlier a queer story to get out
when there is not a speck of founda
tion for It. Nothing of tho kind has
occurred here, and the sheriff know
uolhlug of It.
STATE 5ELLS
LAND TWICE.
CorrcHpondenco. which hu recent
ly i;iKHe bet ween State Land Agnt
Oawnld Went, the Secretary of the
Interior, and a iurchuner of xchool
land, HIiiHtratcH Nome of the condi
tions that hare len brought about In
tale land affair III the pat. ThU
correspondence kIiow that, In 1S2, !
theMate -old a quarter nettlon of
whool land In a wmall vnlley In
Haker County, nnd the man who
bought It took poHMeNMion, Improved
the land and built a home. He haa
lived there ever tdnce.
In 1SNM) the atat reprewnU-d to the
General Government that the achool
land was mineral In character, and
therefore the Mtato did not iicqulre
title to It. At the requeat of a man
who wanted to hoc ure timber land,
the Mtate Mtdected In lieu of that
quarter hoc t Ion of Hchool land a
quarter hccMoii of tlmler land In
Columbia County. The Government
accepted the Hchool land aa valid
ba', and patented the timber land
to the Htate. The Htate deeded the
land to the man who had applied for
It.
In all theHc proceeding neither of
the men who purchaed from the
atate knew that any queationexiated
art to hi title. The man who bought
theHchool land from the Htute l'-
llwvwil., Iia.'hwtl IS 1 !:! tl . .1 'I'tin 1
1 I'VRVI
man who bought the lieu land
lieves he has good title, inn-aiise tils
deed is backed up by a patent from
the Government. Vet It Ik apparent
that one of the two men must lose
his land. If the school land was in
fact mineral, the purchaser of the
lieu laud may retain bis property.
If the school section Is not mineral,
his title secured upon the represen
tation that it was mineral, will be of
little effect.
The man who purchased the school
laud from the state' in 1SS2 writes
that It Is not miuerul, that he has
been farming it nearly 20 years, and
that he cun bring all his uetghbors
to testify that It is not mineral land.
When the correspondence was
shown to Governor Chamberlain
today, tho chief executive expressed
hi feelings In luLguuge that 'was
forceful, whatever else muy be said
of It. lie advised State Land Agent
West to proceed upon tho theory
that tho prior purchaser Fas good
title, and to notify the purchaser of
tho timber land that his title Is in
great doubt, notwithstanding the
patent, and that he w ill do well to
look after tho matter lieforo some
one else acq n I res a right to his laud
by scrtpplug or otherwise.
"There aro a lot of cases Just like
this," remarked Mr. West, "and we
are discovering these contlictlug
sales very frequently." Oregontnn.
The Celebration In Lakeview.
Tho week's celebration In Lakeview
was wound up Monday. Uuito a
large crowd attended, but nothing
like what could have boeu culled
hero If tho celebration had been nd
vurtisod more thoroughly right from
the start ; how ever a good time was had.
Thoao who took part iu the exercises
are to be complimented ou their efforts
to entertain. Prof. Willits read the
Declaration of Independence and J. L.
Smith delivered the '.oration in a very
able manner. The band furnished in
strumental music that touched the pa
triotio chord In every t listener and the
choir sung selections that were highly
appreciated by the audience. Though
theparad beade-l by Uraham'i Und
and the Liberty car with Goddess and
Angel of Peace, waa not ptit aa exten
sive aa was expected, was very prettily
conducted. Misa Josie Harvey and
!.aura Knelling looked very pretty as
Goddess of Li!ir!y and Angel of Peace,
and their car waa handsomely decorat
ed for the occasion
The grounds were'
in nice shape and ou:li credit is due
the ftarties in charga nf the decorations.
j The day was a model one until evening
Hementa cut loose and drench-
ed mother earth and all upon it for
quite a distance around Lakeview. The
storm did not reach farther north than
Crooked Creek.
Death of Dr. Rooker.
DIed'nt
Hurllrjgton, Waah., on
May 30th, 1904, says the Iiurllngton,
(WuhIj.) Journal, Hiram W. Hooker,
aged CH years and 11 days. Deceased
was born In Hamilton county, Indi
ana. In 1801 he waa commUnloned
Second Lieutenant of the 18th Indi
ana Hattery by Oliver P. Morton,
then governor of Jpdjaua, In 1872
he entered a medical college at St.
Lou I, Mo., graduating In 1875 tie
came West and located In Chico,
Calif., where he wan married to MIhs
Hachel A. Cook In 1878. In 1879 he
moved to Lake county. Ore., w here
he practiced his profession for about
14 years, The doctor was an hon
ored member of the I. O. F. Lodge,
having lived up to to Its teaching!
He leaves two children, one daugh
ter 12 years old and Mrs. Frank Eng
bauin of Hurlington.
Taking Labor Census.
Mr. (). P. HofT, State Commission
er of Labor, was here last Friday
and siervt the day looking Into the
labor problem. Mr. HofT lives in
Salem and has made a circuit of the
interior towns of Eastern Oregon.
His object is to gather statistics. He
takes, the names, residences and oc
cupation of all voters at the previous
election for future reference. There
was one question that seemed to
puzzle him, and that was the peo
ple's discrimination of farmer and
rancher. Stockmen also use various
classification of labor; some sign
themselves as vaqueros, some buc
caroos (which mean the same thing,
only that the former word Is a Span
ish word and the latter a substitute
applied by Americans) some sny
stockmen, some horsemen, some cat
tlemen, some sheepmen, some herd
ders, while a great many In this
class give their occupation as ranch
ers or laborers. It Is explained that
stock ranches are always called
ranches, while the ranch that Is ex
clusively given up to the production
of cereals Is sometimes called a farm,
nnd sometimes a runch. It has been
said that the farmer Is tho man who
ruus his farm while the rancher sim
ply lots It run Itself.
Jloore's Comedians.
The Fred Moore Company fluished
up a successful week at tho oiera
house Tuesday eveulug with tho
beautiful drama "TheHesurrectlon,"
which was played In tho usual
entertaining manner in which the
Moore Company put their plays be
fore the public. "A Woman's Hitter
Atonement" was played Saturday
night, and tho troupe did them
selves honor In presenting that
play. Every part was perfectly ren
dered audatho plot of tho play was
deep and interesting. We can say
that wherever tho Mooro Company
go with the present troupe and
pluy the people neenl have no four of
lciug faked.
, PINg CREE KERS
THE WINNERS
The Pine Creek ball team did not
go to Alturn to play ball on the
F'ourth u vim Intended, and were
Invited to likevlew to cronn bate
wltM 1,,e P'c,,?, P ltWevlew team
1 on that ,ja'' T,,e wvn
! diamond In fine nhupe nd played a
good game. Lakeview went to the
bat flrat and were soon put out
: without a score. Pine Creek went
to the bat and were as speedily sent
to the field again. Three lunlngs
were played hot and fast and neither
side made a tally, although Pine
Creek succeeded In getting u man to
third base. On the fourth Inning
Lakeview made one tally and Pine
Creek one more goose egg. Iu the
firth Inning Pine Creek got a tally
and Lakeview a goose egg. In the
sixth, both teams scored goose eggs
and In the seventh Pine Creek run In
three men to Lakevltw's nothing.
In the-eighth Lakeview sent two
men around and Pine Creek none.
This left the score 4 for Pine Creek
and 3 for Lakeview. By the time the
eighth was played, rain was pouring
in torrents and everyone was hunt
ing shelter and the game put to an
'end Pine Creek the victors.
Pine Crtvk 000010 3T0
Lakeview 00010002
LAKKYJKVC
Part in Vernon
Boyd Vincent
Miller Rhodes
Smith Mulkey
Zevely Smith
Hanister ltoblnson
Stephenson Clark
Zevely It. Gibblns
Cook McGrath
Suicide at Paisley.
Last Thursday Dell It. Morgan
who has resided at Paisley about all
hfs life, took a dose of carbolic acid
with suicidal Intent. Dell had been
mentally disarranged for about ten
days and several attempts to end
his life were frustrated by parties
who happened to be near. This
time he seized a bottle of carbolic
acid and swallowed a mouthful be
fore any one could prevent it, and
died in 20 minutes.
Dell was a good hearted fellow
whose life has been ruined by whisky.
He has possessed a small fortune,
having fallen heir to Beveral pieces of
property which he sold to satisfy his
craving for liquor. Only a couple of
years ago he sold a ranch for $ 1S00
and squandered the money in three
weeks.
He has often remarked to his
friends that he would kill himself
some time. Everybody who knew
him had a sympathetic liking for
him, and though all kuew his life
was wrecked, they are pained to seo
It ended lu this manner.
Uresham and Portland.
A congratulatory letter from a
friend to The Gazette editor on hav
ing selected this field as his future
battle-grouud in business struggles
suggests that "presently you may
annex Portland, or, at least, appeal
to tho legislature for a change of tho
county Beat to Gresham."
F'or the present Tho Gazette vlll
not discuss tho matter of the change
of the county Beat, nor have Gresham
diplomats given much thought to
tho question of annexing the city on
the Willamette, but we do regard
Portland as one of our most flourish
lug suburbs. Gresham Gazette.