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IAKKVIKW, LAKH COUNTV, OREGON, THURSDAY, SKPT.8, 1901.
NO. 31?.
VOL. XXV.
RAILROADS ARE
STILL COMING.
Ibillrond talk In fort bind J'it now
Im IiiIiti sting. '! In- Pottage mad
.ih'h(i.ii Iiiik iclud h with It re
vive the Cnllllllhla Sotllllcni, tin'
orvnlll" ,V I.hnIi i n. Die Arlington
Ibillrond Hint I to ! Iilllll nut Into
I lie grain iMMiiiili-Miif IvikIitii Oregon
mill iiImii n new f )! I lint Iiiim lint
gilt Into I'I'lllt ,M't.
Till new iitml Im- Ut ii working
quietly mill now Im" '.H miles (
grading and III soon begin laying
irack. Tin' . IS. X. undertook
to lllllff till' IICW I'ollll out luit It
hcciiih that the company'" attorney
NVllO lllIO l)V IIM "Ollie MtlM'k III till'
roml lui" headed off tin1 O. It. it- X.
people mill Iiiim hc m ici 11 crossing ou
t heir track for an outlet to tin Col
uiiilila river nt The Dalles. The
roml run" from Tin Da) If" south and
U alining nt Ijikevlew for a tcrmln
iih. We hud a talk w ith Dim presi
dent of the roml. also Im attorney,
ieo. W. Jom.1i, (i ml these gentle
MICH feel t-Olilldf lit of U'lng able to
push tlit roml through. There I"
available capital to the amount of
about $2,000.NNI, tMlil when till" I"
exhausted It 1" believed tlint more
run Im had. Portland ami Seattle
eapltall"t" arc hacking the scheme.
If all tliu railroads tliut art now
pointed direct toward Lakeview ami
w lik h claim till" plan a" their ter
minal point . reach here, It will re
semble a great wheel with Lakeview
as the hull iiml tin X. C. O., the
WiMtern Pacific. Klamath Iakf Ity.,
or alllM A. IliiKtei a . the new roml
Just mentioned, the Arlington ami
t he Columbia Southern rnllrnait" n
"pokt'H.
Idle Lands in Willamette.
There i" a condition of atlalr" In
th VIII;ii.it te mul Rogue River
valley" that U unaccountable (or to
nit passing through the valley";
that I" the large amount of un tilled
land In tin heart of a rich grain
grow lug "it'tloii. ThoiiMiiml" of
acres of idle html t an Im seen along
the railroad, nil rleureil ami fenced.
Why the fanner" of these valley"
should allow their land" to lie Idle
Im a pucle. and the ue"tlon waw
put to one or t wo people, who were
supposed to lie familiar with condi
tion" there, and the only "olutlon
they could give was that the farm
er" were only trying to mako a liaro
living and many of them had not
the ambition to do molt. It wiw
"tatt'd by these gentlemen that con
ditlon would change In the course
of a few year", when the couutry
lllla tip wUh moro enterpil"lng poo
plo. Oregon's farm output could bo
doubled If fanner" would make iiho
of these land".
Cure for Range Trouble.
In an Interview, CoiigrcHMiiuitt J.
X. WlllluiiiMoii, who has more actual
knowledge of range trouble" and
catiHCH leading up to them perhap"
than any other member of the
.National body, acquired through
liM biminesrt experience an a Htock
inan, make" the "tateinent that It Ih
hi" belief that only one logical nolu
tlon of range trouble" in offered, viz:
Individual owner"hlp of public land"
and tho revlnion of tho laud lawn to
allow thl" U wild to bo tho pnrpow
tif ono of the IliHt mea"urcH to bo
pivHeuted beforo tho next CougrenH.
Ho believe" by makingagraduated
chiHHlficatlon of nil tho remaining
public lauds In tho United states
that It will Im- hut a matter of a
short time until thousands of actual
home will develop, where It would
In Impossible under existing laud
thl" -late. re.reHentln!Kn.BN ,.,,,, ,,,.,,,, n.,.,,v wnH 1
laws. In
every nilltmn ami t iiaraeier 01
.... . . s 11
I known In a teiiiM rate rone, ;
amount allow ed ii lioun tide home
liuilder would vary from lt acre" In
tin low fertile recoil" to 1"HM) acre"
ami even U1h acre" where tin land I"
of a lnoV.cn. "cahliy character, ro-!
ductlveof nothliiK h'it '
liriiNh ami Iniiicliurnto.
Tlx hitter can In utilized for noth
ing hut tzmrMw iurio"e" and would
rciiilre from Kmmi acre" to 'Jim ncn
to a family toliixiireltttmaliitciiaiife.
Purely nurlcultural land" would he
reduced to the ni till in il ill tif 40 acre"
ItiMtead of UK) acre" a" at the prcucat
time.
Thl" It I" hoped would Ik lii"lru
mental lit brliiKliiK ahout an amlc
fthle "olutlon of the exhttliiK raiiKtf
troiihlo In tho urarlny utaU'". Ore
Ionian. What's th. natter With Lake?
The Oregon Information llureaii
Im doing Home good work for Oregon,
find Mr. Wrrel, Heeretary, ha" direct
ed a iiimiiImt ot lniiilrte" to Lake
county, for which wo mu"t feel very
thankful. We have no exhlhlt there
ami have no descriptive matter
there and have never iik iiiiicIi a"
nuked him to do dm thcMe favor", hut
In the future Lake County taunt try
and keep up with other couutic".
Kvery other county In Oregon ha"
inagiilliceDt exhibit" at the Oregon
Information Itureau'" headuarterH
of every product Imagluahle, canned
fruit, vegetable", grain", griiMHe", !
1 wontl", "tone, paint, wool, and In
.'act everything that the country
j produce".
j There can Im hccu pamphlet" of all
I kind" netting out the advantage" of
I other coiintle". The only thing there
iriiin Lake county Im "ome clipping"
mini The Examiner, ami a few let
ter" replying to the Secretary'" re
queHt" for Information about Lake
county. Them gave Home pretty
nihil reiiHoiiH why lake county did
not ndvcrtlwe Itnelf reawon" that we
are iiHliamed tti publUh, but they
are there and anyone elne can go
there and wt JiiMt what wo "aw.
And if anyone think" that the Or
egon Information ltnrenu Ih not do
ing good let them Investigate iih we
did.
The Kxaminer wan aked to "end
"everal copien to thl" llurcau for
diHtrlbutlou wl Ich we will do, and
what the ieoplu of Lake county
"hould do U to organize a commer
cial club or aomethlug ot the kind
and ndvertlne tho county.
New Postmaster for lily.
Walter Iteed wan appointed post
innnter nt lily on tho first tif this
mouth by tho prenldeut, vice Charles
IS. Patten, rt'Hlgned. ThU change
will afford much more convenience
tothoHtngc", a" tho poHtotllco ban
fornu'ily been located about half a
mile thin Hide of Ply. The utago"
and moHt pansengerH "lopped at lily,
proper.
Kicked by a Morse.
( has Ward Ih conllued to his room
at tho Cottage with a badly hurt
knee caused by being kicked by a
horso last Sunday afternoon at
La wen. Tho leg was not broken,
but tho kneo cap was somewhat de
ranged necessitating tho service of a
surgeon. Hums Times-Herald.
ANNUAL AflERICAN
niNINO CONGRESS.
The annual American Mining Con-
lM ,,,p,,rtaut iiiit-tltiK tf that
(,.v --r ll.t. Mont of the inltiluir
di"trlct" hal an exhibit there the
prohiict of tliclr iiiIih'h, and to iitnaii
familiar with ohm, h dazzling Hcene
waM ,r,.M.t.-f .
N,)(V (,,.,.,.,,.,' Mpitche" vveie
ina.le l.y einliient mllili.K' lueii from
all over the i nlted State". T. A. !
Mellaril of Xew York, wit" among,
the i n on t prominent "ieakerw
rery exiltlng npieehe" were tnade
during the contt-Mt for the "election
of a M-niiaiieiit homo for the (.'ou
grew". At Mrnt there were three cltle"
"trlvlng for the ennanent home.
Denver, Colo., Salt Iake, Utah and
KIptiMO, Tvxo". The latter city final
ly agreed that If it could have the
next hcmhIou of the congretut It would
withdraw from tin race. Thl wan
agreed ujMn by the CongreH", leav
lug Denver and Salt I,ake to tight
for the vrinaneiit home. The fight
wo" hot, and grew hotter as It con
tinued. Power" of I'tah made u
flowery "jatt h for hi" city and ex
cougre"Hinau I wife Pence of Idaho
wa" ttelected to make Denver'" plea.
Pence picked Mr. Power'" .eech tojhuve com.,U(1,.(i the . govern menfs
piece", and Dually when he got down
to biiMltie-H he warmed the Salt
Lake delegation up to a ronntiug
heat. For a while paudiinonlum
reigned, the Salt Laker" yelling for
fair play and demanding that Pence
In ejected. Hut Pence held the plat
form wearing a "arc ax tic Hiulle. and
whenever he opened hi" mouth lie
"aid "omethiug. It took two day"
to get to a vote, and il" Mr. Pence
had warped the delegate" toward
Denver, that city received a good
majority of the vote" cast.
A great deal of Important bunine""
wan transacted at the congress
which lasted nix days, and the city
of Portland I" entitled to much
praise for the royal mauner In which
she entertained her guest". Tho del
egate" and their fa ml Her, especially
those from the East were delighted
with the Iteauty of Oregon Bcenery
and nil expressed themselves as Lav
lug enjoyed the trip.
Portland was a lively city during
the Congress.
Fire at Adln.
Fire at Adln, Calif., recently de
"troyed the largo bulldidg belonging
to P.d. S. Pleknrd, publisher of the
Adln Argus, and occupied by him as
a post otllco and printing odice, also
by A. It. Chase for a furniture and
Jeweler "tore, and by Mr. and Mrs.
C. J. Hooch who wero keeping house
lu tho rear of tho building. Most
everything was lot. Mr. Plckard
ouly Having a couple of cases of type.
Tho Argus this week comes out ou a
small piece ot paper printed with a
mallet and plane. Tho Kxaminer
knows how to sympathize with tho
Argus, and does so, sincerely. Wish
we wero close enough to loan it
some type and the use of ourpresses.
Will Move to Klamath Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. C. IJoss Anderson
will soon leave LnUovlew for Klam
ath Falls. They have leased tho
Hotel Llnkvillo and expect to take
charge about tho middle of this
month
Tho hotel Is now being re -
modeled and a largo addition Is lie -
ing built which will make it a CO
room hotel, one of tho best lu East -
era Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Ander-
sou are first-class hotel people, and
they will put In new furnltnri', new
.Hveevc.ryth,,. new
and la tip-top "hone. Hotel Kink-
tlp-tOp "llOflt
villi I" the tilo"t lN-autilillly "Ituated
hotel In thl" part of t he country, on
the front a line view of tin river ami
lilK lirlde ran U- had, "ituitti'd n" It
I", rlRlit at the end of the hrldue, and
ou tie Imi k a t urunda will In built
when one can get a line view of the
lake and dock" rltcht at the rear of
tin hotel.
; Mr. and Mr". Amlenton are to In
..I .. I... I !...!- .,....,1 l-.r.
1 - i "
i tune in "ecurlng the IJrikvllli hotel
' lii.it nfr 1 lild tlfti,, wli,.n t liu frif1j ltd
good; though their many friend" In
Lakevlew are norry to e them
leave town.
Want Government To Irrigate.
The land owner" of Klamath coun
ty held meeting" hint week for tho
purpoKe of determining the actual
poult Ion of the majority of tlte peo
ple In regard to the government
taking part In the Irrigation ot the
arid land" of that county. The
government found there a feunlble
Irrigation project which It might
undertake, were it not for the fact
that tnottt of the land" were under
contemplated dltche" which would
give the ranchers water.
Mont of the land uwner", however.
project would Itettirr provide for
them, and they have lieep urging the
corporation ditch 'companies to
abandon their scheme and allow
the government to proceed unmolest
ed. The Klamath Canal Co. has about
3 miles of ditch dug, and have sever
al teams working.
Herald Changes Hands.
We understond that our contem
porary, tho Herald has changed
hands, and Win. Wagner will succeed
W. J. Moore as Its editor. The. Ex
amluer hopes to maintain the even
tenor of friendliness that has hereto
fore existed between tho two papers.
Ot course accidents will happen in
the best regulated families, and it
we should accidentally smite Willie
ou one cheek, we hope he will "turn
the other oue." We see no occasion
for anything of tho kind, however,
as we have no corns to be tramped
upon, and It he has auy wo will re
spect them.
We wish Mr. Wagner tho greatest
success possible.
Old Timer Passes Away.
John Harrington, an ojd resident
ot Lake county, died In Lakeview
lust Friday morning at 3 oclock of
heart disease. The remains were
laid to rest in the I. O. O. F. Ceme
tery Saturday at 2 oclock. Mr. liar
rlugtou owned a farm on Cogswell
Creek, 8 miles below town, where he
had lived for many years and he was
ono of Gooso Lake's reliable citizens.
A Mammoth Show.
The big Ringling Circus, tho larg
est In tho world, is In the West. It
was at Portland tho last of August.
The circus Is said to bo much better
than It ever has been before. They
have 1500 people and MO horses.
Their parade Is - said to bo three
miles loug.
Liao Yang Captured.
The Japanese have captured Liao
'Yang, a Russian stronghold
and
1 driven the Russians back, uecording
to two dispatches, dated Sept. 2, ono
' from St. Petersburg and ouo from
Toklo, which strengthens the report,
' Doth armies suffered heavy loss.
WESTERN MAILS
ARE TOO SLOW.
Our recent trip to Portland over
the route which our Portland mall
comes offered ti" an opportunity to
learn where the trouble lies with our
mail service. While there we put on
foot a movement that will retult In
I s-tter service. The real condition I"
not generally knowii by our "'ople
who are Interested in the delivery of
mail from Portland. The way the
Mchedule Is now arranged we get
Portland pafH-r" four tbi " and four
nights after they are printed in Port
land. The fact that these paiers
lay In the various postofllcesliet ween
here and Portland nearly one-half
the time was disputed by some tie
fore we made the investigation, but
we will give the exact figures here
showlug how we are U'ing imposed
upon by such a service. On the
start, however, we wish to not be
understood to lie making a com
plaint a gain t the contractors, as
we presume they are filling thelrcon
troct. We will take an Oregonian, for In
stance, printed Thursday, aud trace
It to Lakeview. The paper is start
ed on Its journey at 8:30 a. m. A run
on the S. P. of 19 hours and 24 min
utes brings it to Thrall, Calif., at
3ul a. m. Friday, where it lays la
the office 12 hours and 6 minutes un
til 4 p. m., of that day. There it is
put ou the Klamath Lake railroad
and run out to Fokegama in two -hour",
reaching there at 6 p. m. ,
After a run of 2 hours it again lays
in the office 11 hours, and starts for
Klamath Falls at 5 a. m., Saturday
morning. Only 7 hours Is required
for it to reach Klamath Falls. Ar
riving at that office after a 7 hour
run it lays there 19 hours In the office
starting for Lakeview at 7 a. m.,
Sunday ruornlr.g. From Klamath
Falls to Lakeview, a run of 23 hours,
there is no delay, and reaches here.
If on schedule time at G oclock Mon
day morning. Thus it will lie seen
that the Oregonian has actually
traveled 51 hours and 24 minutes,
and layed over in the offices along
the line 42 hours and 6 minutes, or
nearly half the time.
Now, we believe, taking Into con
sideration that the government la
endeavoring to expedite the service
in all localities where it Is asked,
thar Lakeview should get this Ore
gonian, and other mall the same, In
54 hours. This would allow one
hour tor transferring the mall sack a
from the S. P. cars to the Klamath.
Lake Ky., cars, also one hour tor
making the transfer at Pokegauia
and another hour for handling the
sacks at Klamath Falls, all the time
that is needed and all the tluu that
is given In other similar Instances.
The time allowed other offices along
tho line for handling the mails have
not been reckoned in tho above, or
tampered with, so each otllco would
have the se.me time It now occupies,
which does not exceed one hour in
any instance.
With this schedule arranged and
put lu force from Thrall, wo would
get our mall in 54 hours from Port
land, Instead of over 03 hours, or
nearly 40 hours earlier than we now
get it.
This schedule will be usked for by
Tho Kxaminer, aud wo sincerely
hope that every resident in this sec
j tiou ot couutry will give us their
' support iu getting It. It may bo
necessary to get up a petition, and It
so, wo hope all will bo ready to
sign It.