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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1904)
'i v J 7 " ' LAKE VIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, TIIUKSDAY, 1)EC.22190L NO. 51, i ,7 , v. ; ' , h -tut 7 , if .r,v' ; ' f ' ml t- : ... ' ..... - " HUM VI a - . L Z vol. xxv. s - 'W. 1 B X SHEEP KILLING All AIM Princville Man Starts Cattlemen Intend to Drive Sheep . . From Eastern Oregon Ranges. Mr. '. H.VV., fit ViJueYlUf. In lliv :'-"'"". Ml-v,- th;if. i-ulil..Mleiiiinf..ri,mii.,.(U.u "rkia wit'i tie f I ibli'l'fi I ll'l'l'l 111 lilt t'l load" u de - , Ml, Ml i I t'l j IJU'rHH MM rJi-. J) uiliMrv uf IhiH (nut of tliywiiilc. He ciii vi i In-y ItM t- n ,11 liil 1 1 a uiiil'liijil iuii reiicliliitf eienr iii-i'uriH h h ,i :e n lid ;, wnrMau 1 1 ; i i f in ;iinl tn lieeoililillisli their i:i;'n n.e. Me Hiivx III jiarl: " ihniiHnnd hemi ..( chee.p Kimivhler I, il nil iipliroxiiniitH vul'ie i.l U J.) .viiiiuiit n iiiili iiiil.ctineht Irmii ihe ,'Minl jury, io rui nr.l of tlni mt hi u in in ( en I r 4 1 Ok'kiiii. ( riiuiiiul uperatioiiK of Kin li mniii. Mule NiH-in m rniuH, and are imriiiiiN, ul (liniili one living among the conditioim t apt to overlook thia pliane, for the maMon that ImiMiieiHiiiiteredUof all kinda are very badly impregnated with the feeling front one or th other of the view iNiinta, and during the pant two years sympathy or oidtieiaiii haa been dealt ut with caution, and in all caaea the kurii receiving them uniot be known. The feeling hecouiei more aeute aa vach ranging aeaaon oieuH, and ai a re mit of the con ti oiled depredations, many of the aheepmen have found it necemiary to dinp-ooe of their IhtiIh. Allhoiigli the tirnt organized Imniln of lifepHhiioliTH were fur l he Pxprer-H pur .nine of piiileel ing the iiinjje frurti no-i iill "il i.ntHiile Hieei. iluir et'iorln Inive ilrvei iiceu direi'tivl n I i.i; l I. ing lint the ! ! . e. e:;len, i:l! ' -il Ml ' ' ' t" ' i i-1 ni.. li! I !. "'i.., n t lie i'Xit.iji.iii n! i i ' I er ili !r- h'.lick. At (ilitoi'eiil fiiiiew in the pinit lie. i iMit ii' inteieHUi liiivo been iii'i;Ue l of hitv iK mi iiifiniZKlioii n Lit h hun been le--niiKil)le for thine tlepreiluti'HH, but s'li time the auawer would come buck : "We are not guiltv. and cannot poa- "ililv furnish you clew, unleH it in sutl.e "rwponsible parties who have wantonly killid your stock without cuuhh." Tliin anawer has been a iiuiki liit to V'.'ulil In t !,r milt-iile mii1iI, iu lieu el 'tivil :i.t; more delimit-, hut the piinf fil .1, .,i (I.X,,,,,..,,.!,..! t t : t MlrTi - 'ml liie iir-, but iunt' a.i it lian pimeu -I t i i ui. t ii1!. i.-i' ('i(i..,. lj(lti em! tllti , ...I i ,.,.1 ' ""'- li'lli I'vtH III 1 i ()(.. . e:iiivit till I It'llieii, w hn ffi ojer vt il ii (in,) it i nit In-1 in their tiepret.ii lry iu:trt. 3 lie Silver Luke ohtmtingn of lat T'iug luiniKhed an exutupln of the dirf Alices traveled by some iu co-operating with otlieis of tlie hand, vt lieu eartti.lire )ieH were found with a l'rineville 'Inu'scoat mark ou them, although the no ol theshootinu was 125 miles from ''ere. At that time two affairs fallowed xeb other in quick sueceidon, resulting I "i tlie slaughter of over 4000 head of "imep, and were prohably refpoiiHtnie 'f the death of Creed Conn, the Silver 'Ke nierchaut, wliove definite know lwlKe of the affair became known and fwred thmgh his ei iticmnis. , The writer haa been lertunalo iu get '"K the story of a heepnhoiitiiil affair. ,ru"' tt participant, and (he fact that it "' "H'lolieited enable: without ,i.y ipudnihol hjni Io nive i'iiiim iem e." He also gives a dclnileil Interview ''ml with otic of the participants In uiu of raids on a band of hvp h ' rook couuty, imkI end with lh '"'lowing: f '1 (lo uot mean to eay that all caltlo j "'on are implicated in these affairs, but f "'ere are certainly few exceptions. Ik r 1 ueu ai tj, w ben a cuttleinan re i eountunuuee their at Is he Incurs I "eir enmity Ka u r,.(,;d w Uh a sheup I "'"'h t)thr iRiLhiintui who do nut care the ehaiim-s of liiueclioii t-y ftrtive ipaiiuu "nbow lin-lr colors" by i Mil.,. I IMRA I HP 1-4 CfM0' wreaking vengeamu on tl.eirenemie?; ! tie Ball Rolling Says and soinetirtleg ft hlrl.utii. eartridg. i - '"',l; - ' A Siili'in eoire.-iiornl'-nt to the Ore- ' jiodian himhIh in the folhm in"- inter- vle' w hit (iiiveninr ( huinli rln'n: l lie rreutinii of an enieri;eii( y lu ml, uhlelithe t i .Vel iiul iniiv oh ul I.ih lUA.ieiion, ir! tli uiny leliiniy l.uvei imr tJhaiiiherluin hues fur the ihiiko IioiiIiIhh in Crunk iind iilberOenlral Oie hi ii iiiii lieM. Noll.ing haa ever come ,.f -he Oo-,,u. oi'h offer of tl'.'iOO reward lust .Siiiu fir I. ! rrHi ilf tiif. r.iril u.!;;. .-!..!. ! Creed Conn at Kilver Lake, or ihe re- uni 01 ,mu ea.n inr arreHi, ol toe men who killed aheep in Lake Cuunly. Neither the Sheriff nor Ditdrict Atlnrn ey, so fur aa known, paid any attention to the offer of reward, for neither even acknowledge reciept of the Governor's letter. "The only way lean see to remedy the situation," said Governor Chamber lain today, ii for the Leginlature to place money at my din penal bo that I can employ ISecret Service men to go to the neighborhood of the trouble and alay there until the guilty persona can belocateC1, and evidence enough secured totonvijl them. To send our militia ouhl do no fcood. The men w ho do l lie hhooiing may be iu Cionk Comity t'liliiv anil in Luke or Harney or Wafco I'liii M nivv vr in Kl day. 'i liey would tMininu no olteiine w litie olii.H.'irt ol law ; i.rir i r. .io. i.i. (Ui'.e; ! ..-. ii,,. J imii . in h v il.i t i ,i it i ! .1 ri ... i.i m , I;.... i r. t i f,iu, .x;.-!, t;.e.e'i, ' out! l.e.ir e.eepl a Ueieu.-i-ie. K fcii"fj- lu'iil.T. Tiiey ate marked i nj cani.o, j lie ldeiililivil. The only way linn 1 van j t-t-e to bring I hem to jtihlitie it- to i-eiiiJ Suiwtil Service mill to live uuiuiig thein, luara their wuya and follow their move ineiita until they have evidence that will convict them. There ia not now a iluulo dollar which the Coverm ia au dit: rued tu expend for the purpose 1 mention. The Governor baa leeentlj received M vriiil pei-Miiiul and eoiifiileiiiiul letters In in a ii ti'li nt ni Crook Ctuoily, telliiii . '.in i,: l :.e ; in ii il liit; .' I .. I f. An i .n. in! t" l! n frtVt ii I.y i eenlty e tilblb-llvl tiew. "deil. I IiiI'-m" In he ;ihel)i thin winter, llll i Inive mi ii.illluteil .lie iuieir.iou to fhoot ull tliceo In.itid .... the public domain iu $bt. tpij J- Jl- ";"'"i"i.r. W. M. Duucatt. Thos. iitory which they have tlc;iMd fuJJ. and Lulu C. LuUrie, of Silver tht'ir cattle. .In some iiiatunces'tlie tei-; luke; Kvallne Jackson, Klva L. Al titory they have selected include 1"' j0n, of Lake County; L. Yadeu oi upon which sheepmen have Kraaed flo,; j K J lUrftWH UIIIUVIVnbDU. The informant says that cuttlen.cii,1 have fenced whole townships of the p.tiw lie domain and hold it for rent to iutu who need it for the grating. This no." implores the Governor to come io the aid of the lawabidlng sheepmen, lor th coining wiuter promises to h( woisflj than any previous time foi outhiw y '4 . i... I,:... I ...... i, ,l f- ' tIV IMV..V..-, Governor Chamberlain says he w ui . c F Duugherty, U Fordick, of Port recommend in . bi .uesssge bat i E W. J. Hensley, G. LeeiMhtline i Tt.'iUc an. euiergeii. y !i.n' . " - o ..... w ., ..!..., 'I'...... i .1 .. i.. .i r ...i lliltl t:uu hi' used III eascmol tji'v or for any purpofcti I hut t tat j may tleeiu advisable. ; 1 lit commenting ttpoti tblni i etlitoiMaliy, the Oivgoulau riiiyi r: f ' 1 "If the State of Oregon had i -ovcu -.. - o..l.... ' ,r I, ai Olltiea vnnii t..w.v. , - draw down his unconstitutional i men ts, we should have public o: .1 Central Oregon. It is not puM.n view too gravely tiie startling ' of impotence into which the ad tinn of law has been thrown i i than one eouuty ty the tluiiditr ; a , Hi'-' t'J n.bil .q 1 1 .v i;...i . i 4 ..: . i .i i s t cSRwrs and tlie j.rtH'rdiuatiiU' eouiplaisant eecutive. Tw hundred ehecp Here fcluin In Lake cc . iinty fit spring by a fraig of outlaw ca I tlemrn, who took this merciless method nd i ie feud between them M io the sliH'kifig and mysterious death of a lead- in citizen, J.'C. Conn. A Coroner's hiry said it was suicide; but ihe clrcum - j?, :,. . ' . , , Mance (minted fo Mr..tiily to minder i hat there was a hmd cry fira more tlninnitli inqiii.-iii n into t lie fuels niid for iiunitdimi-nt of the eiippofed asses- (ins. The Cotd tragedy became . lir inn ine in f-tl, ,.,!.., Ar..n ,..!;.!... Uil )r-a trt the defeat at the of pub - I";.. A(ni.,.r li.i nr,wni.o,l in i,u.. iwn ,i, .;,! flf rri:,.iBU ..r'. 1.-1. i rated procure tliv-ir j.rreft ind cw vie! inn- , i ilmnsand n( (iJii'p h;ore - heen Main in i. rMjk l i-uij t v as a c i'-erfnetue "I the - iHine n.niHpiiacv to eKf."t" the ! i liceiiieri from t he ran !. TIih fleers ' me mi Hii.hii uin in !!, ir . ii... ,nu c '..I i i km nviiwedly leitov t'l pees from lilt,' lunula -re i.i t-heep l( the uinrdcr f.f heepiin a ibuf wluiie I'l'inniiiniliec are : tell-. !! '. the arm of ti:v Jaw -:tf ;:Jy7.'-.i, j ..narrhy v.u.ully leipt.H. I., U.ani ! "f MUw. j (t.ti.ty ihe atoekmeii, on their part,!4 dance in Farrow hall Friday eve- . lu.u.: .iU.i vi..ui.ia - ... t.u .... i tiln.r i if.... unl n I l.i.:..t m .. 4 j itu-lm. of an induj-trioim lmnd of ' re.Ht-1 i let, who Meal liorise ami eaOle with iirioimilv nrnrfietillv tfi arrwLt ' It in olivioniihat in .alll'lheae coutiiiee, and perhapa in other, the operation of law haa completely broken down, and it ia obvious, too, that the depredations of neither the criminal eheepkillera nor the daring stockrustlers will cease until they kill off one another or until the preseut Governor of Oregon ean be made to realise that the lives ot its citizens are imperiled, their property in Jeopardy and their right to the law's protection denied. ' Sheepmen have the tame rightu in the country as cattlemen, and cattlemen the Mine as eheepmen. ?at it is public ; hind, and neither, at bottom, has any j netuul rlfht. They are bound, how-.j ever, iu equity and jam iee, to roi-pect j the eitinmoti ri(:l t, on either fi.!e, to :r.:'.-' tb, ,r lu-i. .1 !l till f.iibi.l-! . ! : n hv t "wner i.i tiie !ai. Is. . it is k !-(-.l..no.l,. vxbeu u: pioty iS 1 1 - 'lo exemne i.y ln-iesii te iiuf-acie I tie ot ncr pin t. v f real latn.1 to whieh i.eulier bus il l:-j;ii! liuht. ' A'.-tivt;. meiihitres would l.e t.iken tijjiiinHt tliese Kbeepkiilera if (.lienor) bed a Governor w ho at not lial aiicing and playing iu politicd for te elecliou." Many Patents Received. Patents have been received at) the Lakeview Iaud office for the follow ing persons: T, J, Ilrattain, l'tiiley; II. J. and . J. C. Gcbhai't, Numtiu'r Lake; Mam- j ie Thompson, Jas. L. Siillivtin, lily;; .las. JVl-uskrf K. O. Clik, C. J. -. -.- . 1-,- - -r l.'.uieU, Jiff. Howard, TM'. 'MiTeati, C. V. OTlarra A. J. W'Ite, L, P. and Fleming, II. J. Burk, Jas. Maxwell of Ode!!; K. and J. Jt. nod John Young, f L. F. Abel, of Koseland; . L. Wlllut. 5. O. Church, IL W. Knif fiu, li. M. Holland, Sam Maitson, J. C. Taylor, G. V. Guild, G. C. Halt. P. J. Johuson, A. A. Lindsey, G. H. Jal ley, W. O. Forbs, Mary A. Griffith. I'. II (lliirii ut a I t Mi 1.11 tl It. , ' I , J , ft III 1 Mtiry J. Brown, -of llillsboro;. X. J. aud.J. C. Leaauner, Clement Albright uf Asblanil; M. ' Parkhuist, of .Salem; ! A. and 11. X. Hud V. A. Hoover, 1 of Detroit; U.K. Smith, of Albany; -i( iuuu.ry of Sumpter; J. J. of Baker City: C. C. Kiunicitou, of Glendale; Nellie L. pike, of Sherman couuty; Beatrix J. Brown, of Grand Hoplds, Minn. hicar A. Nordlaud, of Lludsburg, Kas. These patents are belhg seut out us fust m the clerks lu the land otllce j;vt to them. Paisley Notes. W. A. Curr it returned to his Sum mer Lake home, last Friday from HaiVlfoll ,lf- WbtTe ho lms been .attending business Interests for the pnst year.' 1 , ' ' ' , , , , . ' i Hoy .od ward lo t Pa hW Vj- - . 1 mfMl'iy for a TWt with his brother . Loyd, at Williams Calif, He will re- j turn in the" early spring, i I" ' ' . y :"' ' t L,,k" '""S nd wife cniiie dovvil ! from Sflv,'r Late Saturday to Tiiake I an extended visit. i '. . . " .. 1,-filmM .11 in.Hrt II. .11.. ( h;vrl"y (i.iylnnf wre on the mrcets S'Ttirnhiy f..r tin; first time t-lnectlieir recent si riinis Hiekiieso. ). 1!. Conrad and wife eahie to I'f.jsh-y .Saturday for tstijiplieH and then Hi;i'ved to tin Ir r.'uieh at Sitin- ftcr Oilier where they will spend the w infer. in the M. K. Church . Sarurday even-- ing the 24th. C. D. Porter and family returned to Silver Lake Thursday. Mr. Port et and children and Miss Agnes Bu eick have been visiting in Paisley for the past six weekg. Mr. Porter re ports the cattle business In excellent condition In the northern part of the county. There Is a healthy demand for feeders. " Tflere Is but little sickness In this vicinity. Rinee the frosty weather set in there have been no new cases of fever. And all that had it are convalescing. S. i Mows was a Pawl y visitor SilUibiV. The we.-Hh. !- h.-ts l...,..i li,.,. tl.Mt ,l ''as not bwil liei-i'S-.;) i-- I' ' j hn eat- llemi'ti to be; in f-'e.ling yet. No 'Change in Land Law3. . The House committee on public lands has voted to postpone 'indefin itely action ou the bill to repeal the timber and stone act. This action means tlRce will be no land law re form this seuBou. The House committee turned, the hill down by a vote of 10 to 4. lu turning down this bill thecomiittee stated that the repeal of the timber and n'tone act would fchut "off the i oiu'rouftlu; n'ater portion tl.i m'lanimion ntii'i, aiul won in wronw- ly luiiidifiip Irrigation work begnu by the Gove'riimeut. Furthermore, i it was said that tho repeal of this law would be of lmineasiireable ben efit to railroad companies and other large holders of forest reserve lauds, as it would cause a considerable rise la the value of script, which would be the only remaining way of getting large tracts of Government timber land. There was, moreover, a gen eral belief that the tlmlier and stone act, if projierly administered, Is not a bad law. Two New Withdrawals, Washington, D, C, Dee. 10th. 1904. ItrAilSTlvK & Kkckix Kit. f -uUv'ev.'. On account oi . 1 , . , i..,,ui,p!,ijet all forms of 1'':- ''' I under first form of withdral. Tp. 29, s it. i k. w. m:' . i : Y. A. BnV.' 3 fi f f flit: I'UUl Wasblnvton , C , Jkc, h JttiUMTKK A JtjU'KlVKK, L-Uli'.' i'; ' On account of the Silver Th' -u : gatloo project. Withdraw f; t Ir. all tortus, whatsoever, uudef !rjf i niu ot withdrawal, Tp. 20 an i ff Kj It. 17, V. W. M. W. A., Death of Mrs. Griffith. A ad death occurred at the Lynch wood camp at the head of the valley last Friday. Mrs. Griffith, .mother , of a large family of children JfHve birth to a child and died a few hours afterward. The family is said to be . In hard circumstances, though the father tsTi hard, porker, . and' ha been engaged iu cutting wood all fall. The Infant will bo placed lu hands, who eaii give It ft mothers -. care. - ' ' J The funeral of Mrs. Grillith wa? held here Sunday morning and the : remains laid to rest in the I. (). O. p. cemetery. The community isympA- '. ' thize with the bereaved hnshatid and inotiierhs children. Jwvter, the babe died Tuesday morning. , Josiah Vincent. Known as "Cncle Joe" , Vincent among his scores of friend:-", had liv- ' ed in Lake county v4 years, until ho " attained the estreuie old nge of SS years and 2 months, Josiah, Vincent died at New pine Creek, Oregon, 'en Monday, Decei.iber 19th, 1904. He :. had many relatives iu and about Pine Creek,, thpugh he had. never bee.n married. - , . . . . George Hammersley ,and Pete " Fjollett came up from Pine Creek, ar- -riving here at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning after a casket. The remains ; were laid to rest In the Pine Creek cemetery Tuesday, at 1 o'clock. : Weddings at Klamath Falls. W. S. McCurley and Miss Delia Council of Iteno, were married at Klamath Palls last Sunday, Dec. 11th, by Judge IVinsoii. Mr. McCttrl- jey (Paul De La ney I U kuowii ,l ' o-i"'l'i wish lain tiiueli- haipjiRM-i. The bride is snld to die it very aocoiii'plUin.-ij lady., i'ht! Ix amincr juims in wishing the ljappy couplo a life u! bllr . Mr. L. U. Yaden and 'iliss Nellie Boyd, both prominent young people of Kluumth I'Slls, 'were married at that place last week by Judge Benson. Death of C. Peters. N, C. Peters, an old resident of 'Sur prise valley , ami a respected citizen tiled at Cedarville last 'cdw'sda v. !l'' J tt i-i.-i was the fa', her tii .Mrs. K , ' I".. Itinehiirt, wife of Lake County's I Mtrim, Mi'. Mtiti-ittrH; imitnre wtwir' to (.Vilarville hist Week in answer ;l tll(i family. to Mr. Peters had been sick foreveral weeks and his age which was about'- ,' fiS years, was a bar to recoeiy, ' y. ; ; ' Deceased was a well-to-flu ;fariu.oi', ; Ji'rv-V''y owning oue of the oldeataucl best'-' "' !.L A i '.' ey, on which he had j lived for many years. - ' '. - . Christmas fixercises. t A Christmas tree exercise will be held at the M. E. Church,, Jn Lake- Ji view, oa Saturday evoulni' Dec, 24, v A ffood program will bt v. d. Free for all. Kverybody b v ; ;j if ', '.. 'J not engage'j),.lstTA,i i '.. ; iA lul 4ir ri si t.'ii t , Si.i.'-i t lii.s ! Mill) l: .t',.w.4 'aiflirVrV-' 'XeitUes will coU.m A.c Ut seven .clock. No., hi seat will be at a presin. ... S . Arizona S41 ' 'f The conimittee pnJt; .i-.-les hi tu vonOdy yeporte'4 upoi! tba hi providing for the udmisslon of Ok hi homa and Indian territories to the Union as oue state to be culled Okla horn and New Mexico and ArUoini's as oue state to Is) called ArUona. ArUoua w ill protest, as It does not t want to be admitted jg"itiy with, New Meileo. - FA . . .- .a 4 t - i i 4 r L i J