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vol xxvi.
LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 26, 1905.
NO. 4.
lEIZE THE OPPOR
TUNITY NOW OPEN
akc County Should Profit by Her Sister
County's Experience in Attracting
Railroads and Capital.
DVERTISE LAKE'S RESOURCES
NEWS FROM OUR
LEGISLATURE.!
claims of that State to such lands
within its borders as may be un-
earthed by lake drainage, and a elm-
I liar act by the legislature of Oregon
.will soon be passed.
ret i.TV irrigation became a ; world of our prveut resource, aud
Epwitive aumne for this
l.-caotr. diVrent railrwds
r Nwo looking tbli way. The
t u Uen from the Klamath
V4beao. aad shows the way for
Lrpcsfn;? peopW of I-ake county
soft.
iraSroad never has gone alro-
Uy to any place, aad never wUL
py where something U 1-
itj to xiit to Jmtify It In making
t ;ad!tare. with the certain
nvvT Uwt It premise will
nisie the dereiopment of the
fcstrys dormant resources what
Yt taey nay be.
5V 8ve stock and timber prixlue-
vtad other interests of Klam-
p cossty though great, had not
HR&Int to attract railroad
SiSng vrry strongly.
when St became a certainty
la eSIioas of acres of th nujst
e IsaI rrv to be added to Iter
MKtir agricultural area by pro-
Log amttture fi.r her arid (WrH
'ticking fcr swaraj. and dmin-
kier Uvkw. th-o railroad saw in
laatSteoanty a certainty of snffl-
lit trafie to Wad them to I.k-
f ttM way," ari l they are r.u-ing
'itfeeh other tor preceleiee In t tie
fiarj U that Md.
l-.ASuta eoaaty jw her oppr-
Uatnedtattrir upon the poage
tie irrigation act. and seized
ftt ty promptly calling thr it-
tfosi A the proper penMjns to t lie
MiStj uf large irrigation pro
's wttfria h-r borders, and perit
of the possibilities in our borders
awaitingdevelopn)ent.
State, counties and cities which
have prospered and grown, can all
truthfully ascribe theiradrancement
to the persistence of their respective
peoples In giving publicity to ad
vantages which they ottered to ener
getic settlers and business men of
enterprise and capital. The legisla
tures of two states, and men prom
inent la the United States Senate
sow take keen Interest in promo
ting and advancing, In every pos
sible way, as a great national enter
prise, the Klamath irrigation scheme
which wkle awake citizens of Klam
ath county set In motion In a local
meeting. If there were added to the
productive lands of Lake county
75,000 acres situated on the Cbewau
cao, and as much more on the west
of Goose Lake, with five tewnshlps
In Summer Lake, and certainly as
much or more In Silver Lake, what
a transformatiou would take place
la Lake county's productions and
busioea, and what a bid this addi
tion would be to enterprising money
ed immigration, railroad, aud other
vveaun pruuunug biikk " i
and help to broaden the knowledge,
quicken the thought, and multiply
the comforts and widen the scope of
our enterprises.
Shall we never see the people tak
ing some action to bring about this
change?
For what do we wait? Others are
acting, and getting grand results,
JVri&S th.-ni upon the notite t ... i;imr. what turned
fepartmftt until they Lave u j naronttm towards theru.
A activity and afe-rtu, the
Klamath Irrigation and rwl.i-
. c. nrf wuri fwr nroifress,
I "iu'aq projt-te! w.rk . ,
f IK-Ulftl. Ml' .... r. ....
(i.'in, and must fetid to, ..
i - . . a i . I. . ..... n imb r nunu
Trogress, growth, U tlie spirit
that Alls the earth to-day.
ltwastrjein the beginning, It Is
true to-day, results follow cause, and
effort Is cause.
But railroads are not alL The
most Intelligent men of our period
are declaring that good roads are
real wealth producers, and time to
work for their promotion they feel
to be well spent. If our proposed
league should give Lakeeounty good
roads. It would have accomplished
enough to Justify Its eilstenc.
Itt'pretseutative Steluer has been, j
appointed to the legiHlative commit- f
tee to Invratlimr Afrtn. of th .tte i tne bI niaklng It the duty of
land board, ( Srftnd Jnrk to notify H?rson8 of an
Intention to investigate charges
II. W. Miller and Frauk Kincart tigaiiAt them should become a law,
cruisers of the Ibweburg land dis-'i lMvron! knowing themst-Ives guilty
, trU-t. upon being esamlne.1 by the; C)j crime wiI take It n a warning to
j Portland grand Jury, admitted they j lt.ave, to twelve such notitt.
' luid made falne locations.
: A bill in the senate appropriating
j The pomtibility of the passage if j $1.",000 to psiy Indian War Veterans
j the bill requiring contracts for sale ' claims, has passed to 3d reading,
of personal property to lie recorded, I and was referred to the committee
D. P. MALLOY ON
WOOL QUESTION.
in creating great dissatlxfiictiou in
Portland, especially among dealers lu
furniture and other home furnishing
goods.
on claims.
The bill to disestablish all but
one of Oregon's Normal schools Is
likely to meet stubborn opposition
In the legislature by members from
counties where the schools are slt-i
nated.
A. Y. Beach was appointed chief
clerk for the committee appointed to
Investigate the office of the School
Land Board.
Representative Stelner was i
polnted on the committee to In
vestigate the business of the State
Land Board.
Senator Burton-of Kansas, con
victed of accepting money from a
get rich-quick concern for services
rewarded before the departments at
Washington, has been granted anew
trial by the supreme court. The
Judges stood 5 to 4 against.
Senator Pierce has a bill for an an
nual convention of County School
Superintendent.
A Dew bill Is Introduced in the
house to make It a felony for a man
to live off the earnings of a prostitute.
No Important measure of general
Interest has yet passed both houses
of the legislature.
Tft.n ........ 11 V. I n . n
Tillamook countr believing In t . " k
showing what she U, an what berf0 PDd 70'000 ln "? at onr
resources are, as an inducement to
railroads to go ner way Is preparing
an exhibit of her resources at the
Lewis and Clark fair.
Late advice from Washington says
! the President Is now satisfied the ad
ministration's bill to prevent secret
rebates and discriminations In rail
road rates, will certainly pass with
out emasculation or material amentia
roent.
Senate bill No. 66, to oblige tea
chers In public schools to give 30
days notice ol intention to quit, has
paused the Senate.
An Item of $ &,S1.3l of an appro
priation bill before the legislature Is
f 4 U,. a. mw njbm S llrluaf rlllil Uft f 1
Ue county need to organise a""-- iv ------- --
Promotion l.gw. to live forever, j claims.
materlnl,
Ur-ft; iart of wbu li
to local pro-lm-ers, buiiK-ss
.U.I Ub..,rers. This will, it U
f-lei'. make Klamath ,Hut
' wealthy and ijroitpertHts
"to the state.
"i.ty has a Urger timlx-r
H ty tar than Klaiaath; sbe has
or toiire agricultural land.
ftt cattle, slvep and wo.I.
rk' " lot railroaos iressln
ry? ifilDDir becauiw tlie !
4 Laksrounty remained Inuctive
1 Dot made t he e Burt K I a ni-
tytf has m.ide to Inforiu tle
"nd the President. f 5bootin on the Deert.
''fyznno u.injr commends f , Word was recelvcl litre Tuesday
ui; .noru to ure Utan uva a
.!.. . i i.k. unii a Mr. McKune, an-
--ki rut-. . . w u . a a. x t i v v m
... . I""M ...i.- .ir fjiks sheepman
tsit-i,. , " other Miver ia" u-im.
yet Intlmat. s t- trouble over the range.
"- not sufficient lgfr of
r to
1... i ..
' - tra,U-
PmIi stwii reftrtus to
had
The
McKune'scarap, alout
SvuihsieMtoC Silver Jjike, and a
shooting scrap resultnl. In which
McKuue had one of his thumU shot
uH The six shotstb.it were fire.1
were said to I awarded equally U
tween the two comlatunU. Mr.
McKuue came to Pai-U y Monday to
...I .livsst-d. So far
was thf m iii.fe
'f the oppobciita oft
rwt during the reivnt ram-
Ht. ltoovelt Is now i-au-'
th"& 1-ersUtently. .I.,lltg
r-its lu h ycors tA we bave heard uo arr. sts hav.j
u.-.errv-fi attfi-tpred. 'made.
The bill to raise marriage licenses
to f , has l-i favorably reported
in the house.
Further advice Indicate that the
bill to raise the age of consent will
become law.
One or more new Judicial districts
may be created by the legislature I
now la session. . ,
Lewis and Clark Fair, how great a
state she Is.
The Oregon legislature ic likely to
have an exciting time of the effort to
erect new counties.
Senator Miller of Linn county has
a bill to abolish all State Norma
schools but one, and turn tlv proper
ties over to the commoq schooifund.
Forest Reserves.
There has been released from the
Freemont and Goose Lake Forest
Reserves, about 752,600 acres of tim
ber land. '
But parts of each of these reserves
are covered by and included In re
serves subsequently made, the par
ticulars of which will be published as
soon us they can be formulated In
the land otllce-
Then publication for itO days will
be made, during which time home
steaders and persons desiring to
take land under the timber land act
will have precedence over sc-rlppera.
The proposed measure to provide
for further Increase of -library funds
In each school district of the State
should become a law.
A bill to authorize County Courts
to appropriate lands for road pur
poses has passed the Oregon House
of Ilepresntatlves.
A bill to make road supervisors
again elective, was indeflnately pos
poned by the House of Representa
tives. A bill to raise the statutory age ol
consent to 14 Instead of 16, is likely
to become a law.
A bill has passed the senate to re
emburse the school fund money loan
ed the state agricultural society, the
amount being $20,000.
Kenatorljard's bill to remove legal
obstacles lu the way of executing the
Klamath Irrigation scheme has pass
ed the I'nlted States Senate, and an
act has pussed tl California legialu
ture releasing to the government
Is the Flume 5afe.
The new flume put In by the town
lost summer la a good and substan
tial one, but It Is very poorly under
pinned, no foundation, whatever,
except at toe end of the bottom
sills. Ia many places the flume is
bulit through a cut considerably
wider than the flume, made so by
the flood last spring, and with such
flimsy foundation It looks reason
able to believe when the freshets
come this spring the flume will be
filled wltb water and have such
weight that the underpinning will
give way, letting the flume break In
two, In places where It happens to
be a foot or more from the ground
underneath It. The result of such a
break in the flume caa be surmised.
We want to say that so far as the
construction of the flume Is concern
ed, aad the material used, It could
not have beea made better, and Is
Urge enough to carry all tlie water
that Is likely to come down the can
yon, If it remains lu Its present position.
Tuesday evening Dsn P. Mslloy sab
mitted to sn interview on the wool
question. From Mr. Msllor we gleaned
the following in substance: Asked if
moat of Lake county wool would be con
tracted ,before shearing, he replied tqat
within two weeks F. M. Miller, and
Bailey & Massingill for C M Caver.y,
will have nearly all the clips contracted ;
so much of it in fact, that outside buy
ers will not come in here for what is
left, and these local buyers will, no
doubt, pick np all the scattering clips
before shearing time. . He said, even if
s buyer should come, he would be able,
to almost name bis own price for what
wss left, but it was bis opinion that Mr.
Miller and Bailer A Massinitill would,
unless called . off by the firms they are
buying for, continue to pay the top
price as long as there wss any wool to
he had ; what the top price would be
after the bulk of the output for this
county i contracted for be could not
say. Most of the sheepmen are coming
to town to sell. Today, he said, as
many as six producers contracted their
clips, and others were expected in from
the ranges dsiiy.
Asked about his opinion of the price
be said he had not been in favcr of con
tracting and would have held if all
others, or enough others to form a ma
jority of the output, bad held, and be
believed that they would have received
18 cents. Although be said, he ha,d
not forgotten four vears ago when they
were asked to contract their, wool at
this season of the year for 18 cents, and
they refused on the ground that the
same company making the offer was st
that time contracting wool in Montana
for 20 and 22 cents.' Wool dropped and '
Lake county sheepmen realized 10 cents
for their clips.
Dan believes that the clip will be
much heavier this spring than last.
He thinks sheep will shear one to one
and one-half pounds more to the sheep.
There will be close to two million
pounds this year, be said.
Mr. Malloy also informed us that a
move was on foot to organize a stock
company to put in a shearing plant at
the Loveless plate, six miles north of
town, where a big warehouse would be
built and 25 machines would be run by
steam power. This done, another year
the sheepmen would shear and store
their wool, advertise sale days and pool
their wool as they do in ths Shaniko
CuUEtrjV WwC-re they receive the ' top "
price, always. Several of the heavy
producers are in on this scheme and it
is pretty certain that it will go. 1
Wool Sales This Week.
Wool sales recorded this wsek are
about as follows : -
Bailey & Msssingill. 200,000 pounds
for the week, and 400,000 pounds for
the season, to far.
F. M. Miller during the week has
bought about 100,000 pounds, and 455-
000 pounds for the season.
Contracts are being made every day
br both parties. V, L, Snelling is now
in Warner buying for Miller, and Mas
singill has just returned; also C. P.
Sessions has just returned from a trip
for Bailey & Massiugill.
It is believed that half the wool in
the county will be contracted by the
end ol the week.
The Sorrenson Trial.
The jury in the United States Court
at Portland which tried Geo. Sorrenson
for offering to bribe John II. Hall,
United States District Attorney failed
to agree. ,
Judge Bollinger in discharging the
jury declaired that the evidence war
ranted but one verdict that of convic
tion, and it is charged that Horrensou
had special friend on the jury,
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