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LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. FEB. 16, 1905.
NO. 7.
dOVERNHENT WILL
FAVOR LAKE COUNTY
but Goose Lake Will be Drained at an
Early Date Seems Certain County's
Development is Assured.
lll'IV HOW HII'IIIM HUM" rfllHKIl
tti diiult thai the Lnlted
JS'tttteS llDVl'IMtllMMlt Officials
io lmve Inspected arid land In
ikecoiinty were favorably impres-J
uh to the practicability of certain
Ration schemes fn the county and
lit they Iih ve mailt report so lav-
ible to their adoption, that the
vera men t ban decided to wltb-
ld the hinds available for Ir Igo-
in wider government auspk-k",
m all forms of entry. There are In
Northern part of Lake County
'out 0,000 acres of land included
three Irrigation schemes, which
fe can be no doubt, tlx' United
ite IuumkIh to reclaim by irrlga-
n, though when the work will be
i may not yet be determined. At
Ih point tnere tna.v be something
the M-ople to do, in making a
Ht'Dtatlnn of many strong reasons
by the actual work should itegiu
iw early a date um may In- found
U'tlftllllt.
make some surveys of ditches and
reservoir BlteM. So their rights can
Im of little value.
We should certainly adopt some
plan of ascertaining what In the pre
cise situation of our Irrigation
schemes. What progress liaH been
mode toward completion of the plana
of government work, and when It
tnay te expected the work can Ik?
taken up In earnest. If we bad more
Information, we might And we could
do something to hasten the begin
ning of work. We should be active
and alert, to find whether we may
not do something to forward the
Interests of Lake county.
There are 70,000 acres of virgin soil,
as good as the best in Lake county,
Included in the Cbewaucan scheme
alone, now unproductive, that, by
government drainage and Irrigation
will be made to yield crops equal to
the very best farms In Lake County.
Now think of what that means. It
Is at least, equal to the present reli
ably productive area of (loose lake
t 1m to Ik remembered that some
ilievery best of these lauds have valley, In Oregon.
n applied for by the sta,te of Ore- To see this laud reclaimed, and
li under the Cary act, at the sol- , every acre of It yielding oountiiui
titljmot u corporation known as crop-, which It must wheu watered.
JVtland Irrigation Company, j to have a thrifty enterprising farmer
ilii nut know that this company and stock raiser on each 100 acre
Jy not yet give some trouble and i tract, and to feel the new life iufus-
jiHesuiuedelny lu t lie Government's ! ed into every busluess and industry
bnueneeim-nt of the work, uuless ! In Lakecouuty bj It, seems something
we steps shall le taken by the pii
Interested, to bring about a 11
deteruiluatluu of this matter by
Ouveruuient, and this corpora-
pi l retired from t he posit loo of a
imaut to the laud.
b tunuot know now, that the
worth striving for; a coudltlou of
things to t hastened, if It could be
promoted by any possible effort of
our's. That Goose Lake Is to be drain
ed at an early date seems certain.
There Is covered by that part of the
lake situated lu Lakecouuty about
ftluiid Irrigation Company Is no ! 80,000 acres of land. A large part of
Ber iu the way of the adoption I this, when uncoverd will become very
I execution by the government of valuable meadow and agricultural
Cbewwican scheme. " w 1,U u H,hM to t,M' V1 lu
, , the Northern part of the County
"ere In, however, every reason to ,
i,vel. . . ' ' must almost double the productions
''fill lian Imcii ruled against, j
Ulidruwal ,l the lands from of Lake county.
7 In any Win. elcurly. Indicates ! Uikc county can well look with
fTirpcMK. of the Uoveiuinent to hold complacency and pride upon her tut-
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
OF THE WEEK
Malarkey's bill, making it a felony
for a saloonlst to sell liquor tc a
woman under 21 years of age, or to
allow such a woman to tie of re
main in his house' or In any house
or box conuected with his saloon.
The penalty may te Imprisonment
In the penitentiary not more than
three years.
The Ksch-Townsend railroad
freight bill has passed the House of
Representatives by a vote practical
ly unanimous. In the face of this vote
and the strong support to the bill
given by all parties In all parts of
the country it Is not believed the bill
can meet much opposition in the
Senate.
Senator Galllnger, chairman of
Merchant Marine Commission, has
admitted there is not the remotest
chance for his bill known as the Sub
sidy Bill, to pass this Congress.
' The committee on appropriations
In the House of Bepresei.tatlves at
Salem has completed the estimate of
State expenses for the ensuing two
years, and find that It will be about
12,150,000.
The House of Representatives at
Washington does not seem disposed
to allow the amended statehood bill
to become law. Uuless the Senate
shall recede from its amendments to
the bill, the temper shown by house
republicans Is to let the bill fall.
Democrats favor the amended bill
and hope enough republicans lu the
House may agree with them to pass
It.
Both Houses of the Oregon legis
lature have voted against bills to
abolish the Drain Normal School.
or irrigation in ts"owu scheme.
loiiipai.y has never moved a
vl of dirt, uor done any other act
''Mi we kuow thut tended to the
... .if ...j i'dI i m.
lire. ve nave a "r
incut by government Irrlgatlou w hich
will place us well to the head of the
column of productive counties lu
MillHuiuent of Us claim, but to southern Oregon.
arre Treasury Credit Balance.
uregon Treasury IHpurtmeut
Published a semiannual state-
t or the year ending Dec. 31st,
llch H u presentation of facts
Flllt U. Orcgou H nances, highly
"yiiig.
l,ere lon hand to the credit of
Mem I f i ii.l f :is.-,,(l(H. it nculnst
j'100 nt same time bust w -.r. This
'"WNUtlirlent , ,,.f,.lV the
firyexpei.H ,,f the Kn.tc until
P'lliWtM.glntutli.w lu.
'Itiou l.nud of the irreducible
'ud, only J200,fHsi against
,000 at
same time lust year.
p'us a larger amount of this
t0 1 at I uteres. i,IMi t hut Is as
Hlllld v
' total credit balance in the
iUr' to the credit i.f all funds
More Indictments.
The Federal Grand Jury at I'ort
land has returned Indictments
against nlueteeu promlueut men of
the State of Oregon for "conspiracy
to prevent and obstruct free passage
over, and the free use of public lands
of the I'ultod States" situated in
Wheeler county.
This is the Butte Creek Laud Lum-s-ruud
Livestock Company, aud lu
this connection, Bluger Hermann is
again lue'leted, charged with aiding
this conspiracy.
JohaH. Hull, Mr. Ileney's inline
.Hate predecessor lu the office of V.
s. District Attorney, 1 also Included
In the list of .ersons charged with
this offense. Henry Meldru.u aud
others, are Indicted uuder the same
sec-t lou of the revised statutes, charg
ed with conspiracy to defraud the
I 'nlted States, by making false and
fraudulent surveys.
The Jolut committee of both
Houses of the legislature, has tcen
appoluted to Investigate McMahan's
charge of mismanagement at the
State Penitentiary.
The following bills have passed
both houses in the legislature, and
await only the approval of the Gov
ernor to make them laws. Author
Uing county courts to allow exper
imental roads to U built on public
highways. Authorizing district
boundary boards to condemn laud
for public school purposes. Itciiuir
ing teachers iu public schools to
give 30 days notice of resignation.
The bill to license hunters has pass
ed the state Seuate unanimously,
aud has been unanimously reported
tor passage by the house committee
on game. It will doubtless become
a law.
Public Lands Commission Report.
The commission appointed to con
sider aud report upon tne advisa
bility of c hanges in the land laws,
has filed Its report.
The commission believes the tim
ber aud stone acts should e repeal
ed, aud that a long ami continuous
residence on homesteads should sup
ercede the present custom of com-
mutatiou.
The following Is their recommend
ation iegardiug graziug lands, tak
en from the Oregoulau:
The quewtiou of coutrol of the graa-
iugjuuds of the Government is con
sidered at leugth. It is estlmatsd
that there are 300,000,000 acres of land
iu this country apparently fit only
for gracing purposes, aud laws are
-.... mauled., desiuned to prevent
the constant destructive work perye-1
trated on these lands by tresspassers
aud to prevent the frequent conflicts
over public grazing lands among dif
ferent classes of stockmen.
One bf the recomendatlons Is that
the laud laws and their a-Jminletra
tlon be left in the hands of the Inter
ior Department, and provides for
Congresslonlal legislation turning
over the grazing privileges on the
public domain to the Department
of Agriculture with ample safegurads
and protection to the actual settler.
The report goes Into a number of
other matters with a.vlew of protect
ing the Immense public area of the
v
country;
The commission consists of Com
missioner Richards, of the- General
Land Office, Giffard PInchot, chief of
the Forestry Bureau, and F. H. New
ell, In 'charge of the Irrigation work
of the Department of the Interior.
It is Finished.
Congressman J. N. Williamson
has been Indicted by the United 6'tates
Grand Jury at Portland charged
with subordination of perjury. Mr
Williamson and bis partner, Dr.
Guesner are ascustd of Inducing 45
persons to enter land under contract
that, title to the land taken should
revert to them at a future time.
They supplied money to make the
entries.
Judgs Albert H. Tanner, the law
partner of Senator John H. Mitchell,
has leen Indicted by the United
States Grand Jury at Portland,
charged with the crime of perjury.
It Isalleged that Judge Tanner swore
falsely when testifying, before the
Federal grand jury during its Inves
tigations of transactions of his firm
In matters which lead to the second
Indictment of Senator Mitchell.
Judge A. H. Tanner, law partner
of Senator Mitchell, has plead guilty
to the charge of Perjury, committed
lu bis attempt to shield .Senator
Mitchell when testifying before the
Brand jury, and facts are disclosed
which appear to be very damaging
to the cause of Mr. Mitchell.
All Successful.
The examination of applicants for
certificates to teach iu the public
schools of Lake county was complet
ed last Thursday.
The entire class passed successful
examinations. The following receiv
ed certificates of the first grade:
MIps Myrtle M, Smith, Mrs. l.tim
Cloud, Miss Lizzie Moreland, J. Q.
Willlts. Miss Pearl Hartzog receiv
ed a certificate of the third grade.
Mr. Paul, who is teaching in Klam
ath County was examined here for
reasons of convenience, and his pap
ers were sent to Klamath couuty to
be marked.
OLD TIMES
AND OLD TIMERS
Honor Themttlveg.
The democrats in Congress honor
themselves in giving hearty support
to the President In bis determined ef
fort to subject the railroads to gov
ernment supervision In the matter of
freight rates. But, they need not
claim it us an exclusively democratic
policy.
Democrats are slucerely friendly to
the iuterests of the people, but they
have no leader amongst them cap
able of uniting the country as Mr.
Boosevelt has, and forcing legislation
in the face of railroad opposition.
Not a county lu the state of Calif
ornia that has not one or more, high
schools. Modoc, the least populous
of all, has two. Shall Lake not
have one?
Further pursuing bis remlnlscienses
Mr. M. T. Waltejs said:
The first hotel la Lakeview was
built by A. It. Jones, on the lot where
the Brewery saloon now Is. This
hostelry, though unpretentious was
a creditable frontier establishment,
and mauy a weary traveler found
there, the warmest hospitality, and
much needed refreshment from a
weary journey through a country
very thinly Inhabitatedy Most of
our early visitors were from the
Bogue River, or Willaniett valley.
They were to us as our news papers
now are and some of them were al
most as "windy" as The Examiner.
If a newspaper chanced to come into
possession of one of us, it was passed
around, aud was read in every fam
ily, and re-read until worn out from
handling it, though we were more
careful with it thau with money
A. Snider was the first merchant
to establish a business here, with
Andy McCalleu in charge and Mr
McCallen was Lakeview 's first Post
Master, the office being kept In Mr.
Solders store, on the lot where Bailey
& Massingill now do business. The
arrival of the first mall was a great '
event; our papers then being a month
old, seemed as fresh and newsy to us
and were read with even more eager
ness than we now read our dallies, 48
hours from the press.
Mart Hopkins was here early, be
ing Lakeview's first blacksmith.
Mart's residence I think, was where
George Jainmerthal's business estab
lishment stands, and bis shop on the
opposite side of the street, probably
where Mr. Lake's repair shop Isy We
must not regret those early days
Mart, when we were so full of the
vigor and hope of the young pioneer.
They were days of baplness, because
they were days bf love and hope and
helpful effort. Days when a man
would take off his shoes and give
them to his friend.
Lakeview cannot forget us, nor
does It wish to. Our names are la
Its earliest annals, and our work is
iu its foundation. There are others,
who were with us then, aud with
cheerful hearts and willing hands,
nobly did their part us helpful neigh
bors and strong co-workers with us
lu laying the coruer-Btoue upon which
Lakeview Is built.
Of some of them I may talk somo
other day."
Meeting; of Supervisors.
The meeting of roll; County road
supervisors, called by the County
Court to eot io. Dallas yesterday,
was attended by practically every
supervisor ta. the county, and will
be, it is predicted, the starting point
for a great good-road wave that
will roll over the county. However,
the County Court made no positive
promises. A motion asking pur
chase of a rock-crusher, graders and
rollers was carried by a largu majority-
but It Is understood that tht
court will not purchase a crusher
this season, though possibly oiw
grader and roller, one for every
three districts, may lw supplied and .
t he dirt work for a large amount of
road lie done this season.
The commissioners say available
quarries, price of transportation and
muuy other vital questions must be
settled before the county will buy a
crusher. Telegram .
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