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LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 1905.
NO. 34.
MUCH LAND TO
BE IRRIQATED.
Infrrwttlntf data on the desert land
.i Orwron, which can le reclaimed
tijtbe completion of Government
project for Irrigation, la given ly
one of tl' attaches of the Govern
ment Reclamation Service who I
siting In Portland ana attending
the Fair. He Mate t lint In Oregon
.fore are at leant 2,000,000 acre of
land which can lie irrigated, nnd
iht the flow of all the river and
lourct of water supply for this
amount of lund aggregates enough
water to cover 12,00ii,000 acres one
(wit In depth. Of these 2,000,000
4bout 440,(HHI have lieen reclaimed
thrigh private enterprise. If Ore-
.'oii wantH ine rem. 01 iu oenen iana
reclaimed the people In the sections
to be Irrigated muHt obligate them-
lve to pay for It as provided by
the reclamation act. Among other
:hlng8 he says:
"Oregon has not tiegun to appre
Jate the tremendous Interest In Iter
RffouriMfi now lielng taken by cltl
ens of the Mississippi Valley and
tbeEiiHtern States. During a recent
vUslt to a li u ml ht of the leading elt
w of the Kant and Middle Went I
wait impressed with this fact as
m'ver lief ore.
150 feet higher, and If this proves
true the waters from the springs
would rise the 70 feet necessary to
cover the Irrigable land. Incasethls
theory Is unfounded, power can be
supplied from Chewaucan Klver for
pumping.
HII.VKR I.AKK I'KOJKCT.
"Silver Lake project Silver Lake
Is unusual, as Its water Is fresh, not
withstanding It apparently has no
outlet. The amount of water In It
vane erent v from viwr t vur i
and it litis even been reported to
have become eutlrely dry. No finer
body of sagebrush land exists any
where In Oregon than is found here,
called 'Low desert,' and covering
100,000 acres. It Is hoped to find
some means of directing some of the
streams flowing northward from the
Klamath watershed and west of
Summer Lake directly Into Silver
Lake, making possible the reclama
tion of a large area of marsh as well
as of the desert. Several years' ob
servations of these streams will tie
required.
"Odell and Crescent Lakes project
This project contemplates the
storage of water In Odell and Cres
cent Lakes and Its diversion, togeth
er with the East Fork of Deschutes
River, across Walker Mountains onto
Silver Lake desert. The preliminary
surveys Indicate the necessity of a
canal 7.1 miles long through a porous
"Many influences are responsible
in-tlil.. newly awakened desire on i pumlceau soil and it is doubtful If,
lie suit of the public for more In- at least in the first years, more than
wmmtioii concerning this hitherto 2.1 per cent or the water diverted
little-known region. The National I would reach t lie land to lie reclaimed.
rriRiitii.ii movement: the wonderful "The Malheur project The indica
itrlilfH made through private Irrlga-1 Hons are that the distressing obstu-
twn enterprises which have created i elcs in the wav of this project aie
Imriuiiig oases in desert valleys; j about dissipated, and that actual
'lieuuth-iiticnteil reports of hoiiutl- const met ion of this project will not
ul harvests have- all contributed to ! l,e delayed much longer. The road
Ceprriglit by Cullicr'i Wwkly,
OUR I'NFORTl'XATK CLIENT ROSE, WITH A GHASTLY FACE.
tive at present, it seems that the
time Is rlie for our people to see
what can be done toward placiug
the conditions before some of the
railroad builders and knowing why
a road is not built here.
:iiineuil.
j grant people are apparently ilcsir-
On-gons desert portion is a mag-J inns of meeting the wishes of the
"ili'-t'iit empire in itself, cupable of , (ioveniiuent and the other iandown
"UHtuiniinr a dense population, and j (.is are only waiting fur this to sign
suiting only the advent of irrlga-J up their holdings. The full Irrlgu-
to blossom the fruitage and tiou of 100,000 acres iu this fertile val-
'''""" ! I.,.- .. Ill L A ,r, ..,.( -III. II. r.. 1,1 i.n.l.
"No lie
is more attractive to the ditlotis there. The Owyhee project,
'"Vfruineiit engineer. Its future tt sister to the Malheur, Is being
I'miiiihcs greater returns for the Uidied and its feasibility detenniii
"iial ciiHi ruction than any other, jed. The Klamath project IsOreoon's
"Hl (' man who labors for this end j greatest project, and it will be the
"'Hi to become optimistic and en-! first one finished.
'liUMioNtlc. i 'I'!.., iil.nvw wiim fjilien from the
TlieCovcriimeut is readv to beu-lii Portland Telegram.
t'tual
construction today on two.
We wish to call attention to what
Wat projects, but the people to ls t,liH 1,1,1,1 1,1 rWd to tlie )OH"
''Befitted are uot yet ready to grasp
Mr opportunity. I'ncle Sam Is
;ut going K, Invest the fund lu Ore
ion until the return Is safeguarded,
"lt is in overstates. The fact that
''"Kon u a large contributor to the
,UU1 will not Justify the Government
11 overlooking HI1V ()f lue detaH
lvlcli are eaivfullv .nnsliler...! -l.-
slbllitleH of the different projects be.
Ing undertaken at early dates, and
then to the records of the Reclama
tion service regarding the cost of the
different proj.-cts, and summing up
the whole the conclusion must be
drawn that the presence of railroads
governs, to a large degree, theactlou
of the governments lu commencing
Old Pioneer dead.
Joseph W. Howard, oneof the ear
ly settlers of Goose Lake valley, died
at his home in Lakeview last Thurs
day, Aug. 17, l'JO.1, and was buried
the following day.
J. W. Howard was born in Phila-
! delphia, Pa., and was 8'S years, 7
I months and .1 days old. He leaves a
j wife and son, two sisters and a neph
ew. Mr. Howard came to Goose
I Lake valley In early days and work
ed for A. Suider lu a sawmill near
U'illow ltanch. When Lakeview was
started he came here and ijtarted a
store, and has been In that business
ever since, though on a small scale
since the big fire iu 1000, which took
CANDIDATES FOR
PRESIDENT IN 08.
The Show.
The Howard show arrived here
and gave a performance Suuday
evening. The crowd was small, and
the company decided to give another
performance Monday evening, and
the house was filled. The perform
ance was clever and the closest In
spection by committees from the
audience were unable to detect the
delusion.
J. L. Smith and V. L. Suelling
were the investigating committee
the first evening and were unable to
detect the trick. Mrs. J. K. Norin
was also on the stage and placed in
a position to 1i convinced that
there was an unseen agent in evi
dence. -Iee Beall und Dr. K. H.
Smith boasted that they would go and Taft does not become Chief Jus
up the second night and discover ( tlce, the fight for the next Republl
the secrets of the show people and can nomination Is almost sure to be
lay bare the delusion. They saw between Taft and Root. Shaw will
and felt just what the others had be iu the running; so will Fairbanks,
saw and felt, and no more. Kelton but these men dou't measure up to
all he ttad excep hishomeand ground ' Guuther was the third party selected Root or Tuft, and could probably
The Washington, D. C. correspond
ent to the Portland Oregonlnn has
something to nay of the presidential
situation in 1908, and the probable
candidates and their chances. This
Is about the way the situation la
sized up by him:
Men very close to Secretary Taft
declare that the Secretary of War
has turned his eyes away from the
Supreme Bench and now has them
riveted on the Presidential chair.
They say he has been listening in
tently to the buzz of the Presidential
bee until he has lost all Interest in
ids prospect of becoming Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court.
in tne aays wnen laic was run
ning things in the Philippines, and
even before he was selected for that
duty by President AlcKluley, he as
pired to a place on the Supreme
bench. At first he would have been
content with a mere "place," but
after he had made a success of his
administration in the Philippines,
his ambitions rose and he aspired to
become Chief Justice. Since then
Taft has made a wonderful record as
.secretary oi .w ar. MKe inn'i itoot
before him, he has proven himself to
be a man of the Roosevelt type, a
man who "does things." And what
Is more, he does them properly.
As Taft has grown In prominence,
he has grown in favor, and as his
popularity Increased, there lias been
more and more talk of nominating
him for the Presidency in 1!)0S. Nat
urally these flattering reports have
come to his ears, lie has been assured
of the loyal support of many leading
Republicans.
Many things can happen before
the Summer of 1008, but, If there is
no change In the course of events,
on which the store stood.
Many friends of the old timer fol
lowed the remains to their last rest
ing place.
His health has lieen failing for sev
eral months and the end was not un
expected by those old friends who
have watched the frail old tody
stoop to the beckoning of "Father
Time." A good man has gone.
If the peoole want tbl ! oiertitIu. Note what he says of
uuiethev must obligate them-! the obstacle to the early construe
Wt.,,,,,,.1,.. .... tiou of the Lake county projects.
w. j 8o remote from railroads was it
"acanproj,,'t-An excellent that it was deemed advisable to
volr i,t. u ,, thlH HtKam a hold the project up until later. Ac
'"""lies from whei-H It., nolle- into cording to the records of tne Kec.a-
" (Vwaucan marsh, and it U "'"tlon service the cost of this pro
!fc0lt that ..r jiiiiuJject would not be over fc!0 per acre.
be reclaimed under this
""Ject. So reuiotw id '111 uM-tlou
lf("u traiiMuortatloii Oit it was
'suied advisable m hold uo this
'"oJoct Utitll later us the land might
""tutan.l the cost.
"Tl.. .
ana project About nv
I" north of Summer Lake there
Ave Jarge ei,rK8 ef water dls
r'"iK about LiO-second feet.. The
"kr Bows lu tt canyon. Jt U be
ed that the source of these springs
""omor Uke at an elevation of
Now note the readiuess of the gov-
erument to begin work ou the Mal
heur project, where the cost will 1
f42 per acre. Here Is a difference of
$ per acre, more than the actual
cost in the Chewaocan project, aud
all overcome by the presence of a
railroad in the Malheur project. The
Southern Pacific railroad runs thru
the land to be reclaimed. Now If the
question of a railroad makes the one
project feasible at 42 ier acre and
the Lake county reject nouattrac-
to carry out the performance, as uo land the nomination only in the
lady in the audience cared to go event of a deadlock between the
through the game. Ise and the Dr. ' Root aud the Taft men.
are probably waiting for the show
people to get out of the country be
fore giving away their secrets, or
else they contemplate going ou the
road themselves. At any rate they
are not disclosing many secrets.
Own Up, Mr. Manring.
The report comes to The Examiner
Peace Not. YeC. that one of Lakevlew's prominent
President Roosevelt Is exercising gentlemen, a man popular enough to
every particle of his great influence
to prevent a rupture of the peace con
ference at Portsmouth. Helsengng
ed lu a supreme effort to induce the
envoys of the belligerent govern
ments to compromise their differen
ces and reach an agreement that will
result lu a "Just and lastlug peace."
In this effort he has the active and
cordial support of Great Britain,
(Jermany aud France. Tremendous
and world-wide pressure is being
brought to bear upon the Govern
ments at St. Petersburg and Tokio
to uot permit the Washington con
ference to fall of affirmative results.
It can be said that there is ground
for the hope that it will not fall.
A late dispatch states that tho
president baa asked' the Japanese
government to modify Its terms of
peace. Jt is evident from this that
Roosevelt believes that the situation
is daugerous and that Japan'a terms
are exacting.
hold the county clerkship down for
two terms, is to lo one of tho happi
est men in Lake county, when be
stands before a magistrate and takes
a handsome and popular Lakeview
girl by the hand and swears lie will
love and protect her until death sep
arates them. We understand this
happy event is to take place next
Sunday. It was the plans, so we
hear, that Mr. Mauring was to go to
Reno and there Join the army of ben
edicks, but since we hear that Miss
Carry Tonnlngsen Is expected home
from Reno any evening, we suppose
that the Important event will take
place in this city. Treat, HI.
C. II. Dunlap, formerly of Lake
view, baa opened . up Jeweler's
store in Alturas and will conduct a
regular Jewelry store and watch re
pairing establishment. Clarence
has learned the Jeweler's trade since
be left Lakeview and Is said to be a
first-class workman.
In some ways Taft has an advant
age over Root. It would be difficult
to discrlmate between them as to
competency or fitness for the Pres
idency, but of the two, Taft Is much
more approachable, much more cor
dial and makes friends much more
readily than Root. Moreover he
lacks Root's tendency to sattre, an
Instrument that has killed more
than one prominent politician. Both
Root and Taft are admired by the
rank and file of the Republican party;
Republicans believe the country
would be safe under either man as
President, but when it comes to a
choice, Taft's genial nature, ' bis
whole-souled, open-hearted manner
and his ever-present cordiality are
going to count lu his favor.
If Taft does not go on the bench,
Root will havo tho tussle of his life
to secure the nomination, but from
present Indications, tho chances of
the two men are about even. It Is
Impossible to pick the winner.
Mr. Johnson was In town Monday.
He has bought and shipped 100 head
of horses. And has a buucb of 108 '
mules which he will drive to Wlnne
inucca aud ship to Missouri. The
horses were mostly bought front Ed
Ivory of the Ivory ranch and Mr.
Harvey of Likely. Alturas Republican.