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VOL. XXVI.
LAKE VIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT- H), 1903.
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CONTRACTS
AWARDED.
the valley also and may le .loin a
simitar trick.
HALEM, Or., Oct. 10.-( Special.)
. The Pacific A Omrnn l!s11.w
fotWl having wruj; - - ,
instruction work started on'"""" a capital atoc of
Pacific, trOin !3CWlttt j '" invurin.rw-
. ; tlon today. Tbe purpose It to build
tie Western
lof Gould Interest, for a .har Huntington. Or., to
9n Alturaa. MnrinoPmmt r.1
ine racwc "
Tbe Incorporator are H'illlam R.
Tompkins president, who subscribed
13.700,000 of the stock; Tboinaa M.
Cunntff, eecretary, f 50,000, and Ed
ward W. Oaano, treasurer 1000.
Tbe remainder of the etock Is unsuh
scribed. Tbe principal office la' at
i, trafBc originating on
Ltft will aoon be extended to Ore
'l, It known that engineer.
Unseating the Western raelflc
L-kii waklmr InrestlgaUons In
Lotkera Oregon and, also lo the
Dlmette Valley above Halera.
.1 vM.r airo It was first
pUbIi.hed tbat the Nevadftregon.!Hunt,nt:
, allfornlJt. Kallroad, a narrow gauge j AddWoaal Locals.
Itofrtteadlng from lleno, Nev., to A Cowe, u here araln
wltaioe. 1., about 70 -n on hla semi-annual TllttoLakelew.
Ukevlew.Or., had passed Into con-! e u looklng afu.r Uw laternU, o(
aiA of the Could lli.es. At that time , tw ,Varm.r Vft,,y Tjve((loc, Co. ,n
,S1cIhI announcement wasraaoemai . t!M,,r vera, caMei Mutv the circuit
lorlnptbe preseut year the road;Court Mr. Cogswell says I'ortlaud
vnuldbe extended to Alturas a lis-ha- hid on Hs Sunday clothes all
awe of 40 miles, and work on the, Buminer an. hfiH done oJ 0peK0U
iten-loii Is now said to le under proud 1Ie Bfty(l h6 faIr ha XtWQ
Iwajr. TWIsr.ad.aordlngloic-eutflnam.,a.gumi(( Dividends will be
Bl.iro.stWH. Is to l t"aardlse.ljpa,Jthe,hHrf.holtjtrfc
vben the remainder of tbe Western
r.riftr Is completed, and Income an frank d
ntrKralpart of that division of t!jNo tlcuJan, mw k.arDW,f non
idUld system. Koadbwl to IH) DUUt ,K. . .... , - .. .
nortb from the present terminus will
t wltb this In view and heavy con
rtroetlon will prortdefor tbe stand
ard guae track.
Lst April surveying parties sup-
iNwed to represent the road were
iterating In tbe vicinity of Lake view
us frou that point toward the In
terior of Ornrou. Men In chargw'of
:he work were reticent, and their
wbordloates said they did not kuo
!or whom the work was lielng done.
More recently known representatives
4 tbe Western Pacific carefully lu-
rfttlgsted coudltions at Eugene and
ssdestiip from that point over the
Military Wsgon Ho&d route acriss
'be Cascades. An engineer who
aisde tbe trip across tbe mountains
"turned and afterwards speut some
'iae at Sulem, luvustlgatlng public
words sud conferring wltb parties
uttDeried with public utilities In tbe
'ipltal city:
Local representatives of tbe Uould
lines In Fortlaud dlwclaliu any know
fxt1 whut may le lu prMiptct In
'to wny of building lu Oregou, but It
nsvertttliied from other sources
atsluns have udranced to h point
vlHrv tenultial proiM-rtles are li'liig
-dttaliind in I'oriiand and right of
HiiJ- ngi-uts will soon come from
'llluriilu to beglu preliminary nego-
Wlouslor a part of tbe proposed
mute. Material evidence of tlie gea
liiMUess of the Intentions of tbe
Awteru 1'acKle 111 be had at au
date lu the fonuutlou tA an
"Hillary uoiupauy, It is claimed,
toit will uuder another name make
'I fight for entrance to I'ortlaud.
WltU tbe large amount ofenglueer-
,0Kfteld work belug done for the dlf-
'rot companies already operating
Oregon and about to build new
t. the time Is most opportune
'"engutaersof tbe Western I'aclrlc
'cCdirer their real purpose uuder the
of work that Is lu some way
''"inected wltb the other compauiYs.
otuoters of au electric road be
tWwn Portland aud 8alem areknowu
lhave had InUueutlal Kastern con
tU)o aud It Is not Improbable
Ltlt the great amount of labor per-
,urmJ during the lust year under
l"" pretext of a local electric line was
T1'1' ,ur the Western I'avelfic. Other
iPost'd electric road promoters
' 0ierated In the upper part of
than ho died f pneumonia. Frank
went to lluros a few weeks ago to
visit bis relatives there. Tbe news
will be received In this county wltb
sadness, as Frank baa many friends
here where he has lived so long. We
hope next week to be able to publish
full particulars.
W. K. McCormack and U.N. Phelps
came down from I'alsley last Satur
day to work out the money details
of a alieep deal between the two
gentlemen. Mr. McCormack had to
return borne, to sell a bunch of sheep,
and came back to Lakeview Mon
day. Mr. Phelps Is thinking of
spending the winter In tbe, Willam
ette valley.
The attendants from the asylum
at Salem arrived here last Friday to
accompany an uufortuuate young
lady to Salem, where It Is hoped she
will soon regain her health and rea
son. Mr. T. U.Vernon went with
bis daughter as fur as be could be of
comfort aud asslina nee. M las Vernon
will no doubt, soon be able to return
to her home and frleuds.
Keuator Flint of California aud J.
U. JJpeucott. of the t K. Ueclama
tlon service, are scheduled to uiuke
Modoc county a visit lu the very
near future. Modockers hall with
delight the coming of these distin
guished gentlemen, and propose to
make the best of the visit, loosening
up their urse strlnits for a swell re
ception.
The new telephone Hue Is complet
ed to A del, and the people of that
section of the county now have an
opportunity to realUe the real value
of a telephone system. Work will
continue till the Hue la completed to
North Warner and ull of the princi
pal ranches are couuected with
Jakevlew by wire.
About o'clock yesterday luomlug.
the Ore alarm was souuded aud fire
Mien rushed to A. W. Maurlug'a reel
deuce to find the roof near the flue on
Are. Very Uttlo damage was done,
as the flames were soon under con
trol.' liertXJarbor cutuu over from the
7T ranch first of the week after a
load of supplies. Ho Informed us
that H'. I'. Moulder, the Plush
saloonUt, bad sold out bis saloou to
a couple of meu from White Horse.
Ready for IrrigaUoa.
Evan R. Keamea, says at Klamath
Fall dUpatch to the Oregonlan, lias
signed the trust deed for his aurplus
land under the lower project, consist
ing of 2500 acres.
Tbla makes the assurance of thla
project ts?liig completed by the gor
ernment doubly aure, a about 93 per
cent of the aurplus holdings embrac
ed In tbe lower project baa now Iteen
signed np with the Klamath Water
Users' Association. The government
only asked for 75 per cent, of the to
tal, and 73 per cent, was signed up
before Keames came Into the associa
tion. Though this waa notqultethe
amount asked, all preparations had
been made to go on with the work
without him, and the people were
assured tbat the work had reached
such a point that the government
would not turn It down, regardless
of whether lie signed or not.
Mr. Ileamea' tract was tbe largest
Individual holding In the project not ,
signed, and the land Is-longlngtothe
Q. W. Smith estate, consisting of 12K)
acrex, 1m practically sll that Is left out
at present. This will cost the estate
50 cents penalty per acre If the own- j
era wish to sign It up for Irrigation.
Otherwise It will be left dry, so far as
I'ncle Sam Is concerned. There are a
few other tracts not yet signed up,
but they are all small.
At the meeting of the directors of
the Water Users' Association, Mon
day night. It was decided toclosetbe
stock books of tbe association Janu
ary 1, 1906, and after tbat time none
wbo have not signed up can do so,
consequently will be left entirely Out
of all benefits to accrue from govern
ment Irrigation.
The association has already pre
pared its contract wlt-u the govern
ment, which is now In the bands of
the printer. A meeting of the stock
holders will be held November 3d to
vote on Its passage.
O continue on north to Huntington
and then east to Salt Lake, then
there would be reasonable ground
for faith. Lake county Is bound to
bare a railroad before long, but no
one haa yet given out a plan more
feasible than the alleged plan of Mr.
Oould to extend the N-C-O north to
Portland, when' the Western Pacific
la finished to San Francisco. The
ALTURAS
IN ASHES.
About 9 o'clock Tuesday evening a
Are started In the rear of a Chines
Restaurant, la Alturaa, which con
aumed nearly the entire business por
tion of tbe town. .Following la a
Hat of the battdlnga burned:
L. . Eatcw hardware store.
Hak Prunclvn f!hrnnlrl nnbllshed
an editorial a few dav- ao concern- Bryan', eandy .tore. Rachford'.bar-
lng the proposed new road from
Huntington to Alturaa, but shot
wild of tbe mark on all main polnta,
and showed poor reasoning. Al
turaa, It aald, waa 100 miles from a
railroad, which Is 63 ml lea wrong,
then tbe Idea that traffic could be
hauled from Alturaa to Huntington,
then back to Portland over the O-lids
N. aud then to San Francisco over
the Southern Pacific, as It is reason-
t
able to suppose Harriman Is wont
to do. Is preposterous.
We want the rest of this new rail
road story before we liegl'i to swnl
low It.
A Serious Accident
Attorney Kase met wltb a severe
accident last Friday, while hunting
geese near the head of the lake. He
had been lying In the brush waiting
for the geese to fly over, "when be
beard a flock coming he got bis gun
ready to shoot and started to get
upon his feet. Ho waa watching the
geese not paying much attention.-, to
the position of the gun. He accl
dently touched the trigger and emp
tied one barrel of the gun In his left
foot, tearing an ugly hole In the aide
of tbe foot and blowing off three
toes. Mr. Kase says It was a: very
careless trick, and is astonished at
himself for being so. His foot was
dressed and he is getting along nice
ly. Mr. Kaee was here from San
Francisco to attend a case in the
Circuit Court for Mrs. Jones, and bis
' accident necessitates a postponment
Englueer Humpherye states that of tbe case till the spring term.
tin association has doue all that was
required of It to Insure the govern
ment's carryltg through the Lower
Klamath Irrigation project, and all
are now aLxiously awaiting the order
from Washington to advertise for
bids for the construction of the, can
als. This order is expected daily.
Another Railroad Project
This week we publish a dispatch
from Salem to the effect that a ?7,
000,000 railroad Is to be built from
Huntington, on Snake river on the
eastern border of the state, pretty
well north, to Alturas, in Modoc
county, California. Alturas la 00
miles south of Lakevlew aud prac
tically In the same valley, ouly a
few small rolling hills between the
two town , a water grade could be
bod the entire dlstunce. Most news
papers are ready at all times to hop
onto all the railroad propositions
that seem to offer their town rail
road facilities, but at this scheme
the Examiner balks. It such Is the
real Intention of the Harriman peo
ple, they have not told It all. There
la a most feasible route from Hunt
ington to Alturas, one tbat can be
traced over a comparatively level
country all the way, and It would
be almost bouud to come, through
Lakevlew. IJut where is the benefit
to lw derived from such a road?
which way would the trafllc go, to
Alturas or to Huntington? It would
make little difference which way It
weut ao far as a port Is coucerued.
If Mr. Ooula would propose to
change the course of the Western
Pacific and when he strikes tu N-T-
J. W. Hsmaker Dead.
Judge Bensou received a telegram
Monday from Klamath Falls stating
tbat J. W. Hamaker died In that
town that morning. Mr. Hamaker
had been quite sick for several days,
but bis case was not thought to be
so serious. It Is said tbat his health
has la-en falling for several months.
Mr. J. W. Hamaker was a very
prominent attorney of Klamath
Falls and has practised In tbe courts
there for 25 years. He waa aged
about 58 years, and leaves a family
to mourn his taking away.
Died.
The little seven-year-old daughter
of Mr. aud Mrs. Geo. Wine, who has
been lying at the point of death the
past two weeks, died Tuesday morn
ing, and was burled yesterday. Tbe
child boa been Buffering from a com
plication of diseases, taking thai
whooping cough first. The family
have tbe sympathy of a wide circle
of acquaintances and friends In their
sad bereavement.
Portland Fair Is Over.
Last Saturday was the last day of
the Iewls & Clark Centennial. Oue
whole summer's run of pleasure and
business for the metropolis of Ore
gou. People from all over the
world have visited the fair and have
pronounced it oue of tbe test ever
held In the world.
ber shop, Umsd Central Hotel, Arm
strong's ttwry barn, C. B. WIckHfTs
saloon. Finch's barber shop, Sar
geant'e mIoao, Chambers' dwelling.
Finch, photograph gallery. Plain
dealer office, Negly & Auble's black
smith shop, Modoc Republican ofBce,
Wells, Fargo Express office, County
Treasurer's office, Spargur'e law of
fice, Kauffman's butcher shop, Dr.
Gibson's drug store, Frawley's but
cher shop, Chinese restauraut, J. H.
Derviu's saloon and the residences of
A. S. Wallace and Mrs. Sapper. .
Up to the time of going to press we
did not leafn the full particulars, .
but the loss is estimated Itetween
$50,000 and f 60,000. with probably
130,000 insurance.
The loss falls very heavily on some
of the parties, especially Negley &
Auble and Col. Thompson, of the
Plalndealer, who were both burned
out Ices than a year ago.
'. Tbe Portland Hog Again.
! Salem Journal. .
The Oregonlan Is making tbe mod
est suggestion that all tbe normal
schools be combined In one, and tbat
they be combined with the atate uni
versity, and the whole .booting
match be moved to Portland.
Let the atate buy tbe Lewi, and
Clark fair and make It annual appro
priations, and keep that at Portland
consolidating the state fair with it.
There la room for all at Portland.
Move the atate capital Into the re
fined political atmosphere of the city
of moral purity where gambling la
unknown and the churchea only are
open on 8unday.
. With the fair' running the legislator
could hit the trail on Sunday and
hire a room on week day. (or a
friendly game of poker, knowing
that their mayor would never allow
him to be prosecuted.
Move the fish hatcheries, the state
agricultural college and the state
soap factory and whitewash board
all to Portland, for they will be need- -ed,
and the state disinfectant as well.
Move all the newspapers and Job
printing ollices to Portland, and'
have all tbo atate national guard
quartered there all the time. The
rest of the people who don't like It
can move out of the state.
Circuit. Court
Very little has been done In the cir
cuit courts this term, so far. Last
Friday evidence was takon In three
divorce coses before referee Calkins.
Decrees have not been signed yet.
Tbe Grand Jury has been In session
ull week, and up to time of going to
press two indictments have been re
turned, one against J. H.Turpin and
one against Den. Duiley, both clmrg.
od with moving sheep infected with
scab, without a permit.
The case of L. Brautlacht waa tak
en up by tbo grand Jury and as no
true bill was found, Brautlacht was
released.
It waa thought the Jury would
make their dual report last night.
Those on the grand Jury were, L.
Bay ley, Tom Hastings, S. J. Dutton,
C. II. McCumber, the cruiser, came
over from Klamath Tuesday with
E. A. McCulley, Charley Mesner and
Arnold H'agncr, each of whom filed Joe Anuer, Fllut Vernon, S.E. Sloan
on timber claims yesterday. and O. II, Stevens.
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