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$nnt II f.V MA rrrt ma mm VOL. XXVI. LAKHVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV-.'UI, 1905. NO. 48, r 9 HITCHCOCK STILL' FIRM, Senator Fulton's effort to Secure Irriga-tioninValn WILL NEW PINt CREEK HAVE A SALOON? WEBSTER FOR U. S. SENATOR. NEVADANEBDSMONRY A dispatch tl the Oregoulnil dated Wnxlititf; t on. Nov. 2'.sn,v. Senator Fulton had a conference wllli Secre tary Hitchcock today mi Oregon lr rlgalloii unit (cm. J I was ml vmi1 that tho Secretary w ill not think of building the Malheur project under existing conditions, lnit was sur prised t4 find thc.Secrctnry unwilling to make any allot iiu'ii t fur the I'mu tllla project. After Home argument, the Senator obtained n coiiilllloiial promise from the Seeretury, which If fulfilled, will mean early .adoption iiud coiiMtructlon of tho I'matlUa project. At the outwt, the Secretary stated that he had already ullulrd f 2.mm),000 to tho Klamath project, which lie had churned ii to Oregon. This amount Is slthln f M.".Miif ( lr-KMi'4 restricted fund; In other word, I within that amount of M percent of i iregon's contribution to the recla mation fund. Tho Secretary, under the law, Ih obliged to expend this ."1 l r cent of Oregon's contribution to the r( 'Initiation fund. The Secretary under the law, Ih obliged to cxp.nd thl M Jer cent In Oregon, but he el. arly showed to the Senator that lie Ih unwilling to give Oregon more than Hh M per cent. The Senator told the Secretary that Lhe Klamath in not entirely an Oregon project. lie pointed out that about half the bind under that proJi-t Hen In California, ami further .-latcd that Klamath trade, after lhe project Ik built, will go largely to Cullfornlu. lie, therefore, Insists that It Ik iiiiJuhI to build the KJam ath project entirely with Oregon fumK ami demands that the ?-,0(m,-OiM allot nicnl should be divided and at leant half of It chained to Califor nia. If this I done, the Secretary will have $1,.IMI,IHM) f..r lmmediatee pemliture In Oregon, and only $1,000,. (hhi Is asked for the I mutilla project. The Secretary Ha Id he did not know that the Klamath project In cluded California an well us Oregon land, lie had supposed It wan en tirely an Oregon project. Ilo added that he could not allot 1.000,000 fur the I'lnatllla project unless It could lie Hhown that tho whole Klamath tract In not .In Oregon. TIiIh, of course. Is easy ofdemonstra tlon, and Mr. Fulton will tomorrow obtain from tho Reclamation Ser vice maps ami letters showing the Interstate character of tho Klamath project. Hacked up by these papers he- will reopen tho cams with Mr. Hitchcock, aud Ih hopeful that tho I'matllla project may then be author- led. The Senator told the Secretary that 1,000,000 ougM to bo Bet aside for I'matllla, no matter If 4,000,000 had been allotted for Klamath. He said Oregon had contributed 5,000,. 000 to the fund, and had received no benefit whatever ns yet, whereas Nevada, which contributed 04,000. had Iwnelltted to tho extent of 3, 000,000. Mr. Hitchcock's only rc ponno was that "Nevada needed It." Later. The secretary refused to change Ida attitude toward Oregon la Irrigation in at tori, and utin charg es tho entire Klamath allotment to Oregon. The que t Ion of whether or not a n loou In to be est ablished In the town of l'li.e Creek, Ih benll absorbing one lit the State Line town Jnnt now. Two attempts to ftturt ataloon there met thrlr W aterloo hist sumneir. Last week Whor ton & Lane, proprietors of the Palace Ha- . loon In fikevlew,1 clrculhtod a is-tltlon among the residents of that precinct ami secured the signatures of a number of per sons who are w llllugtohaven.i tall saloon In the towir. The boys, when asked about tlelr huccch, by a represent it he of this paper, said they Islleved tin y had enough signatures to warrant the Issuance of a license, and that they would publish their jM-tltlon and comply with the other reoulr nientsof the law preparatory to opening a retail saloon, and If tjie.v were beaten, they would conduct a "gallon house." Mr. A. M. Smith, of Pine Creek, who led the battle iigaliist the former attempts to establish a saloou In his community, was in I-nkfvlcw Monday, lie was Approach ed by an examiner reporter on the subject. Mr. Smith, at first seemed Inclined to bo reticent, but wns finally Induced to make a statement on promise of not ls'lng miss quoted. Mr. Smith says they wllluseevcry fair means to defeat the move for a saloon In their precinct, lie stated that he would light the liquor trdlc from twostnndpolnts. Ills personal Interests, for the protection of his own property, and from a moral stand point. "There are' several of us farmers living near (ho edge of town," he said, "who hire several men on our farms. If our employ ees are within a few steps of a saloon some of them will spend their idghtslii the saloon and many times Is-eome intoxicated, and beside b.-lng unlit to jsTform their work next day If they come to work at all our burns and houses, and even our families, are at the mercy of a jM-rson whose reason has Isen driven out by drink." "Yes, we could, of course, dlschargesuch men, but our crops would suffer nsn conse quence." "it Is from a moral standpoint that I exjs-ct to enlist the support of inj- neigh bors In this struggle for the maintenance of the gost name of our community. I t me tell you. I belong to the baptist Church down there aud take a leading part In the Sunday Schools, there are three Churches and three Sunday Schools. Last year our Church s'pent about $1200 for the moral upbuilding of the communtlty, mid we have engaged one of the best Evnngliists In lhe state to com.' there And hold a ser ies of religious meetings, w hich will ts'gin now In a few weekc. This will cost nschsw to 300. All this Is quite a sacrifice, and In ' all common sense, would we not use our :, utmost efforts to keep out f our ml. 1st a ' destroyer of a work we have so faithfully ' Isrformed at such a sacrifice to ourselves?" Do you 11 (eve you will again defeat the saloon en terprlsc. Mr. Smith was asked? "I rnnnot say what the result will be. We Intend to try; In f;wt we have already started lu and hava gotten our petition, drawn up. It has been said that whiskey would probably be sold there any way, that some ' men would have It at all hazzards. "I supposethere are some men that will have whiskey any way; there are men that will steal, knowing too, t that there Is a prison door standing ajar for them. There nre others who might be led to these vices, if surrounded by evil influences, but who would seldom practice evil If temptations were kept out of their reach. "What I do In this matter, I do with the utmost sincerity. I do It because I believe It my duty as a home-loving Christian to protect my family aud rny neighbor's fam-. ily from what I believe to Is? a curse to their surroundings." Two Bees in Geer's Bonnet Other Candidates. TO AMEND TIIH LOCAL OPTION LAW. Initiative petitions, proposing amendments to the Local Option law, are receiving circulation In Oregon City, and nte lslng num erously signed. The proposed amendments Increase from 10 to PA) per cent, tho representation of the legal volets of a pivtlnci, re quired to a istlllou U'fore an elec tion on the IiH-al-optloll question can Is ordered. Another amendment to be pro posed provides t hat the precinct shall 1h made the unit In conduct ing these contests, the ol.'Jict be ing to prevent a combination of "dry" preiliuts from impeding prohibition in a "vl" precinct, as Is allowed under the law as It Is now constructed. Oivgonlan. Death of Mr. Fred Snyder. The home of Fred 11. Snyder was made sad last Saturday evening at 0 o'clock, when the spirit of the the de voted wife of Mr. Snyderaud mother of his six children, departed from Its earthly body. Anna I. Suyder was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mat. McCulley. She was 155 years, 8 mouths and 20 days old, and leaves, besides her own fam ily, father mother, several sisters, brothers and numerous friends. The funeral was conducted by tho 1). of II. Lodge, of which she wns an honored member, from their hall lu the Masonic building, ttev. Snyder preached the scrmou, after which tho remains were laid to rest In the 1. O. O. F. cemetery at 2 o'clock Monday, November 27, 100.". Jouau Norln went to Davis Creek Sunday with Mrs. Norlu'a father, who wad starting for Los Angeles. State Aid for Roods. The volco of tho Good Roads Con vention In session in Corvullls, Is unanimously for state aid in tho con struction of public roads. No reso lution favoring such a move have yet been adopted, but It Is plain to be seen that the delegates are a unit tor state aid; J adge L. It. H ebster showed himself to be In favor of state aid for public roads by declaring his approval of other speakers' senti ment)) on tho subject and announced a belief that state aid should be vouchsafed In road construction, the state to pay about M) cents every time a certain community strug gling with a road raised 50 cents. r. . v: ,:mM:4 JAMES B. HOWARD AND THE G0EBEL MURDER. The long fight for life waged by Caleb Powers, accused of complicity ta the murder of Wllllmii Uoebel, revives Interest in the fate of James B. Howard, tho Keutueky mountaineer who Is now serving a life term in prison for the same murder. On his first trial Howard was sentenced to death. A second trial was secured, he was again convicted, and life imprisonment was prescribed at the peualty. H CO AROT DECLINES THE APPOINTMENT. Senator Fulton has notified Sec retary Hitchcock that C. C. Heg- ardt, of Portland, whom he (Ful ton) recommeuded for receiver of the Roscburg laud ofllce. has en gaged In business, and no longer desires the appointment. Mr. Hitchcock requested Mr. Fulton to submit. the name of some other man for this office, but specifically Btated that he "would not consent to the appointment of any man from Rost burg or that vicing." The secretary has no good opinion of the townsmen of Representative Hermann and Is determ'ued to keep them out of of fice if he can. The senator recommended the appointment of Prof. X. L. ,Xnr ragen, of Medford. IWfore any appointment is made Mr. Hitch cock will look up Mr. Narragen, and if he Is satisfied that ho is a suitable man, It is probable that ft. L. Lddy will be noruiuated for register and Mr. Xarragen for re ceiver of the Roseburg land office Oregonian. PORTLAND-WANTS IT. Two Republican aspirants for the Senatorial toga of John 1L Mitchell have appeared in the limelight thin week, L. K. Wewdr, Connty. Judge, whose candidacy has become a sub ject of widespread gossip, and T. II. ' Wilcox, president of the Portland Flouring Mills. Other candidates In the offing are T. T. Geer, of Saleuo, who seems to be flitting between an ambition for the Governorship and another for the Senatorshlp and Jonathan Bourne, who had his eyes on the prise in the Legislature of HW3, when Fulton was elected. L. R. Webster is expected to come out as a candidate for the Senator ship, now that the Federal Judge ship, for which he was an aspirant, has been awarded. He has said to several persons that he is Inclined to make the race. Other counties generally concede that Multnomah will demand the Senatorshlp. It has lieen customary for this county to have at least one of the two Senatorshtps. Dy the same custom the Governorship has been allowed by Multnomah to other counties. If this rule shall prevail next year in the Republican prlinar. les, a man In this county will be nominated for the Senate and a man from some other county for Govern or. It is thi consideration which U causing th'e friends of Judge Web ster to urge him to ruir for Senator and many friends of T. T. Geer to urge tho Marlon man to run for Governor. Cone Visiting. The Fall River Tidings, one of the most prominent newspapers of Northern California, came to our exchange desk hist week looking like "thirty cents." Of course we ex pected to see a big heading on the little 0x8 announcing that the Tid ings plant and lieen destroyed by fire, but Instead, the following short Federal Judge Appointed. Tho President has at last appoint ed a successor to the late C. 13. Bel linger. Supreme Judge Charles 13. Wolvertou of Albany, was the lucky man. ' The appointment was no sur prise, as Mr. Wolverton was know n to Iks one of tho ablest men lu the state, and was one of the first men tioned for the place. His appointment made a vacancy on the Supreme bench, which Gov- ex'plauatlon In substance, met our ! ernor Chamberlain Immediately fill- astonished iraze: "Tho readers of ea wun v . u. naney, ui i euuieiou the Tidings will please excuse this compromise of a uewspnper for a few weeks, as tho editor has uot been on a vacation for four years, and will, for a few weeks, spend the greater portion of each week visit ing In the country." It la said that "opportunity knocks at every man's door, at least once In a lifetime." It la safe to say that If bucu an opportunity for a vacation baa been hammering around on ed itors doors nine-tenths of them thought It waa spooks. Judge Halley Is a very able man aud the Governor's choice Is thought to be a popular one. L. F. Conn and wife and little daughter departed Monday moru Ing for the Willamette valley by way of San Francisco, where Mrs. Conn and daughter will spend the.wlntcr. Lnfe expects to return toLakevlaw about the middle of iHx-ember. Miss Ella Russlll, who baa been living with Mr. Conn's family, went with them to the city and she will go to Berkeley. Death of Another Pioneer. Mrs. A. Z. Hamersley, whose maiden name was Mary J. Wade, was born In the State of Indiana, on May 1st, 1S35, and died at the resi dence of her son, Andrew II. Ham ersley near Lake view on Xov. 23tb, 1903, aged 70 years six monthsaud twenty six days. On Dec. 12th "l5j2, in Fairmont County, Mo., Miss H'ado was mar ried to Audrew Z. Hamersley. To them were born seven children, all of whom arc still living. Mr. Hamer sley died on Sept. 12th, 1S97, since which time, "Grandma" has made her home with her son Andrew and her duughter Mrs. Chas. Sherlock. Tho fuueral service was couducted at the home of her son bn Monday, Nov. 27th, by Rev. SaUford Snyder, of tho Methodist Episcopal Church, of Lakevlew, of which church she had been a member . 'some years. After a abort service lrom the text, "Thou shalt come to thy grave In a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh In his season" (Job, 5th Chap. and 2Gth verie), the remains were teuderly laid to rest In the cemetery north of town, to await the resur ectlon of the Just. State Line Breezes. Geo. Plummer came down from the mines hist of the week. Ira Smith moved his barber outfit into the new buildiug opposite the Hotel Saturday. The Pine Creek dramatic club will play "what became of Parker" about the teuth of Dec. Ivan Hanimersley went to Lake view Wednesday, in company with Geo. Whorton. Robert Kelley will start to Cal ifornia Monday, to spend the winter- Ben Branch and Lawrence Galla gher left for Reno Saturday, they ex pect to return In the spring. About eight inches of snow Mon day morning brought most of the miners out of the hills for awhile. Turkey shoot today and to morrow. Wm. Wagner and Miss McGrath were In the burg Sunday. Mrs. Chna. Harvey Is visiting In Pine Creek this week. Ouier Hamersley is working in tho . Butcher shop Suudays. Guy Hamersley and S. Gallagher went to Lakevlew Monday. Vern and Geo. McGrath were In the city Mouday. Geo. Whorton will open a gallon house In a few daya at this place, Jack Hurley passed through her last week on his way to Chlco. Rev. II. Smith returned from Port land And other points in Oregon Friday., "Rev. Howard preached Sunday at 1 11 oclock a. in. and 8 at night. ' Lute Lyons waa up ,froui Willow Ranch Sunday. Sisteu Dux. J. F. Clark son returned from a trip lu the Silver Lake country first of the week, where be went on offi cial business. r