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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1906)
4 LAKE'S", POSblBlLITI ES A Description of Lake County, It's Future, Resources, etc. Id answer to the hundreds of letters, rceelved at this office from people all over the United States concerning Lake county, we have decided to jrlve the following facts. They come as near answering the questions as Any Information we could give. The principal towns of the county, we will briefly mention as teing, r.akevlcw, the county seat, New Pine Creek, at the, Oregon and Cali fornia state Hue, Talsley In the Che waucan valley on the Chewaucan river, Silver Lake, In the northern part of the county, Plush, In North Warner and Adel lu South H'arner. There are 5,130,240 acres of land, classified as follows: Agricul tural aud alfalfa land, l.lLH.ClTncres; timber land, 1,124,3.k1 acres aud graz ing land, 2.S76.240 acres, of this 700,000 acres Is uneurveyed, 1,801,550 acres In reserves, 1,64(5,21)3 acres sur veyed and open to entry and locat ion, and 021,457 acres entered, show ing It to be u finall empire In area, of which there has betn only a small Traction over IS per cent of It taken up. Its altitude varies from 3500 tootiOO feet. The valley lands of Lake Coun ty are unsurpassed In fertility and produetlvness, aud grow large crops or wheat, oats, barley, rye, alfalfa and meadow grasses, while apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, apri cots and the 6mall fruits are pro- 1 1 1 , . .. . I , .. 1 There is at the present time about 300,000 sheep, 77,000 cattle and 30.000 head of horses and mules. Its in come for live stock, for this year a lone, Las been more than $300.00 per capita. Her merchants import goods anuually from San Franecisco amounting to more than 5,000,000 Tiniinda nnit lipr exnort of wool, a- ' " ' lone is about 2,500,000 pounds. Taxes: For the purpose of assess ment, all property Is listed and as sessed by the assessor, at about oue this assessea valuation, ine tax rate for all purposes Is sixteen mills. The great interest shown bv onr people In Public Schools, is manifest ly the fact that a euiu equal to ttbout twelve dollars per capita, is set aside each year by the County for JSehool purposes, for every pupil in the County between the ages of four and twenty years. October 1, 1905, the County was out of debt, and had a surplus of ?19, r07.90 in the treasury. The asHessment roll for 1905 will show the lowest tax levy in compari son to the assessed value of any county in the state of Oregon. LLuie county is pre-eminently a stock raising county, mock raising wool growing being the principal in- -i Ikili i't;.l.lil tliti rrrfHt"- est guin, with lens labor than any other industry. Generally Hpeuknlg bis is a broken, hilly country, yet not mountainous in tlie tun seiise oi the word; in short, its name "Lake County," expresses fully w hat it is. Its jouany lukeR, rivers aud creeks, abound In lish; and these name lakes, rivers and creeks nearly all have valleys and bottom lands bordering them, the soil of which is in most cases a rich alluvial loam, and is very productive. This class of land does not require irrigation. Bordering on these valleys, is an up land or rolling sage-brush country, wmcu is iu uiau, r- .. ,niii.u. nnd Is reputeu to ue " ' .. . ..,. un 1 'nr most oroductlve sou wnen so our most prouueme u r . ti ,. situated mat it cuu uC WW oI t,llB .cla8S OI. m" claimed, ana can u - ovwument price, or c. v:-- T ,, ru vim iiii tinder the Desert Land Act. ruou land, there is none vacant - j-eaUj desirao.e. ; l" " ' deemed today real ueHirauu, i land, especially near w.c -""'"- -" , i,.7rl lii iii, Vacant, there is none. u., u WtaTnxved larm lands can.n. ruiu " - -m ,nn at s si-' ier acre. . A,nn ..... prCVtUcoHtfro 4V nniiUtv of SOU, improMs- vjcyk, -i - nnA Ments, nearness to towu.u.v. water advantages govern the pr ce OnHylng these lands Is the mil, to a9 the Eastern Plon "'?eh snow w.,,arnnntrv.on wmensnow fan. from one to three feet during harness shops, lz saloons, one brew Vzl nnrt wheu dissipated by ery. one variety store, two hotels, ther.atforda the natural Irrlgatloa for the lower lands which v Riley until the unow Is off of the hillft. Within the. county In a plateau, roughly estimated r embracing two thousand five hundred square mile In area, which U called the "IKwrt," thla Is h misnomer. It Is simply a level plain covered with sagebrush and native grass, but not a river or stream of Any khul running through It. nevertheless, herders ami vn- ! wn teJ, y(n tmt t,wre an, J tuonj wfttef ho t l(C foum, on t than people realise, and that many of them have dug for and found water iu many places from four to six feet below thesurface. As for dry, barren sandwaates, they are few and small lu area, and generally speak ing, the soil Is a rich, alluvial earth, which produces excelleut pasturage, making, In fact the stockgrowers winter paradise, because less snow falls there and stock winters itetter thau they do In the valleys. Yet we do not advise the homeseekcr to go there yet it Is to far out, the Isola tion would be too great. Neverthe less, we realize that the time Is uot far distant when this same semi-arid locality will be made to blossom as the rose, for It affords the most mag- nirlcieut fields on this side the moun tains for Innumerable colonization schemes if properly equipped. There Is yet some good vacant tim ber lands which Is being rapidly takeu up There Is also, some less desirable scattering tracts that may not be ,aken up for years. Our nearest shipping point is Mad eline, the terminus of the Nevada- California-Oregon Railway, ninety five miles distant, consequently when our farmers or other producers have a surplus, the home demand is the only market, as It does not pay to haul ninety five miles bv wagon trains at from ct. to 1 ct. per pound, hence it is that our farmers do not attempt any great out-put, and the Industry is neglected to thut extent, that we sometimes pay ex orbitant prices for many farm pro ducts, as instanced this spring when wheat sold readily for 2 cts. per pound, cracked barley 1 cts. per pound and potatoes 4 cts. per pound. Even now we are paying 2 cts. per pound for apples, and the past sea son we paid 6 cts. per pound for peaches, 3 cts. for cherries, 3 cts. for pears, 2 cts. for prunes, 2 cts. for plums, 20 cts. per gallon for currents, 00 cts. per gallon for strawberries, 50 cts. per gallon for raspberries, 1 cts. per pound for crab apples. 3 cts. per pound for peas, 2 cts. per pound for carrots, 14 cts. per pound for beets, 4 cts. per pound for onions, 3 cts. per pound for tomatoes, 15 cts. irdozen for roasting ears, 15 cts. per dozen for cucumbers, from 10 cts, to 50 cts. each for mellons. 2 cts. per pound for potatoes, 2 cts. per pound forsquash, 3 cts. per pound for cabbage, cts. per pound for wheat, ?1.35 per 100 pounds for rolled barley, 2 cts. ier pound for oats, 2 cts.per pound for rye, 2.C0 per 100 pounds for flour, 1 ct. per pound for bran, ?0per ton for hay, from $4 to 5 per cord for wood. Poultry does well here, yet we pay from 15 cts. to 50 cts. per dozen for eggs. Grown chickens sell for $ 3 to ?'i per dozen, and broilers from $3 to 3.90 per dozen. iJutter is 20 ets. and 25 cts. per pound the year round. Notwithstanding the productive ness of the soil, the favorable- clim atic conditions, and the large acre age our farmers could utilize, weknow to a certainty that these price will obtain until the next season.' crop comes in. Yet with these prices lu evidence, our farmers and grdenen tell us it does not pay to fana to far from market or too far Jfooi rail road, etc. Thank fortune that plea will swm be ended, for three rail-way are tr- ,,,., ti.iM wav and we caa prettr - . positively assert mat we win i ,.w i - rH,, r0ttd from tke south In nave a rau-rouu um ,u ,uatVlIin two vears. Lakeview. tlie less tbu county seat has a population of 800. . an c.wtric llirht. and water " - i without doubt the , . buH,newt town a lu ' n the tate. . It has two banks; the Bank of Lake rut-. Nntlnnul I'.unk. yich, ft"" wIth DeDOsIt8 above $530,000, and a Surnlus tullv iald L, t220.000, making their total assetts . ... . ,i..n. about X OI H lUlliiou uuimrs, uut I nllOUt S Bt0re. one shoe store, one i A.,.., . . , K Ladies uuuiiiing tore, vwu tuun.u- two drug stores, one hardware t one newg.pftper,one tlnshop, iculturttl and impllment Btore, one planing mill, two saddle and - pntino? houses, two livery and I fl Btable8i one soda factory, one shops, two wagon shopn.'ono barber shop, two vegetable nnd fruit stands, one furniture store, and tour general. merchandise store that carry from $7000.00 to 100,000.00 of a stock the- year round The U. S. Land Office Is located here. Five years since, the business portion of the town was lu ashes; now the same district Is all built In brick stores, valued at from $5000.00 to $30,000.00 per building. Our school facilities we are proud of, especially In Iakevlew, we have a graded school that employes six teachers, and has an attendance of iWO pupils nine months In the year. During the winter considerable snow falls, In the mountains from 2 to 6 feet deep, but In the valleys from 2 to 12 Inches deep. Hut It does not as a general thing lay but a short time In the valleys; some win ters sleighs are not to be seen In the' streets. Our altitude is 4--reet uy official survey. The average rain fall Is from ten to fifteen Inches. The maximum temperature Is about 59 fr. and the mean about 33. Wages: Herders$30 to$40 per month, buccaroos $10 to $75 per month wood choppers $2 to $2.50 per day, day laborers about $2 per day, bar tenders about $75 per mouth, carjen ters $3.20 per day, clerks $10 to $75 per month, brick layers $5 per day, stone masons $4 per day,, tenders $2.50 to $3 jer day .teachers $40 to$90 per month, painters $3 to $3.50 per day. Hoksks: Weighing from 1200 to 1, 500 pounds, well broke, sell from $75 to $150 each. Those weighing from 1000 to 1200 pounds, broke team or farm horses, will sell from $40 to $."0 each, and range or unbrokn horses sell from $5 to $: per bead, Cattlk: In small mixed bunches will average about f 14 per bead for everything marked and branded. Milk Cows: Selected, will hrlng from ?3T to f 50 per bead. Sheep;. When brought from' the desert In April and May to lamb-and be sheared1,, will sell we conjecture,, for about $2.2 to ?3 per head after sheared. , Li-mhkr: Delivered in Lakeview, $15 per M. for rough; dressed, $1 to ?2S per M.; 4-tach flooring', f 35 per M. ; shingles, $4 per M. B kick: Sell at $10 per M aud are generally furotehed and laid at $15. per M., other material, such as Ihiie aud sand being fu robbed the niawn Lime: Cost I to 2 cents jxrrd pound Stoxe CoAi.:-5rne bound near hem- Chaw-oa i.: Coats 20-tts per busfcet delivered. Rests: A tw-roow unfurnished dwelling that will sell from $400 toj $700, reutt from four to six dollars per month, nnd a houne of four to nine looms that will sea from MHto $2X)0, rents from $8 to 15 per moutii. llEi.uaoL-sDEXoiyLixATWJNH: Are tiw Methodist, Baptist aod Christian. The first owns itschurtrfiaud parson age valued at $2000 the-second owis a church and parsonage 'valued at 12500. The Chris-tain occupies tij other churches almost at their own pleasure. fiie cmlng seaiwia wtiave reason to know a Cath'ili- Cbarch wLl be built. Ci.riw: The AJ:!lrt'w, Base Ball, and Iance Clubs, Baxdh: Brass-aal String. A Public Library awl reading. room and the W. C. T. C. Ladies ASd. So ciety etc., etc. Mai.aiua: We-d not know oi t MiiismaiufecteditoeaUty intheountj Fkiits: Successfully grovn here- are aonles. peiuw, plums, iiulnct,. prunes, cherries-and peaches Bekhies: Steawberrles, blatlw berrieM, goose brr lew, raspberries and currants, dew lerrlfc logaa etc. Vkoetabi.i: Potatoes onl4u, eablage, caonots- parsniiB, bts wjuash, punpklns cucumbers, mwons, Ijeans. radish rhubarby ceiery, iu short, nearly everything that tan be grown In a gttb-troplcaLcllmate To matoes aro grown in fcbandance In favored spots, where they are not subjected to. our early and late ircwts. Yiem) CU- Cao in. Wheat, from to 5C busWla ijer acre, Barley; irom 40 to W; Oats, from 20 to 100; Bye, from 9 to 25, and as for potatoes, beets, cabbage, rutabagas, parsnips, carrots lu short, all products of this character are grown la abundance aud will admit of favorable compari son with like products grown In the Middle West States. Fui-ix: There may bo more perfect and better flavored fruits and ber ries grown than those grown here, but we doubt it. Corn is grown here, and nearly every farmer and small gardener raise enough for roaatlng-ears, and In some few favored localities, where the soil Is warm, and more protects by King In sheltered nooks, there some raised for market, but as a general thing, It Is uot a success, be K-Ausn of our cool nights. , Until recently our farmer did not Lrcallse that these sagebrush lands yould raise alfalfa without Irriga tion, and Just now It seems to be the ambition of all our farmers to put In all the alfalfa they can. Heretofore, all land that showed alkali on the surface, was shunued by the farmer as plague spots (It for nothing. But experience has proven that such lands are not only well adapted to the growlug of sugar beets, but that continuous crops of beets growu will absorb and render nugatory or rather, absorb and dissipate the al kali In the soil more effectually than running water on any composlt yet known will. Not only that; It Is said that this alkaline condition cuIiaucch the sacharlne qualltv of the lect ns nothing else will. This being a fact, It requires no stretch of the Imagina tion to exjiect the building up of a great Industry In this line In the near future. We do not claim this to lo the Garden of Eden, but we do claim t Is productive, nnd u remarkably healthy country. Chills and fever are unknown, we exerlence neither ex cessive heat or cold, and you can only know by exjcrleiice wfiat liealh ful and invigorating breeze fun this ozone-ladcned mountain land, mnk lug it a haven of bliss to all thone suf fering from that HI ailment, at lima. We drink the purest, coldest and lest water that ever refreshed mii, or helped him wash down the petty dis appointments of bin every day life. We have no cyclone., no frightful and devastating thrwider storms-,, or epidemic f Cholera,. Yellow feer, etc. We bve cheap lands, an abun dance of water for Irrigable purposes when proifly stored and redistribu ted as our Lake County Iovel soeut lxagu Is uow waking an ef fort to have done. We have tine fou nts of pine aod fir tirolier. It may be well to explain herefcbat cur lake rivers ar not skirted with tim ber as many would snpEHMW, for on to hills and maintain only docs it grow. We hwro good ill and tele graph facilities, we have Innumerable ho springs, w have salt mines, gold mines, liorax and nitre kpts. We have a population of atout 3WO0 and weaavroom lor muny mwe, but wibli all the advantages tlwit are ob tainable here, i i no place for the lofeVr, or tis who are poverty stricken when they arrive here and mut live from hand to- moth until tity mure a wop, but we do know tltat we can e.'iy to the man of small means, the man of wealth and the briuny man, tliw man fertile in expe dient and resiixirees, we want you hew? and can assure you- tlwit youir meutality willUnd whlescope nnd nw where on earth will you. tlnd people liyt,re ttpum;,uivo of your naoral and lul.utaj worli. than here, none so wilJing to extend tho ulad hand ol weleuuie to the meritorious home Keeker, for we want that you Hhouad aliare with u the od.tUUiH we au- tiuiiate fromiour young and grow ing lalu8trieand Irrigation Bchetaea and last but not k-ab, the wealth ttifit ho recently U lieliigdevelopeil In ur mineral depoHlta thewe It Is not ur province to dwell on, for we do not wlnh tol callod u boouiw or enthuHiuHt aud will uiiuply Hay, uoiue and see for- yourHelf,.aud If you have aiy mlHglvlngt tla.t we have over drawn on fact, aud. do not feelJUHtl- fied In making the Individual venture, delegate nemo reyrHentativo man of your couaniunlty to luveHtlgate for you a da2en o more of you couldi do tlilH at a Huuult exienH0 tw tlie lo, dlvidual. The laoHt unfavorable feature that Iprenenta ttuM to the eye of the Htrangev w the uenuuea appearance of the pasture landH, for nowhere on earth, have we ever known of ranges HoexeenHlvely and destructively pas tured as these have been, that will relkabllltate themselves la their man tle of green so quickly as these do, If protected for one or two seasons, this alone Is proof of an equable climate and productive soil. The fact Is we bardlv know the lueaulng of the word drough, or failure of crops, neither have we known any country where the "early to bed and late to rise" clasg of farmer has reaped so abundant a reward for his grudg Ingly expended labor. After all la rsald that Is commend able of this locality there Is only one argument that can be advanced that will In any way disparage what I have said In relation to the condition to bo met with here, that Is our late Pfor You Puroh An OfcW Writ THt KfW NOMI IIWINQ MACMINl OOMPART ORANOC, MASS. V.nni Sowlna Moohlnf art mdtoill rfrd- lend qiwlitr, but Ilia MNw Ilm" It rod to wor. our f urntjf nTr runt out WoiMkt Sowing MnehlnM to Suit all condition! I of thtrt1. Th "w llmn ttandiatlh herd ol all lllli-ariMlfmlly tawlnf machlnaa Mold by aHtborlartl dlral. The flew (Mint dewing Machine Co. WESTERN STAGE LINE Oflice at the Mercantile Company's ftore Lakeview, Oregon. Uood 5tock - - laay Coaches li!r from lakeview to lily, connect ing ilh Iaily Ste to the railroad. Office at tlio B)y Hotel.lUy. Oregon. E. CASEBIiER, - - Proprietor Bly, Oregon. Northern Stage Line. LA KCVIEW -PAISLEY. A. W. BRYAN, Proprietor. Leaves Lakeview nt f a. m. every day hut Sunday. leturning, leaves Paisley at 6 :30 a. m. every day but Snntlay. PaMa-ra' ar is. Wound Irty l OFPICB-Keynoldi .k WlnicnoM'a. Ukavlaw lakeview Cigar Factory . A. M-ronavMAN, I'rip. Maker tit Havana and Domestic Cigar corrsv oRoaB boliothu Give un a trial. 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Notice in hereby diven that in compliance with the pro vixionaol the Ait of Juno .1, lAVi, en titled "An act for the aalu of tiinlier liindrtin the Slate of Califomlu, Orctton, Nevailaan.l Vanhiii(tin Territory," a cxtfiulwtt to hII the I'ublic IjiiuI State by avt f Aiiniiat t, llorace K. I)uiilui, nl Ijikcvirw, lountv o( Luke, etateUf Drrmi, ban thin day lllvl In thia 'Afci-r bin iiworii tciiiMit No. ?.tfl, for tl.ii (jim lm- of the SV,'4' nf arc. No. 17 in lownnliip No. 37 S., raimo Nu. l'J Kaat, U u .Bn l will offer prtKif-ti aliow that tli? laud nought i more vulaahle for it trm In-r or alone than for agricul tural ilrpotte, antl toeKtlilinli lum lulin to naiil land In-fore Kcilintt-r and R-eiv-er at takfvii'w, Orenon, on Friday, the CLh day of January, HKM1. He Dame a witiiM : w. It. lternanl. w. A. MnMaiiiK'H. lo. Lynch, W ui. Mct'ulley, all of 1-akrviuw, Urt'noo- Any and all rraii elaiinimt advvrae ly the alHiVf-ili-ccribeil IuihIh are re qucBtcd to tile their claim in Itvia office on or before bnI Jilti day of Jan. I IX Hi. 47 J- N. Wataon, UeKtr. A Guaranteed Cure for Pile. Itching, Wind, Bleeding or Protrud ing Pile, lTUKaiHti refund money If 1'AKO OINTMENT (ail to sure any caae, ao matter of how long utanding, in 0 to 14 day. Kiret appliciUiua gives eaae and ret. UH If your druggist liaKn't it aeud .ra)c in ttampn aad it will be fwrwanltnl Kirt-paid by Pari Mud n i Co., St Iiiiih. Mo. The Wall nlnn t line of engraved certlllcateH of .Stuck and Uoud blanks at the Examiner olllce. Svw Hiunplo lnok received Monday evening. If ju wat atock eertlllcates we our iiiiLi)li an I g -t our prlCM. tf Nothing has ever equalled it Nothing can ever surpass it Dr. King's New Discovery ajamt PPTIOW trie Ol mm ha, & i a A Terfect For AH Throat and Cure : Luag Troubles. Money back If It faUa. 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