VOL. XXVII.
LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 22, 190G.
NO.rt,
PATENTS AT THE
LAND OFFICE,
Recalled Over a Year ago
To be Investigated
By Officials.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY HERE-
Will be Sent Out as Fast as Put
alble Prom the Lake view
Land Office.
A fl'W WIMlk llgO Till KXHtlllllcr pub
lished mi item to (lie effect that nil
patent, which did not mIi.,w frinil,
recalled from this land llico by tele
gram of Jnuunry III, 1!I, which recall
was presumably nimbi for tho purpose
of Investigating fraudulent hind cn
trli'H In Oregon, liml liecn ordered re
turned to thU office for (lihlrllititloii.
At tho time wo ptiblihhod thn item,
nothing could bo learned further than
we HtnU'cl.
Iii.t Friday the hind ofltec officials
received litiout 2-St of thene patents,
iiikI will deliver them to the parties Hit
flint lirt they can I hi checked up Mild
mulled. Certain routine work in nee
eHHiiry before the documents can (hi
wlit (nit. No one whon patent in
hem for delivery need have any anx
iety, and It would lxt iihcIchh for them
to w rite and inquire about them, bh
they could Hot hustcll tho delivery l"
ho dolii), ott tlio contrary, tho time of
the laud ollk'e officials would be taken
I4 in reading and answrriug these
hundred of communications, iiiHtead
of l-elng applied to checking up and
mailing the deeds. Ijuid oflicu ofll-
dull receive many hundred of useless
communications iu caws of thin kind
thnt tiiU u, tMrtlui iut kcohi
plliihes nothing til tho way ot hatcu-
ing tho delivery of papers, tint retard
It.
Paisley Item.
Mm. John Simmons la upending a
few week at the Unit place In Summer
Iake, while Mm. Suit in ataying with
her daughter at Silver Ijike.
Tho W. (). W. Lodge gave piio of the
beat dances hint week that it has ever
lieen the pleasure of Paisley peoplo to
.attend. Tho proceeds of tho hall
amounted to $20 and tho supper, glv
,11 ly the Circle, netted thcin i".
Puislcy peoplo regret very much the
uprising hero in social affairs n
couplo of weeks ago, and all hope that
a repetition of tho occurrence will for
ever 1h) avoided. It 1 believed that
tho result will have a lasting effect on
tho young peoplo of thin place.
M. C. Currier has leased the hotel
for a period of live yearn, from W. S.
lilair. Mr. Currior's connoct ion with
the hotel it a guarantee that Paisley
will have one of tho lost conducted
hostelrys iu tho country.
"Whistling" Joo Bush has return
ed from Burns, and may start a whis
tling Hchool. Until choke-cherries
ripen thin Biunmor ho will ship in per
simmons from MltiHourl to tie used iu
getting up a pucker.
A joke was played on Homo of tho
braves ut tho "Pioneer" one day last
week. For a few days after tho dyna
mite episode considerable talk was In
dulged Iu about tho probable result of
the exploHiou of dynamite. A crowd
of bh id braves were Bitting around tho
stove In tho Pioneer Suloon discuss
ing the subject, when hoiiio fellow,
thought to bo Joo Hindi, prepared a
candle to resemble a Btick of dy na
na i to, liKhted It and threw tho "dead
ly missile" Into the saloon. Geo.
Cooley, who wan tending liar, waa the
first to nee the thing, and with n yell,
jumped over the bar and started for
the back door, tumbling over tho
other fellows iu hid haute to esoapo au
Ignomlnous death. It wan believed
that "Pup" Drumiu wan iu the suloon
at tho time, but ho wan seeu at his
gate two minutes later, ho it must
bnvo boon a mistake iu hid being
there. The joke waa only discovered
when Joe Bush waa found rolling on
the front porch with laughter.
BUSTER BROWN.
The Portland Market.
Tho Portland meat market, as quot
ed by the Rural Spirit is as follows:
CATTLK.
Tho best 1 100 to 1200 pound steers
are In wood demand from 4 to 4i
cents per pound ; lighter and medium
steers, 3' to 4 J lot fat, smooth cows
and heifers, i old shelly and llht
half fat stu If from l' to Vt, owin
to ipiullty i fat satKM, 2'9 to 3: and
bulls sell from '1 to V!'( cents per
pound.
IHM1H.
Hoks are very srnrco and tho iM'nt
to 300 pound hos are in (food dt
muuil at ti'a cents; lighter, to I'M)
pounds chin fats mid blinkers, from
'ri'4' to (i1, ; Blockers and feeders 5 to 5
cents per pound.
S1IKKP.
Shi p am a tbiuit of the pant, srarce
ly any on the market. Itest iaiulm and
wethers G cents, and mixed lots from
5 to 64 cents.
VKAI
(mm1 veal calves are very scarce aiid
the best 1X to pound calves, C
cents ; heavier and roiiKh stuff from,
.'I to ixj cent it per pound.
Pull Together.
Tho promotion committee of Lake
county has made a move Iu the ritfht
direction. The K"id people up there
do not propone, M icnler like, or
rather MihIik" like to wait for some
thiuK to turn up, but have K"'" to
work to turn something up. They
hip'e simply Km- to work ami are
working too ther, and as the irriga
tion projects of Iake are nearly allied
to those of Modoc they nhotild have
our hearty co operation. And will
have if wo ever awake from our Kip
Van Winkle sleep. A It urns Plniu-
dealer. '
Iiko county would certainly wel
come Modoc's HsniHtauce, and thene
two counties whoxe Interests are bo
clonely allied could put up a ood,
MrouK tiiK-of w ar team to pull Home of
the good things our way that are l
ln handed out by the Kovernnieut to
Ihcito lociditeln tliat recognize their
own deserts and work fur their re
ward. . China Tom's He
...
China Tom, who keeps well inform
ed as to conditions in his native laud.
was interviewed Monday by an Exam
iner reHirtel rcKurdintf the pending
uprising between China and the Unit
ed States. Whlie we believe that Tom
Is a little egotihitic and flattered some
what as to tho strength of his own
people, it is interesting to listen to
his version of the outcome of a strug
gle with the little fellows of the
Orient.
Iu Tom's language, as nearly as he
can lie quoted, he said:
"Wah I Melicaus ho sen over lots o'
sodiors, lots o' glilb, lots o' nheeps,
Chiuaman he take em all away from
him. Plurty soon he Chinaman and
ho Japanese ho gettuin teso Island
what ho Mel leans take away from
Splauisli. "
Philippines.
"Yes, Phlipiue; ho takum all away
from Melicau, plurty soon. Phlipines
ho too far awuy from Melica, alesame
light close China, he gettem easy."
Are Progressing Rapidly.
From the way the new Bottlers of
tho Christmas Lake country aro start
ing out tho older communities will
have to get a move on if they keep up
iu the matter of development and ad
vancement. For tho short time this
new community has been on deck,
wonderful advancement has been
made. They have a post oUlco, and
besides many other conveniences of
modern times that they are trying for
is a school district. The people of
this new locidity show every evidence
of beiug a hustling and progressive
people, who aro not willing to sit and
wait for tho good things of tho world
to hunt them up in their comparative
ly Isolated homes. They are improv
ing and making bold eirorts to build
up a settlement that will be a credit
to Luke county. Such Is the class of
pooplo that are settling up Lake coun
ty, and glad the old residents are to
Bee them come; it serves as a stimu
lant to the older settled communities
to go ahead with contemplated im
provements and mako life still more
pleasunt to livo.
Died.
Jiochman. At San Francisco, Feb.
10, 10CV), Mrs. K. Hochman aged 05
years.
Mrs. liochman Is known porhaps to
quite a number of our people, having
recu the wifo of Mr. C. liochman who
was at one time associated luthe mer
cantile business with J. Frank I. To
the relatives Tho Fxumluer exteuds
its sympathy.
PETITIONS FILED
FOR AMENDMENTS
11 1 1 1 1 " 1
Several New Laws to
Coming General
The following amendments will 1m
ofllcially placed on the election Irtillot
to m decided at the June election.
The fl.0ti0.000 appropriation bill
pad by the last legislature and held
up by referendum petitions.
Tho local option hill proposed by the
Liquor Dealers' Association as an
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STRONG MAN WHO EXHIBITED BEFORE THE POPE.
Among the Catholic turner who recently gave au exhibition before Topf
Plus X. at the Vatican was Alfred Meri, who easily held aloft in each band
well grow u boy. Meri has been cultivating his muscles for many years and la
one of the cleverest athletes In all Italy.
amendment to the present local-option
law.
Tho bill (lied by tho owners of the
liurlow road, requiring the state to
buy tho road for the sum of $"24,000.
The proposed constitutional amend
ment tiled by the Equal Suffrage
League, extending the elective fran
chise to women.
A bill by the People's Power League
making it uulawfull for public service
corporations to give passes or free or
reduced rate service to public officials.
A bill by the Slate Grange, levying
a license tax upon the gross earnings
of the refrigerator and sleeping cars
and oil companies.
A constitutional amendment propos
ed by the People's Power League to
State Printer Whitney.
J. K. Whitney, state printer, in ask
ing the renomination at the hands of
the Republican voters at the primary
election in April, is following a well
founded custom of the party in Ore
gon, that when a state officer performs
his duties acceptably and makes a
creditublo record he Is given a second
term.
Mr. Whitney is a life long Republi
can aud edited the Albany Herald for
nearly 20 years, a paper known
throughout the state for its unswerv
ing course in behalf of the Republican
tlckot and candidates nominated bv
the party. He is a native Oregouian,
a graduate of tho University of Oregon
aud a practical printer.
Since assuming charge of the state
prlutiug office he has devoted his en
tire time and attention to the affairs
of tho office and with his long exper
ience iu the printing business ho has
been able to give the state a good
clean, business-like administration.
Mr. Whitney is conducting a straight
forward primary campaign aud his
many frleuds aro confident that he
will bo re-uomiuated by a large majority.
be Voted on at the
Election in June
amend section 1 of article 12 so that
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urn I'uoiit; I'nuwiiK win iw
within the control of the legislature,
and may Ihj let by contract, or a
printer elected or appointed, uiu a
salary or other comeusation.
An amendment proposed by the
People's Power League to amend sec-
r
' t. Jl
tions 1 and 2 of article 17, so that one
legislative assembly may submit consti
tutional amendments, and that when
the vote upon au amendment has been
canvassed by the governor and a ma
jority found in its favor, he shall pro
claim it adopted, aud it shall then be
a part of the constitution, beyond the
power of the courts to pass upon ; also
that no law for a constitutional con
vention shall be in force until approv
ed by a vote of the people.
An amendment proposed by the
People's Power League to amend sec
tion 2 of article 11, giving the legal
voters of a municipality power to
frame and adopt their own charters,
and forbidding the legislature to cre
ate municipal corpoartious.
Cut Out the Peddlers.
Quite a number of our exchanges are
advising the peoplo of their locality
to cut out the peddlers and buy what
they need from their home merchant.
Peddlers w ill soon be invading Lake
oouuty, as they usually do in the
spring of tho year when farmers are
busy with their planting, as these
fellows believe they can catch the
farmer in need of some of their wares,
and no time to go to town. Farmers
will save money in the long run by
taking a day otf occasionally and go
to town for their needs, aud cut out
the peddler. Our people were roped
luto buying goods from peddlers last
year, and presumably will play shy of
them for a while. At least their ex
perience ought to be a lesson long to
be re meinbored.
We have been in a newspaper ofllce in
Lake county for 12 years, aud to our
know lodge, the newspapers of the
county have every year advised the
people against peddlers, pleading with
them all the time to patronize the
home merchant, and while some have
been slow to heed the advice of the
papers, all, iu the loug ruu, will, wo
believe nckuowlodge that they have
boeu worsted by every deal they h.ave
made with a peddler. If we are mis-
v TY
taken we earnestly request the person
who has ever secured a good bargain,
that he never has since regretted hav
ing made, to write to us and tell as
where and from whom be bought pro
duce, dry goods, in fact anything and
MHMired a lx;tter bargain than be could
have had from his home merchant.
When we say that peddlers and mail
order stores do not give bargains, we
do so with sincerity aud if we are
wrong, we want to know it. Now, if
any one can point out a single excep
tion, pleaiw do so. Don't tell it to
the other fellow, but write it to the
newspaper man who is continually
making the charge.
From the Desert.
Henry lioydstun came in last Satur
day from I'lue-joint, where the lioyd
stun Bros, are feeding their sheep.
Mr. I'oydstun says several bands are
being fed at Blue-joint, and the sheep
look well. He says Warren Laird will
have several e tacks of bay left after
feeding all the sheep that come there
for hay. Mr. Laird has been the
means of averting a heavy loss on the
desert this winter, as he is so far Out
on the desert that most any band can
reach his hay at most any time in the
winter, while in former hard winters
on the desert there was no bay in pos
sible reach. Boydstun says some of
tho boys who went on the desert with
poor sheep will lose pretty heavy if
heavy etorins come in March when the
ground is scf Otherwise, be thinks
the loss among sheep will not be much
over average.
Mr. Boydstun came in by way of the
"Indian trail', and says the snow is
hard to get a horse through in some
places on the high mountain. He
intends going back by way of Abert
Lake, where he will encounter no
snow. He expected to start on the
return trip yesterday.
Merrill Stock News.
(From the Record. )
Horace Mitchell the Klamath Falls
horse dealer was here yesterday buy
ing horses. Ir. litcholl was kicked
by a horse Tuesday on both legs and
is hardly able to walk. Fortunately
no bones were broken.
Chas. Horton arrived here yesterday
and will start 2CX) head of beef cattle
to the railroad the latter part of this
week. Mr. Horton is buying all the
cattle he can get and may have over
300 bead to ship out.
Guy Merrill drove a bunch of hors
es to the lava beds Tuesday where
there now is plenty of green bunch
grass.
Tom Offleld waa in charge of 100
head of Frank Adams' horses w hich
were being driven to Montague, last
Friday, for shipment.
A Plucky Schoolmam.
Miss Nettie Vinyard, well known
in Lakeview and also at Pine Creek,
where she waa raised, and who is now
teaching school in Shasta county, had
a little experience in her school re
cently that has gained her much fame
aa a plucky schoolmam and no little
notoriety as au amateur surgeon. Dur
ing a recess one of her boy pupils had
the misfortune to get a needle stuck
in his baud and broken off. Miss Vin
yard, with the coolness and skill of a
trained surgeon, cut the needle out
with a pen knife aud dressed the boy's
hand, probably averting serious com
plications which might have set in had
there been delay iu removing the steel
from the flesh.
Librvry Entertainment
The entertainment to be given in a
few weeks for the benefit of the public
Library, is progressing nicely. The
program w ill be published as soon as it
can be arranged. Those who have
been assigned parts in the entertain
ment are practising aud it is believed
that one of the best entertainments
ever given in Lakeview is being ar
ranged. The event is certainly de
serving of the patronage of the entire
community. Money cannot be better
spent than to build up au institution
iu our town for the eulighteumeut
and moral welfare of the young
people.
F Rey, Leon Rey aud M. Lesleou,
three sheep buyers from Reno, were
in Lakeview first of the week ou their
way to tho Priuevillo country, where
they are going to buy up a band of
sheen to drive to Reno this coming
summer. Tho Roys formerly run sheep
iu Crook county, and a couple of
years ago drove their bauds to Reno
where thoy sold them out, and pur
chased a hotel iu that town.
CURTAIL POWER
OE PRESIDENT.
Western Senators Want
Reserves Created
By Congress.
RETARDS DEVELOPMENT WEST-
Eastern Lawmakers Will Oppose
Measure When it Comes
Up For Action.
Before the close of the present ses
sion of Congress an effort will be
made by a number of Western Sen
ators to secure the enactment of legis
lation curtailing the power of the
President and the Forest Service in
the matter of the creation and admin
istration of forest reserves. A num
ber of Western men in the Senate are
in partial sympathy with Senator Hey
burn, of Idaho, but none is as radical
as he, and not one of the number
would go to the extreme which is urg
ed by him. Nevertheless, there is a
very marked disapproval of the man
ner in which reserves are being creat
ed and controlled, and it is quite pos
sible that some form of legislation
may be enacted which will, in a meas
ure restrain the Administration in
the enforcement of its present forest
policy.
The main argument advanced against
the creation of new forest reserves is
the claim that they retard develop
ment; that they restrain legitimate
settlement; that they materially re
duce the taxable area of the Western
States, in some instances virtually
disabled certain counties, and in this
way it is claimed do more harm than
good. The opponents, of the forest
policy do not question the benefit
tuat come rotU reserves of moderate
area, both aa a guard against the des
truction of the forests and a protec
tion of the water supply, but they be
lieve that each a policy, when carried
out as fully as the President and
Forest Service have planned, would
work injury, and it is against hist ex
tension that they protest
These Senators would enact the Hey
burn bill, or some similar measure,
taking from the President the power
to create forest reserves and giving
that power solely to Congress. Tie
enactment of such a law would not put
a stop to the creation of reserves, but
it would have a restraining effect
and would mean that reserves would
be created with less frequency and iu
smaller areas Oregouian.
Lulu Snider-Johnson.
The following article clipped from
the San Francisco Town Talk will be
interesting to the people of Lake
view, as the subject of the article was
well known here, and the people of
this place have been the recipients of
many such treats as those ot larger
cities are now enthusiastic over. Misa
Snider always donated her talent free
ly to the cause of charity and, being
a favorite of all lovers of sweet voices,
waa called upon to sing specials at
nearly all high-class entertainments
while she was in Lakeview :
Linden Beckwith (Mrs. L. Snider-
Johnson) is well known to the musical
and society element of San Francisco.
Mrs. Johnson began her professional
career on the western vaudeville cir
cuit in Memphis, Tenn., on August
20th. Her success was instantaneous
and the press in each city in which
she has appeared is enthusiastlo over
her flue voice, her beauty and the
daintiness and originality of her act.
She is billed as "The Singing Por
trait," aad appears in Old English,
Irish and Scotch costumes, singing an
appropriate number in each. Mrs.
Johnson will appear at the Orpheum
in thia city iu the early spring. San
Francisco Town Talk.
G. F. Holland, who waa here for s
week delivering books for the Western
Historical Publishing Co., . left for
Klamath Falls a few days ago. He
will deliver books in Klamath county,
and return here in about three weeks
to finish up the work in Lake county.
He has some to deliver in Warner, but
on accouut of the bad condition of
the roads through Camas Prairie, be
decided to wait a few weak before
making tho trip to Warner.