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tmttnm LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OUKGON, THURSDAY, MAR. 1900. NO. N, VOL. XXV11. DEATH VALLEY MINER AGAIN, Interviews Telegram Rc-porter--Tells How he Lavished Honey. NEW YORK MILLIONAIRES GAPED 5cotty" Rode the Range in East ern Oregon and Worked In Ijikevlew (or a 5pell. Tim town ul on tho Southern l'u cHIc lino through Oregon one dity last week, were iiiiulo lively for u few miit llteS during tlx stop of llll hj tit I I'ulliniin convey lug "Scolty" tho Death Valley mining iiiuii who ha Illllilll llllllnelf notorious the 'ltht few mouth liy hi lavish r money, und who was on hU way to Seattle where ho wu to make IiIh debut (ill the slago til ii phiy written about himself iiml his career. Little 4 1 i I the boys on the stock ranches ami t ho people of LiikcvieW think that Walter Scott would ever W a world famed spendthrift, when ho winked le-re ubout eight year ago. He ulno worked for John Well lit lily. Follow l'iH- jurt of an interview "Scotty" i Uv it ''VUg-am reporter while at th 1'orthin.l Hotel in Port iilml li.bt mi i-U : "I'Vot lllll to woik In: IVtO Flt'lll ' Worked ii' mill I ;. ( Irego : i 'i iiiul v ' i lien miirrie ' , finest ii Oregon?' Nit. Used 1 punched i'iikh for Stein's Mountain, ikev . i a Hindi, It I ' ' ' i..g of t ho Eastern 'i I am 2H yearn old Cynthliinu, Ky. I 5i in Neve i and Yil" '-.,1 WHS : ' , i 1 have ono of the in the. country. Shu' ellow, hut can't stand the ll good ! Of trawling about iih J do, When we married I didn't liavo a hoi worth ment ionium. I llmt got money from tlie mine two yearn UK'S und Mince then have spent it quarter of a million of dollars. "I have oO,(io now, mid there's more to W had when that 'a gone. I'm on the way to Seattle to join a show in ii play called "Snotty, King of Death Valley." I'm it from Hodu to hock. "Scotty" walks with 11 decided limp, which Iri caused from the elfects of a Imllet from a ,'lo:iO calihro Win chester, which ho received on a trli into Death Valley previous to the timo IiIh brot her was shot, when the country w-as stirred up over tho report that ho had Wen killed, Weauso his famous mule, "Slim" atnliled Into camp with the saddle empty. The hull entered hin right leg mid way be tween the knee and hip and emerged ii trillo lower on the inside of the I Imli. "Slim" wan ihot through the hips, mill "Scotty" fears the animal's uso- ful days have paHHed. "I never ride a horse," ho explain ed. 'Mules aro good ouougch for uio. Wlien I wan shot I drew antiseptic gauze through tho wound and then climpod on 'Slim' and rode 130 milcH. Oh, 'Slim' can ko some. I'vo rid den him 100 miles in 14 hours aa a re gular tiling'." "Isn't 'Slim' shod soniowhut fan cy?" tho reporter Inquired. "Ruthor, you boo, before I discov ered tho mine 'Slim' mid I slept on tho spot for many nights. We passed there- frequently, lluried beneuth us woro tons of golden metal of which we knew not. At times I wua without decent shoes, and 'Slim' wore none. Thoso were days to bo remembered. Soon hs I got money you 'can bet 'Slim' wua llxed up, and now lie sporta a 1250 diamond set In one of his front nhocs. "What do you think of New York?" was tho question that started tho cow boy hkhIii. "Pretty slow, "ho said. "Those fel lows don't know how to live. I got em Kolntf some, though. Went down on Wall street in an elect rio lmusoin. Stopped at tho pit und tfiivo u uiuu (50 to hold my dotf. Thou stinted for tho entrance, glvlu money awuy, and ut tho sumo timo introducing myself. Bay, those fellowa who hud beeu there for yeurs just gaped. I earned the distinction then of stoppiuK tho 'tick- ors. ' Thero was nothliiK doln' on the tunc hi nes for 'St mluutim. Meant line tho crowd of souvnlr seekprs demol ished tho hausome. "What prompted you to make the expensive run to ("hlcauo on the Santa IVT" 'Just pure fun. I wanted a little chantfe. I paid tho company t'X.) for the train, kuva an extra ?HXJ) to hook h diner on mid another fliM) for KoihI work. Ves, the tip to tho crew lilliouiied to about IflMKI, Hlld 1 bet the rompMiiy a mluiitn for the timo under V hour4 between Los Antci-les mid ('hiciiKo. We pulled out of the depot at the City of Alitfels at 1 o'clock Sunday, mid reached Chicago at 11:54 Tuesday, boullntf the time, so it cost me t V2I) nddltlonal. I olfered to bet K II. Iliirrimau I could Uat him to Chicago, he to start from Siui Frau cisco und I from Ixis Aiiele. 1 wanted to put up .'(5liX) on it, but he would not cover the money." "It'll seem funny to be crackliitf away at these much feared stae ene mies with blank shells," remarked "Scotty," In narrating his exjx'rlen ccs, "There's to much realism about it. How louu will I stay with the show? Oh, I waut to reach Ios An-tfeli-H anyway. I must entertain the crowd there. I'll have to set up a bar on the rear of the utime to start them rik'ht. "lint, say, thcVe'Jl come a day when thins shoot iiiK act w ill not be stae business. That scrape in the Valley is not iiiniiiMitf. My prother was badly hurl by a sIuk iutendixl for me. The missive came so close to my head I felt the w liil on my hair. "No; I never curry a Kim in tow n "said "Scotty," as he opened a fancy nllU'iitor i-kln t'rip mid exhloited a shining .'VS Colts, the li.t?st United States Army patent. "I know I am heintf followed, if I tun shot hero aud they found u K'un on me theyd say I tried to draw first. No, Mr; lui not ufraid, but they dout k'ot mo with shoot l'u irons on. I told Jerome in New York if I wan shot to ral.'nad lli-lu at litlii'V r... I-IH-.l.r-. "1 don't have horses, ho sahl "1 own 'St mules and they'e all rlbt. I have an auto in Los Angeles that I have never used that cost 75l). "I'vo taken out about 215,U and there's more to come from that mine. "What's that story about dropping unlets In your colfee at Stocktou?' "That was another lark. I ordered broiled L'oldllhh for breakfast, and instead of su'ar dropped miK'K'ets in the colfee. When tho waiter took tho dishes away he did not know what they were, but the Kold drops weighed e:H)." When "Scotty" commenced to cir dilute about the hotel this morning he created consternation amon the wait ers. Tips w ere uiven us freely us water. Here to Buy Sheep. P.irry McDaniels, formerly of Lake county, but lately a Surprise Valley sheepman, was here last week trying to buy a bunch of sheep. Mr. Mc Daniels recently sold 200 head of pick eu sheep from tils I mini for Po per head, und wants to invest his money in other sheep. So far we have heard of no purchases by him. Mr. McDunicla says the stockmen of Lako county had better begin a vigor oua cambulgu agtilust tho forest re serve policy, lie has hud a taste of it and saya if tho reserve created iu this county it will keep out f250,000 that is brought here every year for stock. That much stock will have to He informed us thut about 110,000 worth of ulfulfti seed wua raised in Sur prise valley last year, and wondera that Luke county ranchers don't sow more of their rich land to alfalfa. Ono man, Frank Hill, ha Buys, sold 1000 worth of seed lust full. Perry also Informed us that Al. Henderson, buying for the Western Meat Co., hud buoght 300 beef cattle from Goo. Turner aud 100 from Lou Clui k, both Surprise Valley stockmen, paying 7 cents per pound. Au item iu lust weeks' Merrill Rec ord, which paper Mr. A. L. Barnes has hud a hand iu conducting sluco ita estubllsluueut a few mouths ago, informs ita readers thut tho paper la to soon go into new hands. Mr. Liurnea came to Lake view about two weeks ago ami remnlnod here helping tho Smith Sisters with the Herald, aud it la presumed thut the dally-puper-for-Klaiuuth -Falls-bubble hud busted before he came away from there, ua he has gone on south. Up to yesterday (Woduesduy) noon, about 120,000 iu tuxes hud beeu collected. SEVEREST SNOW STORM OF SEASON. Thirty Hours' Continuous Storm From two To Three Feet Deep Everywhere Never in the history of Iako coun ty has there Wen such a severe storm as visited this place last Sunday and Monday. Saturday was a warm, spring day, and Sunday morning it Wkiui to snow and for 30 hours snow fell unceiisliiKly. Never a minute during the :H hours did it let up. Telephone messages from over all the county k'uvo the depth of snow from ii" to 4'2 Inches deep. Reports from Sil ver mid Summer Lake Valleys uavv 42 inches, the 70 22 in the Paisley country, 21 at ruuch la Iwer Chewaucun, two feet at the Chundler ranch in Crooked Creek, from 25 to XI inches In Warner, and 20 Inches to two feet in V ---;::! T -hti- w . w . I . -Td.. .... SI '-tt -i ' iii ii i tiiifh "lit lilf y -r " . . i. . . . . . v . i i . ni..mJLi' 1 "'TI'tC!r''J'' j t ' r: u-i!L'?': s v x- - Kiir "i WHERE UNCLE SAM'S LAWMAKERS MEET. The United States senate chamber Is 113 feet 3 Inches in length by SO feet & Inches In width and la 30 feet in height .The galleries wjll accommodate 1,000 people. The bouse of representatives la the aauie height, but is 131) feet long aud l3 feet wide. The entire length of the capitol is 751 feet 4 Inches, and ita greatest breudth Is 350 feet The cast Iron dome weighs 8.009.200 pounds, and the bronze statue of Freedom surmounting It Is 11) feet 0 Inches high and weighs 7 tons. The height of the dome is 267 feet 5 Inches. Winter Lambing. j W. Ci. Ayre, the sheep king of this district, has utilized something new ' iu tho way of sheepraisiug. New i luiubiug tents aro provided for his large llocks. These tents are used for tho housing on the ranges of the ewes, aud lambing ia now iu progress. Lambing in the winter la something new iu Kastern Oregon. Mr. Ayre says it has several advantages. The lambs get out of the way of shearing, und while it costs more to feed the stock it iesults iu a Wtter quality of mutton and earlier spring lambs uud a Wtter and longer quality of wool. He ulso says thut prices of this year's Wool will be better than last yeur, which touched tho top notch ut 20 centa' Portland Journul. Arthur Langell cumo over from the Gerber stock ranch iu Klamath county lust week with a pack horse aud sad dle horses, prepared for a two mouths' trip up into Crook county, on a cat tle buying expedition for Louia Ger ber. Charley Hoi ton will meet Mr. Langell ia tho Prineville couutry, he having goue by way of Portland, aud the two men will buy up 1000 or 1500 head of cattlo aud put them ou the spring range ou the heud of William sou river, where they have leased a range for thut purpose. Mr. Langell says the high prices paid recently for beef bus somowhut excited the cattlemen, but he says those prices, which for reudy beef, will uot prevail ouly through April. (Joose Iike Valley. In Camas prairie there is about H feet of snow now, five feet of old snow, and 3 feet of now, and in Drews Valley about TJO inches. Tim fact that the fall was general over all the country that could W heard from, is believed that the desert bad its stiHre, and if so, a henvy loss in stock , both sheep and cattle, will re sult, unless a rain takes the snow off within a week. A great many of the - larger stockmen had turned their ' ntronK cattle on the spring rane, and uenrly all tho sheep had Wen taken from the low desert up on the high desert where tho feed was t'ood. m V I Ashland Normal School Notes. Mrs. Sadia Siugletou who has Wen sick, ia unable to W in classes this week. The athetotic club boys are basely practising Wso bull these flue days. Tho debuto ou the question, Resolv ed that the uegro should uot have beeu giveu the right of sulfruge, " be tweeu the Normul boys, aud the Ash- laud High School boys, will be held at tho High School ou Friday eve, March 30th. News from Pres. Mulkey aud his sou, John, ia uot very encouraging. They are still at Kodlands, Calif., for the lutter's health. The Congressional Library Society had its regular meeting at 4 oclock Friday afternoon aud the boya listen ed to a debuto ou the question "Re solved thut bachelors should be taxed for tho support of old maids." The ufHrmutive was supported by F. Moore and Andersou ; the negative by Peebler, Hicks and Geo. Martin. Of course the negative wou. The next debute will bo "Resolved thut llaunl btd was a greater military geuiua than Napoleon." Ou Monday moruiug iu Chapel, Prof. Vau Sooy gave a very interest ing talk ou the "Importance of Btyle iu Language." . Ou Wednesday, Mrs. Newman gave a talk ou "Psychology of crowds. Aa Mrs. Newman ia psychology teucher, she ia well able to discuss the subject. Ou Thursday, Mrs. Payne gave a re cital "The Widow Doodle's Lamenta '1 1 - ' 1 I tions" which was listened to with interest by all alike. We are always glad to see Mrs. Payne's numWrs ap pear. ' On Friday the Athena Literary So ciety entertained with the debate "Resolved that representatives in con gress should express their own Wliefs rather than those of their constitu ents. " The negative won. The girls are getting to be pretty good debatora. Their next debate will W "Resolved that Labor unions are of more menace to the industrial world than combinations of capital." The Normal still receives calls for teachers. Lately Miss Millie Frier has Wen employed at Wimer at H3 per month, Miss Dibsworth at Forest! Creek at 9i't per month, while Miss j Flossie Hriscoe will proWbly go to Lake Creek to teach a seven months' term at tV); The Thompson creek school, Applegate, has not yet Wen supplied. E. W. P., S. O. 8. N. S. - Ashland, Ore. A Qniet Wedding. A very quiet wedding took place last Saturday afternoon, ouly the in timate friends of the contracting couple knew thut the wedding was go ing to take place that day. It had been whirqiered about for a couple of weeks that George and Josie were to W married soon but no date was giv en by Dame Rumor. Saturday after noon Geo. purchased a license and Re corder W. U. Snider tied the not that made Geo. Storkman and Josie Harvey husband and wife. Mrs. Storkman is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Harvey, and has received 3 good musical educa tion. She is well liked by all who know her. George is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. August Storkman, the cigar maker ,and works with his father ,iu the factory. ' lfie examiner joins the many friends of the happy couple in wishing them a long and prosperous life. -HU Trespassed. --. Lee Beall returned from his cam paigning trip up in the north end of the county. Lee has the campaign grip down pat. A story ia told on him, the truth of which we cannot vouch for. He went pretty well north on his trip, bound to not overlook a voter. He met a man ou horseback one day, and stopped for a chat, of course, shook bands warmly with the man, asked him how Lis family was getting along, asked about bis chil dren, about the various things on the ranch, winding up with the usual an nouncement that "of course you know I am a candidate for sheriff; I'd like to have your support," and looked the man square iu the face for a sigu of au answer. "I guess," the fellow saiu, "mat you are tresspassing on my territory. I'm a candidate for sheriff myself aud I'm working Crook county." Is This "Tuff Emtf?" The subject of reformed spelling was discussed by the department of superintendence of the National Edu cational Assocation, in Louisville and upon motion of Dr. E. Benjamin Au- drews, of the University of Nebraska, a resolution was adopted recommend ing that the dpeartment of sujerin- tendence overture the National Edu cational Association to order that 12 phonetio words be used hereafter in all ita publications. These words are : "Bizness" for business; "euuf," for enough; "fether," for feather; 'mesure' for measure; "plesure," for pleasure; "red." for read ; "ruf" for rough; "trauf," for trough; thru," for through; "tuff," for tough; "tuug," for tongue; "yung, for young. Oregouiun. Sold His Ranch. J. E. Boone last week sold his stock ranch ou McDowell creek, between here and Plush, to W. K. Barry. Con sideration iu dollars was not estimat ed, Mr. Boone receiving town proper ty aa part payment. The house and lot west of W. A. Massiugill's resi dence and the old Huff property west of the school house is the property transferred to Mr. Boone. Chas. C. Roe, who with a Mr. Buck ley, bought a band of sheep from Ed. Lamb lust fall, this week bought Mr. Buckley's interest Mr. Buokley was taken sick after he bought the sheep and is still under the doctor's care aud uot able to look after the sheep, heuce his departure from the busi ness. Mr. Buckley ia now iu Luke view for treutmeut. REHART VISITS ANCIENT CASTLE Third Letter From Lake County Man Who Has Seen Old flexlco. QUEER LAND AND QUEER PEOPLE- Ruins of Palmique a Sight of Wonder In the Pt esent Age The Carved Images. The ruins of Palmique in Mexico. These ruins are at the foot of a range of mountains, in a dense forest. about thirty miles from Monta Christo, in the state of Chiapas, and about six miles from the old town of Panenque. The first evidence we came across, of thia ancient civilization was the Campo's (camps) which was large clearings in the forest mostly made upou the ridges, all grown up to heivy grass. At tho foot of the mountains, we came to and crossed a rock bridge built across a mountain stream which had Wen built by these" people and it was about forty feet wide and fifty feet long on top and aWut two feet wide at the top and four feet wide un derneath, for the water top as through when built, and strange to say the water ia at the present time passing through this aperture. Higher up the stream is an acquiduct with a wall about eight feet high eighty feet of the lower end of the acquiduct has fallen down on one side and washed away the other side remains standing perfectly. - " t . One hundred ant eighty feet a$ov Uiii the Acquiducl-tl ia perfot t Htate of preservation, with trees grow ing all over the same, at which , point it has ceased in alllowing a part of the stream to enter the acquiduct. The opening at the other end is covered up and was not visible, iu plain view from the acquiduct was one of the Palaces, perched upon an embankment quite steep to climb, about forty feet above the level of the ground. The first thing to attract my attention was a large tree growing on top of the Palace, about three feet in diameter, with its large roots streaming down the side of the building and into the grouned. Later I fouud two more large treea ou top of the buildiug, one of them four feet in diameter, Wsides numerous small trees and other trop ical growth all over the building. The first Palace ia about two huudred by throe huudred feet square, built with a double corridor aroud the out side aud with au opeu court in the center, about seven feet below the floor of the bulding. The three Palaces are all of the same architecture, built eutiiely of stone, mortar and cement, with cement floors. The corridors are about twelve feet wide, with perpendicular walla about ten feeet high, thou sloping towards the center, with a flat surface on top of about two feet wide and about 11 to 18 feet high, inauy arched door ways were placed in the corri dors, both iu the court and outside the building. The walla were very thick, four to six feet thick aud only in a few places were there any private rooms, all of which were extremely small without any places for windows. There waa no visible sign of anv door jam, or anything by which a door could W fastened. The great er part of the Palaces were in an excel lent state of preservation both out side and inside, inhabited by bats, owls, snakes, etc. I climWd up a cupolo three stories high, having hard stone steps, badly worn, with openings on the four eidea and much tropical growth at each window. The reason of the tree growth on top of these buildings la that they were all covered with earth, on top of the stone roofs. One of the PaLtces baa beeu named the "Paluce of the Sun," the other large one I have forgotten the name. The smaller one has Wen named the "Palace of Luw, which ia situated on top of an embankment about sixty feet high, aud very steep to climb. It has only one corridor and one set of small rooms back of the corridor, without any wiudowa. (C'outluucd to Lost Puge.)