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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1906)
f1 Mtt tinttt VOL. XXVII. LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG 2, HKHi. NO. 31. mm TWO RAILROADS ACROSS STATE Corvallis & liastern Will Build Next Season. 1AKEV1EW IS ON DIRECT ROUTE. Western Pacific Will llntcr Ore gon Throuich this City Over The Mot Direct Route. Rumors of tint extension of the Cor vallls A Eastern railroad iiro leliig re vived, hut over n now rout. It wan supposed to l) t ho original plaint to build that road across tho tate to ooiinoct with tho Oregon Khort Lino nt Ontario. Homo ono now who I thought to Ixt close to tli" promoters of tho C. A K. irl KtH that tho road will lilt built to Iikovicw to connect with tho N. C. O. It Iihh long been known and never doubted that the N. C. (). would eventually extend to. Iikevlew, Imt, lol loved that miicIi ex tension would not Im made till con nections can ho made, or arranged for, with Homo lluo coming In from tho north at Ijikevlew. These predic tions are well founded, having for their base, the advisability of extend ing tho N. O. ). to Laki'vlew until tho trade of this vant territory whs sought ' nomo other lino. Tho Western 1'aclflo eojilo uImo hnvo an eye on thin territory, not par ticularly an a feeder to their inalu lino from Salt Luke to San Francisco, Imt being In direct routo to a feasible en trance to I'ortlanU and Western Ore gon, thin (icction in believed to bo looked upon it tho only unoccupied territory through which the Western Pacific could reach 1'ortland. Thin proponed routo would bo over tho C. JL K. across the Cascades und south to I.ukovlew, where it would bo met by a lino running out from tho main lino of tho Western Pacific, nomo where iu Nevada. Such it lino could not bo built till tho Western Pueiflo in com pleted, at leant to a point in Nevada where it wished to branch out for Portland. Fatal Accident, at. Paisley. John C. Hunan an old pioneer of l'aisley wan accidentally killed near Paisley last Saturday. Ho wiih ruu ulng u mowing machino on tho Harvey ranch ut tho south end of Summer Lake, and Riley llumincrslcy was ruu ulng a mower in the bhiiio Held. Ham inersloy'a team started to run awuy and being a short distance bohiud Hunan, they cont'd not lo turned un til they ran against Mr. Hiuwiu'h ma chine, tho tongue striking Mr. Hanun In tho buck botwoou tho shoulder blades, knocking him olf tho machino. Ho wua paralyed ami hardly know what hurt him. Tho accident occur red at :i o'clock In tho afternoon of Saturday, and Mr. Hunan died at 9 o'clock, six hours later. Dr. Witham wbm phoned to and ar rived from l'liiHley an hour and a half after tho accident and all that could bo dono for tho nuoi was of no avail. Tho only murks on hid back was a se voro bruiso botwoou tho shoulders about two inches across, but ho was completely paralyzed. Ho remained partially conscious till the lust and know everyone, telling theiu that ho wiih paralyzed and could not livo. About 2 o'clock Sunday morning tho roniuins wero taken to Paisley and buried in tho l'aisley cemetery at 4 oclock Bunduy evening. Mr. Hunan waa about 01 years old. Ho had ruiHcd a family of eight chil dren, two girls and six buya. His wife preceded him to the trruve near ly four years. Bho was u stater ot Mrs. Dolly Huyos, formerly Mrs. J. A. WitherH, Mrs. V. A. Currier and S. U. Hadloy. Tho children who aur vjve J. (!. Haiinu are Mrs. J. S. Kel so y, Mrs. M. 0. Currier, Ucoiyo, Churley, Henry, Androw, Johnny and Way man Hanan. AC Rest. Uonoi'ul Crook, C. V. Bnlder's pioneer buggy horse, passed peace fully away Tuesday morning nfter a brief illness of but a few hours, at tho rlpo old ago of UK yours and 1 months. (iouerul, as ho was familiarly known by every old resident of (Jooso Luke vullcy, wus eirod by Lyon heart, dam, a Morgan, or Ilumlltonlari mare. I lo wan foalo'l In April, 1H0H, In Douglas county and follownd an emigrant team to this vnlley In 170. 0. U. Holder purchased Mm from A. Sells In March, 187.1, paying ? I.V) for him. General wiih mimed for ( ioiieral Crook, tho Indian fighter. lie became a family buggy borne mooii after ho passed Into Mr. Snider' hands, and poriormod hU duties willingly and constantly, never lagging or hIi Irking, for '27 years, retiring in 1 IMt with honor and full pay. He has traveled over moat of three, states, ( (recoil, California and Nevada. Ho wan a good traveler being ublo to cov er a mile in thrto minutoH very nicely. He wiih tho oldcnt horse known of iu his native Mute, Oregon. II In remaliiH were burled In tho MouthwoMt corner of tho court house yard In Lakeview, Tuesday evening, July :, i:m;. "No useless eollln enclosed his breast, nor in sheet nor shroud we wound him. " (loneral Crook wan a fuvorit borne of tho Holder family, and showed his appreciation of good and kind treat ment by recognizing any mombor of the family anywhere about town when spoken to. His eyes I Kht and hearing liecaino poor iu his old days, but ho would follow any ono of tho family -I A A. 1(1 .1 Silver Lake Newt. (I'Yom tho H. 1. OrcKonlun.) . D. Lutz, who has more or less hiuiilled horses all his life, met with the worst accident that ever happened him last Thuisday. He had hitched a ' colt to tho mower and In turning a Corner tho colt tfot his lotf over the tu. Mr. Lutz caiiKht the animal by tho bits and waa trying to t?'t him in to tho proper position which tho colt did not take kindly to, but reared and plunged causing Klmer to lose his foothold on tho slippery stubble. Tho broncho kicked him squarely iu tho mouth knocking him about a rod, al though this lick would have almost kil'ed some men Mr. Lutz immfd late ly aroso and spat out 14 of his teeth, II vo of which remained intact upon a portion of the superior maxillary. After tho buxy horso was hitched up ho camo to towu aud Dr. Thorn at tended his wounds, taking several stitches iu his upper lip. At present ho does not seem to bo much worse for tho accident except the loss of his teeth. Toldy should certainly feel proud of this end of Lake County this week by tho following: Horn At Summer Lake to tho wife of Fred CninpU-ll, a daughter, July ', 1!MK. Hume day and date iu this valley to Mrs. A. M. Haxter, a son and to Mrs. C. K. Kig er. (to-day) July 2i, a boy. All are said to bo gcting along nicely. Henry Kgli, tho horse buyer, accom panied by Ed. Morrill passed through town Suturday with about t'0 head of horses w hich ho will place in his pas ture near Montague and will have them brokeu boforo selling. Mrs. Chas. I'owne of Adel, passed through towu last week on her way to Antelope. Tho sale of "Tanglefoot" has been good tho pust week. Important Decision. Tho most important decision ren dered by the Oregon Supreme Court recently was handed dowu the '2-rth und declared unconstitutional aud in valid tho law which exempts from tux aton iflMO worth of personal property which may bo assessed to any house holder In a county. This statute hus been iu force continuously, with tho excoptlon of the yoar 11KU, since 1839, aud tho case now at issue wua raised iu Josephine county, aud tho decision of tho supremo court reverses a decis ion given by Circuit Judgo II. K. Hanun of this district In the mutter. It will doubtless necessitate au entire revision of tax lists throughout the etuto for tho current your aud will Increase tho totid tuxable property of tho counties materially. It was alleged by tho complainants iu this suit, who had land iu Jose phine county, but are residents of New Humpshire, that tho statute serv ed to impose an unequal rute of tax ation upon non resident property holders. Frank Hutchius, night "bark" ut Hotel Lakeview, captured a rattle suuke in tho street Tuesday, and put it in a cuu for exhibition. Somo ono let the ptiuko out of the cun aud it wus killed iu front of tho hotel. This Is Frauk's story j but the other boys suy there wus no suuko there. SUPREME COURT DE- CI DES WARNER CASE. Hailey Affirms the Decision of Circuit Judge Benson in the Warner Valley Land Cases. (Special to The Kxamiuer. ) 11 l .1 tft 1. 1 .1 . . A IUtl r i oriiuuii, lire, juiy .isi, j.tuu. Lake County Examiner, Lakeviow, Oregon. Tho Supremo Court at Salem today d.-cided tho cases of the State of Oro gon appellant, vs. tho Warner Vulley Stock Co. appealed from Lake couu ty, Henry L. Benson, Judgo, aflirmed by Judge Hailey. These cases involve lands long iu controversy between the Warner Val ley settlers and tho Warner Valley Stock Co., in which tho state of Ore gon Intervened in behalf of tho Wuruer valley settlers and begun suit to set aside patent from the (lovcrnment to the state of Oregon for these lauds as swamp hinds. Judgo lk-nsou in the Circuit court held that the state had I1 .-wJ..L:g CHARLES A. PROUTY OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM MISSION. In a speech at Boston Commissioner I'routy, who Is himself a New England man, recently criticised New England senutors for their stand on the rate bill. This led Seuator Lodge to make a spirited reply. Mr. Prouty la a lawyer by profession, though be taught for several years, and for n year waa an assistant at an astronomical observatory. He was also a member of congress and a re porter of the state supreme court. lie has been on the commission ten years. TJT. Lakeview Water System. (lly S. V. Behart) Lakeview can well be proud of her water system. It la the best driuking water that I have tasted on all my thousands of miles of travel. More over, it is the coldest, purest, clean est, spring water for a towu system that I know of, and besides being good wash water, the system gives better pressure for lirlgatiou than auy other system that came uuder uiy observation, excepting the lower pait of town, which will be remedied dur ing thla summer. A uew aud novel feature of the Lakeview water system la the arrange ment of tho reservoir systom, viz. For nine mouths of the year the water cornea into the maiua direct from the springs and only about three mouths the water is used four hours out of the tweuty-four, from both the springs and tho reservoir. Now iu order to have good pressure nt all times aud protect tho towu from 11 ro, our regulations must be strictly obeyed. Wo intend thut ull the surplus wuter bo used for irrigation. But at auy timo should tho supply be short tho company will llrst toll tho fire boll, then threo or moie quick tapa la a sig nal for all running faucets to bo cos ed at ouco und should tho tire boll riug ut uuytimo the water must ull be shut off iu order thut a 11 ro limy bo quickly and successfully put out iu any purt of Luke view where tho water system is established. J as. Hurry was in town Tuesday. not sufficient interest in tho lands to maintain a suit in his court. The above decision of the Supreme Court nlllrins Benson's opinion. On tho 2i, the Supreme Court hand ed down the following decision: Warner Valley Stock Company, re- spondent, vs. J. L. Morrow, appel lMiit, from Lake County, II. L. Un- i son, Judge; aflirmed; opinion by Jus tice Hailey. The Warner Valley Stock Company brought suit to recover possession of property to which it claims title by ! virtue of purchase from the sta'o un der the swampland laws. Morrow claimed right of possession as admin istrator of the estate of J. W. Morrow, w ho took the land us a timber cul ture. Senate Resolution. Registers aud Receivers, United , States Land Otllces. ! Gentlemen: Senate Resolution of : March 19, 190G, la aa follows: I Resolved, That the Secretary of the i Interior be, aud he is hereby, direct ed to furnish to the Senate, on the first Monday iu December, niueteen hundred and six, the names of the persona, firms, and corporatious who conveyed or relinquished to tho Gov ernment of the United States lauda I withiu the limits of Government for est reserves, and who duly recorded the same in the proper county prior to the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and five, aud who hud prior to said Act failed to select other pub lic lands iu lieu of tho lauds so con veyed or relinquished, or who hnve fuilod, through no fuult of their own, to obtaiu puteuta to lunds selected by them in lieu of lands so conveyed or relinquished, aa provided by the Act of June fourth, eighteen hundred aud ' ninety-aoven, aud who can not on ac count of said Act of March third, nineteen huudrod and live, make such selection, aud also report the number of ucroa so convojed or relin quished. Thut iu order to procure such lu formution the Secrctury of the Inter ior ia heroby authorized aud diroctod to require all such persona, firms and corporatioua to tile iu the Laud De partment, within a time to be by him designated, such proof of their con veyance or relinquishment aa he may prescribe; and he ia further authoriz ed aud diroctod to make such further order, rules, and regulations aa may Iks necessary to procure the informa tion hereby required. Pursuant to the provisions of the above resolution all persons, firms, and corporations who conveyed lands to the United States Government sit uate within the limits of established forest reserves by deeds duly execut ed, acknowledged, and recorded in the proper county offices prior to March .1, '., with a bona fide intention of thereafter selecting other public lands in lieu of the land so reconveyed or relinquished under the provisions of the act of June 4, 1807 (30 Stat., 30), and acts amendatory thereof, and ivno failed to make any selection in satis faction of the lands by tbeu so relin quished or whose selections under the provisions of the aforesaid act of June 4, 1807, have failed through no fault of the party making such relinquish ment, and who by reason of the ap proval of the act of March 3, 1905, are now prevented from making any selec tions, are hereby directed to file in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office on or before October 1, 19)0, an instrument in writing describing the land relin quished to the Government prior to March 3, 1905, and containing repre sentations by the person or corpora tion who made the relinquishment that no selection in lieu thereof has been made, or in case any selection was made and the selection has failed without fault of the party making the relinquishment, a reference to the selection or attempted selection, which will enable the Commissioner of the General Land Office to readily identify the same upon the records of his office, and that the land included in the relinquishment has not, since tne deed of relinquishment was filed for record, 1)een sold or in anywise encumbered by the person or copora tion making the relinquishment to the Government. This statement' should be addressed to the Commissioner of the General Land OUff-e,"'ijoula U? jeyie-i aud briefed "Statement conformable to Senate Resolution. March 19, 190C," and must be accompanied by the deed of relinquishment to the Government of the United States, executed and re corded prior to March 3, 1905, and an abstract of title duly authenticated showing thut at the date the deed of relinquishment waa recorded the title to the land waa in the person or cor poration making the relinquishment. If the deed of relinquishment has been lost or for any reason cau not be pro duced, a copy thereof properly certifi ed by the Recorder of Deeds of the county in which the laud ia situate will be accepted. Deeds aud abstracts of title wilL upon the request of the party filing the same, be returned after they have been examined and noted by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. The persons, firms, and corporations interested herein are expressly hereby notified and warned that while the statements aud accompanying papers herein described may be filed for tran sportation to the General Laud Office, in the local laud offices, and that while the data contained in all statements received in the General Laud Office at a time when its incorporation in the report to the Senate provided herein la practicable, will be included in such report, all responsibility for the filing of such statements and accom panying papers iu the manner herein provided, rests with them, and that they are hereby directed to meet the requirements herein made at the earl iest date possible. If deeds of relinquishments and ac companying papers as provided here in, are filed In your offices, you will immediately transmit them to the Genearl Land Office with special ref erence to these instructions. Very Respectfully, (5. F. Pallock, Acting Commissioner. Mr. Claud Gatch of Salem, who was a candidate for Secretary of State at tho Primary election, aud who was ap pointed as National Bank Examiner, arrived here last Sunday in his official capacity. Mr. Gatch relatea quite an experience whilo traveling ou the ftugo between Pokogama and Keuo, Aud ho has the marks to show for his experience. The four-horse stage team took a notion to ruu away, and carried out their purpose pretty effectually. No serious damage waa doue but in running through the treea aud brush the driver yelled to the pusseugra inside the coach to "lookout." Just aa Mr. Gatch did so, a limb of a tree struck him along side of the head und fuce and made a loug scratch and blackened one eye. LOADED CARS BLOCK TRACKS, San Francisco's Shipping Business Tied up. NO EMPTY CARS TO BE HAD. Shippers Will Suffer from the Congestion of Loaded Freight Cars Now on the Tracks. The shipping business in San Fran- ( cisco is in a most alarming condition. Immediately after the fire merchants sent orders East for large stock of goods, believing that by the time the goods arrived they would be In tem porary quarters and conld handle the goods. Eastern wholesalers rushed the orders, and within a short time train load after train load of goods be gan to pour into San Francisco, and merchants were still out doors and bad no place to put the goods, so re fused to unload the cars. The Southern Pacific Co., realizing the merchants, predicament, let the cars stand loaded without making de murrage charges. Weeks passed and months passed and the merchanst were still unprepared to onload their goods, and building material began to pour into the freight yards, and it too, was left on the cars because the insurance companies were - holding everything back and no one conld clear their ground or build temporary quatrers until he insurance compan ies adjusted claims. The sidings and freight yards became blockaded and still building material and merchan- to see themselves iri a rfd shape, and commenced to nrge merchants to un load the cars, but their efforts were in vain. Over 7,000 freight cars are now standing loaded on the grounds and the company has ordered no more building material shipped in, and they are conmpletely blockaded, and cannot get empty cars for the outgo ing freight. The fruit crop is on and the grain crop coming and no cars to haul it East to market. To cap the climax, the freight handlers have gone on a strike and not a thing is being done in the way of handling the freight and loaded cars. The situation is an alarming one for the country tributary to San Fran cesco. On account of the small orders sent in for goods immediately after the fire, country merchants are run ning out of supplies and cannot get oars to haul freight. The crops coming on all along the Southern Pacific system will make it almost impossible to get empty cars anywhere. .( Portland might be resorted to, but whether or not cars can be had to haul the freight from there, is a question that confronts the country merchants. Then, too freight rates from Portland are almost prohibitive ; and the situa tion as a whole, is indeed an alarming, one. Convicted of Fraud. In the case of the Federal Govern ment against II. W. Miller, F. E. Kincart, Martin G. Hoge and Chas. Nickell, of Medford, just closed in the fedreal courts at Portland, on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government out of publio lands, the two former men plead guilty at the opeuing of the trial and Iloge and Nickell were convicted. They will probably ask for a new trial. Nickell is publisher of the Jacksonville Times and the Medford Southern Oregonian and Hoge ia city attorney of Med ford. The two former men who plead guilty were sentenced to one year's imprisonment In McNeil Island pen itentiary, aud Hoge waa sentenced to four mouths In the Multnomah coun ty jail aud to pay a flue of $300. Nick ell baa a stay of sentence Ull August Cth. Mrs. F. M. Miller and sui Vintou expect to start in a few days for Port laud, where they will sojourn about six weeks. Thoy have uvailed them selves of the pleasurable opportunity (?) of riding to Madeline in a private conveyance with the editor of the Ex aminer, who will bring his wife home from the railroad, instead of taking; the long stage ride to Pokogama.