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VOL. XXVII.
LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG 2, HKHi.
NO. 31.
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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
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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. )
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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.