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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1906)
wmtni VOL. XXVII. LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTV, Oil KG ON, THURSDAY, AUG 2;, iyoc. NO. .U ROAD LAND HAS CHANGED HANDS Colonists to Develop Por tion of Lake County. URGE UNO DEAL COMPLETED. 5trlpof Land Runs I'ast Lakeview Richest Part Lie In (loo , Lake Valley. Render of Tho Examiner will re ihkuiIht tlireo week ago thl paper, lu mentioning tho vllt in Lakeview of Mr. J. C. McElroy aud II. H. Hun ter, stated that tho object t,,H'r visit was of groat Importance, details of w bleb we were not at liberty to make public ut tlmt titno. but had tho promise of authority to publish tho deal mi Mr. McKlroy nulliuod It to ti. Accordingly, on tho Hth of August a deal wm made In Portland between tho W. H. 8. Trimble Co. of James town, N. I J. utul tho Booth-Kelley Lumber Co. of Eugene, thin state, whereby tho entire strip of laud known through thin country a tho Road land, from tho East boundniy of tho Cascade Forest rosurvo to tho East pouudnry of tho state, nlwut GUI,) itcroH of hind teamo tho property of tho forinor company for tho purchase price of rrtio.im Tho gentleman who ptomied in tho new fullillod hi promlne, but an tho doal wan made on the llth, tho letter did not twh us lu time for our Issue of tho 10th, con otioi)tly w wm comMlled to wait till thl week to complete our promlne to our reader made a few week ago. Following I tlio doi'd jjccok'U of tho deal : Tho ir iiu-ipul puichjtser uro tho Hunter Land Company, of Miuue a poli t, Minn., anil Richard Syke, a ctipltalUt of Santa Barbarba, Cal. Asaoclatd with them aro tho V. II. S. Trimblo Company, of Jamen'owu, N. H. and Andrew E. JoIiiihou, vice pres ident of tho Hunter IjuuI Company aud president of tho A. E. Jobnon limi Jt Steamship Company. Tho strip of land In known on tho Oregon map ' tho Orison Central Military Road grant, mado in July lsoV aul over which there wan much litigation up to a few years ago. Four year ago, or thereabouts, tho entire tract of land from Eugene to tho cant cru boundary of Oregon passed into tho hand of tho liooth Kelley Lum tier Company of Eugene, which com pany retain that portion lying thru tho Cascade forest reserve and upon which tho greater portion of tho tim Lor HtaudH, aud that part which lies iuside tho Klamath Reservation. It hatt a width of 12 mile throng out, and la approximately 1125 mliea in length. There in a atrip of about 2o in lien between tho Klamath reservation and tho Cascado Rungo forest rewrva tion J 00 miles between Klamath aud Lakovlow, and 210 mile cant of Luku vfow. Tho Portland Oregoniau ha tho following concerning tho deal: 'Tho purchaHo of this glgautic tract of tho Oregon domain I tho iultiutlvo step In an oxtouivo colonization pro ject. Realizing tho richness and fu ture possibilities of tho Oregon coun try, tho capitalit8 havu assumed tho holdings with tho idea of nettling tho land. Their idea, a outlined by Mr. II. A. Hunter who, with Richard SkyeH, Iiuh boen inutrumental in clott ing tho deal, I to bring in homeneek cr and permanently develop the coun try. Tho llrbt atep lu thl procedure i to be taken up immediately, but it i a not expected that any coiiHiderable portion of tho laud will bo colonized until tho diirerout lailnmd ooinpnule who aro now heading into Central Oregon shall havo extended their line mid tapped tho region in which thi laud lie. Uofore bringing tho deal to a climax Mr. Hunter spout several woeka exam ining tho laud. Ho wu accompanied by J. C. McElroy, an examiner in the employ of tho Hunter Laud Company. Together they went over tho entire routo, making a thorough Investiga tion. Their report wa favorable. Mr. Skye immediately came to Portland, and ho ha been registered at tho Hotel Portland for the pubt two weeks. A week ago Mr. Huuter join ed him, and since that time tho two have been almost coimtuntly in con ference with It. A. nootli, of Die Hooth Kelly Company. Numerou do tal! have to be attended to in bring ing about n traiiHuctiou of xo great a maKiiltude, but yesterday tho lout step were taken. Contract wtr; nixiicd, payment made and a till" l tho Hlrlp transferred. Ko great i tho lentilh of the ntiip Mold that the land 1 of varying char acter. The richest section I tint lyliiK In tho Oooho Lake diMtiiel. Thl 1 very fertile, being productive of many vat let lea of fruit, hay aim other agricultural product. Thl hind wa cxtimated eHpeclnlly IiIkIi by Mr. Hunter in making recommendalioiiH to til anHoclatcH, aud during hU trip over tho routo he took dozen of pie tuoH of, Irli fatm aceue, the vlewn having no small (Influence on his a iM'late who hail not prouaIly in spected the laud. The land, both eat and went of the (Sooho 1.H Ue Valley, I for the most part hiiilable tor gruziug purposed, although portions are now covered only with sagebrush. - Irrigation in expected to work won d"T lu certlan parts of tho laud that ha leen IniUKht. In tho Oooho lnke Vafiey counrty, especially , several ir ritation scheme are now project ihI. Mr. Huuter aud hi aiciates have also acqul-od title to tho laud includ ed in these project aud will them selves develop tho projects for the en richment of their holding. The new owner also intend at a subsequent date to di'Velop Irrigation scheme on other portions of their new holdings. Among the railroad which it is ex-jKH-ted will tap the now largely unde veloped laud I the line of tho Bouth heru 1'acillc which 1 now being ex tended from Weed into tho Klamath country. This lino will run some dis tance on tho old road grant and is counted Uou as a great ad to colon ization. It was at the rUnt of sev eral Harrlmau otllclals, asserts Mr. Hunter, that he originally Ixvuiue in terested In the land. The ryitfoad company wa anxious lnr xhu 'j.ifiw'to U) developed aud asked him to come in and loud impetus to a colonization movement. Another ami more easterly portion of tho strip till to reached by the line which i coming in from the southeast and is commonly believed to be con trolled by tho (iould interests. This iue, which Is a narrow-guuge, but may be changed to standard, was for merly owned by Moran Ilros., but is 'now recognized a tho property of the Western Pacific. It extend from lieuo, Nov., aud will no doubt pene trate the exact region in which the tract lies. With the advent of these lines, tho purchasers of the military road strip nelleve that their coloniza tion project cau bo developed very rapidly. Mr. Hunter and Mr. Sykos, after fulminating tho deal yesterday, left on the night train for Seattle. "Wo aro very well satisfied with our purchase, " said Mr. Hunter. "We believe that there are great possibil ities ahead for the country in which wo now have so largo a holding. We intend to put forth every eflort for the development of this section, and wo know that, with tho tine climate aud the natural richness of tho soil, our eirorts must meet with success. "There aro about 200,000 acres ot our purchase which w ill bo available for agricultural purposes, accordiug to the conclusions we have reached from extensive investigations. Near ly all of tho remaining acreago is suit able for grazing and stock raising. Thoro is very little tlmbor' upon tho part of the strip which we have bought, and our object has not boon to Acquire timber land." The Huuter Laud Company is uu derstood to be one. of the largest con cerns operating in acreage tracts in the United States. Mining Strike Widely Known. Mr. K. A. Kaaseu representing tho Polk Washington nud Oregon Direc tory Publishing Co., is lu Lakeview thi week in tho interests of that firm. Ho hsvs that lu all tho towns and cities he has visited excitement is high over tho rich gold strikes in this conuty and the possibilities for the country developing into a rich agri cultural Held. He says there seems to be tnoio excitement in Honttlu and Portland over this county than there is here. What is tho matter, tho pco plo here kuow what they have and are keeplug quiet. Frank Koggora sold 10(X) head of wether lambs to L. Adams of Eagle ville at 2.2T) per heud. MINERS RETURN ALL MAKE GOOD REPORTS. Report that Tonopah Mining Men Offered To Bond Mine for $100,000. Mr. 8. V. Kehart returned from the mine last week, and although ho did not locate a claim for himself, he speaks In praiseworthy terms of the prospects, and hi reasons for not taking a claim were that he did not have the time to prospect, and the txwt claims that were lu sight were all taken. Mr. Kehart believes thete is a better chance for a man of some menus to get in on tho grouDd floor if some of the best claims aud help to develop them. Hii- f'u t that rnoct of the lr-t min ing claim are already taken in the Coyote Hill district, or any other new mining district, for that matter, need not be an obstacle in the way of co.iii' to the mines. Many a man has become a millionaire from mining ventures who never located a claim in his life. They simply developed those located by somo one else. They were on the ground in time to tako the money out. We ore reliably informed that Dr. W. 11. Patterson of Reno was the actual putchaser of the Ayres tenth intercttt In tho Wade Plummer mine, Warner Whispering. With the mining excitement last week, we had in this part of the coun try a heavy electric storm, accompaa ied by heavy rains, aud cloud burst, doing a great deal of datnago from Adel to Twenty Mile. At Geo. Mau piu's place tho cloud burst spent its fcrce, and for a time, his house was in dauger, but the-water turned and hit a hay stack, cutting the center out and turning the end ar'ound in shape of an L, the garden- was ruined and all irrigating ditches filled up. Tho Deputy tiame Warden, J. J. Straw is in our jit it of the state, and we sincerely hope his visit will help to protect the fluuy tribe. As we have much needed hi assistance in the protection of our fish, as the streams afford great sport to our citizens, what would be our outing if it was uot for tho llnuy tribe. At Mud Creek, Cumas and Deep Creek the last mouth family after fam ily have been engaged the pleasure of camping on these beautiful streams. S. F. Ahlstrom and John Venator and fumily are in the moutafns, they became lost and wandered around un til they found relief at Crane Lake, ) where they were put on the right j track for tho camp Do Light at Deep Creek. D. V. Huowgooso of Ft. Didwell j visited the mines this last week, and j r.. turn. i.l l.v thn wnv of Kacn Hon. ho : had enough samples to keep him busyj for a mouth. Thursday ulght at Plush a prize light took place out in the Areuu on llroadwajj If that ia what you might call It, betweeu haymakers aud sheep herders. Plush is taking on a boom, it keeps John Morris from morning until evening bohindJ.he counter, his goods were soon exhausted and he phoned to his near by friends to send him a new supply by fast freiglt, which arrived iu timo for the rush. The Misses Barry's of the City were out for a few days outing at Horse Prairie last week, while there they assisted their Uncle Bill iu moving his household goods to parts unknown. McCarthy Como Dwon, was moving his sheep camp this week, and behold we camo upon his camp and what was he doing with Billy? we took ft to be our old white mare fighting flies in the shade, and it was poor Billly Ooat entangled In a rope. Mr. aud Mrs. C. C. Lotltus' little daughter Gladys met with a painful accidont Friday morning while driv ing horses from the pasture, tho sad dle turned aud 6he fell on her head and arm , bending tho left fore arm, It was found not to bo broken, they straightened it and bandaged it up aud it is doiii nicely. When a mining excitement will ex cite old cow boys, thut in all their lives nevor saw a rush, stand bauds in pockets, and waudtr if tho end ia not far oir and in the race the poor old womau lost her potatoes by leaving little Billy Massiugill aud Assayor Ayres to deliver them. VauJjke. for which ho pnid 100O, Mr. C. E. McCleary making the purchase some weeks ago. Mr. Patterson is also in ten led in other Pine Creek mines. 'Nothing has len hoard from Dr. W. II. Patterson of Keno and Mr. Mernardy of Tonopah, the mining men who went to the Coyote Hills last week. These gentlemen returned by way of Hid well, and were very reti cent a to what they thongbt of tho proHjiects. We understand that Mr. Patterson offered to bond tho LjRtu mine for flOOMl, paying them PIU.OOO down, but it i thought that Lofrtus Pro-, wi'.l not take that fkrure. Home reports are to the effect that no lodge lms l-eu found, but Ueorgo Aryea, the itrHuyer, say he thinks Loll'lus Pro, are on the ledgo now. There is one thing sure, that rock came from a very rich ledge not far distant, and even if it has not yet been discover ed, some one will find it before long; the wholo country will be tore up. Several Tonopah mining men are arriving at the strike and actual de- ' velopment of the prospects is looked for soon. Pai&lry News. After six weeks of continuous hot weather cooler weather prevails. Haying is progressing toward the close, neatly all smaller ranches have finished, which affords full crews for big ones. Immediately upon receipt of news of .Windy Hollow strike, a L. With ers, W. II. Tucker and W. Y. Miller hiked for the mines and secured good locations. Lat Saturday L. P. Klip pell, Chas Campbell and Mr. Theim started, Mr. Theim has spent some time at Tonopah and his judgment as to whether it resembles that great mining country or not, will be valu able. Others will go as soon as hay ing is over. The school board is having the school house painted and otherwise thoroughly renovated for the coming school year. P. J. Brat tain baa great ly improved his city residence by a new coat of paint. ' Mr. and Mrs. Random have return ed to their farm near Paisley satisfied after spending winter in Cailf. and Oregon points, thatLake Co. is good enough for them. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps have taken possession of property they purchased of II. . E. Reed and already are genuine grangers. Mr. aud Mrs. Hubble from Eugene city have beon visiting the lady's brothers A. A. and B. W. Farrow. Mr. J. N. Taylor and family who have resided here for the last ten years w ill soou return to the parental home iu Nebraska to remain. Mr. aud Mrs. Taylor are the kind of set tlers we need aud their many friends hope the superior climate of Oregon will soon woo them back. L. S. Aiusworth's smiling face is again soen behind the counter of the Paisley Mercantile Co. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Blair, a daughter. Paisleyite. Letter From Ariiona. Old John, knowu aud addressed as Lakeview John, received a letter from his son Frank John, who is attending school iu Phoenix, Arizona, a short time ago, which shows that the youug man is rapidly learning the ways and language of tho white man. John says pretty soou, three more years, his boy come back hero and got a job iu sorae store, or school, as teacher. The let ter follows : Williams, Arizona. Mr. Lakeview John, Bidwell, Cailt. Dear Old Father: Thia atfeinoou I will wrie you a short letter, in order to let you know how I am getting aloug hero lu Wil liams, Arizona. Well, Dear old Fath er, I'm getting uloiig very nicely yet. We came here last mouth, June 2nd, from Phoenix, Williams is 31 miles. We are working ou a railroad between Williams and Grand Cuuyou. Twouty j Phoenix school boys-are here; n 0 and my friend Tommy Ochiho, are here also. - Forty more boy are going to be here tonight from Phoenix Indian SchooL We had a good time in Wil liams on the Fourth of July. 1.V) Riverside Indian boys are here too. We had a baa ball game July 3rd for ?', and we won the game; 3 to 23 was the score. The next day, July 4tb, we had a ball game between Asb Fork and Indian team. We played Williams team July 3d and ou the 4th we play ed Ash Fork team for U00. We play ed 12 innings- Jn the Mb inning the score was 6 to 6, bo they played an other inning, and the score was 7 to 7. In the 12th lining the score was 10 to 8. Everbyody said that was the hottest game ever played on the Wil liams base ball ground between Indian team and white men team. I was catcher of the Indian team. Seven Sherman school boys and me and Wil sey were the only two from Phoenix school, and we were done nicely. It we Lad the Phoenix Indian School ball team here we would beat them. I do not know when we will go back to Phoenix. Saturday we go to Grand Canyon, Sherman boys and Phoenix boys. I would like to know bow every t ody are getting along out there. I have received your letter before I came here. 1 received it on Friday and uext day came here, and yon said you wanted two horses for my buggy. Well, dear old Father, I don't care, you can do that if yon' ask Lottie John as I promised to let her have it the buggy. How ia Lottie John get ting? Please tell her to write a letter to me. I "nope the Indians bad good time on the 4th of July. When we left Williams yesterday evening there were crowded in 8 cars all Indians, about 170 school boys, and the rest of them are outside Indians. J If you write a letter to me please write to Phoenix Indian SchooL From your boy Frank John. History of Road Land. The Oregon Central military road grant is one of the most historic strips of land in the state. Lpon July 2, it was donated from tho Fed eral domain to the State of Oregon for tho purpose of constructing a high way from Eugene across tho state to the Idaho boundary. The Oregon Legislature, October 24 of the same year, transferred the land to the Ore gon Central Military -Road Company, in consideration of the construction of the desired road. B. J. Pengra, who was Surveyor-General of Oregon, was instrumental in obtaining the grant. The tract waa owned by the original company up to four yeara ago. At that time a survey of the strip was made by the Surveyor-General of the state at the request of tho Booth-Kel-ley Lumber Company. This turvey was approved early in 1003 and title to the entire tract was assumed by the California & Oregon Land Company, which is practically another name for the Booth-Kelly Company. This com pany has held the land intact which ia sold at the present time. Title at this time is made through the Oregon Land & Livestock Company, which ia simply an intermediate company, not affecting the sale in any way. Oregon ian. Business College OPens Sept.. 10. Prof. Goo. F. Bigley was here Satur dav and Sunday, having returned from Sun Francisco, where he made all the necessary arrangements for open lng the Business College in Lakeview. He employed a first-class instructor whilo iu the city, who will be here iu time to open the College September 10th, which date was decided upon in stead of August 27, by reason of the contiuued warm weather. Prof. Big ley has secured the brick building adjoiuing the Thornton Drug Store ou tho south, aud will have the place remodled and calcimined inside, par titioned off conveniently for the pur pose. In a short time, probably next week, we w ill publish the course of study to be tuught iu the Business College. Already Prof. Bigley has re ceived a number of applications for admittance, and would be glad to hear from all those w ho desire to atteud the College. Such parties may addVess him at Alturas or send to The Exam iner for information, which will be supplied by him through this oflke until such timo as tho Professor cau be here to attend to such matters. Arthur Florence, formerly with the Lakeview Mercantile Co., who has been traveling for the S. &, W. Co., for a year, baa accepted a position with the Mercantile Co., aud re turned hero Tuesday. WOOL MARKET LOOKS Manufacturers Running Low on Supplies. BUTERS ARE GOING BACK EAST. Oregon Wools the Best Seller on The Wool harkets of I he East. Of all the Western wool on the East - era market, Oregon stock is one of the liveliest sellers, according to advices just received. Quite a few SO lot bales have licen moved at Boston at 71 and 75 cents for Eastern No. 1 staple and at 67 and C8 cents for No. 1 cloth ing. Other transactions of importance are reported to be on the point of con summation. In this state thing are rapidly quieting down. A few small transactions have taken place this week east of the mountains at a range of 15 to 13 cents. Tho season ia also practically closed in other parts of the West Montana is cleaned up with the exception of 5, 000,000 to 7,000,000 pounds, the great er part of which will probably be sold before the season closes. Most of the buyers are ready to start East. Closing sales were made at 21 and 22 cents for clips running fine to fine medium, and 23 and 24 cents for , medium wools. Tbo well-known Bair " clip, for which a bid of 22, cents was refused, baa been consigned to a Boa ton house. It ia said that the clip will run close to 1,500,000 pounds, and is of long, firm staple. Another Bos ton dealer ricked up a 300,000 pound clip at 24 cents, while still another corraled a clip of the samesize at 21 cents. Prices within the past few days have advanced 2 to 3 cents a scoured pound over thoseruling somo ten days ago. It is estimated that the clip of Montana is a little more than 30,000,000 pounds. The average price paid was about 20 cents. About three quarters of the clip has' been bought by Boston firms. Reviewing the Eastern situation, the Boston Commercial Bulletin ot August 11 says: The merchants who are enjoying a more active business believe that the dullness ot the post several months ia over, and the market is now starting on its upward course. Those dealers who, on the contrary,' are not having the activity that their brother mer chants claim to be experiencing, are uot at all discouraged by the lack of important business, but are waiting complacently for the tide to turn lor they know full well that manufactur ers w ill perforce have to purchase sup plies before long. It is quite general ly admitted that the majority of the mills are daily arriving nearer to bare boards. Since last October there have been no large purchases of territory wool on this market, and foreign wool baa not been bought in quantity dur ing the past five or six months, but nevertheless the mills have been run ning steadily and continuously , with a resultant consumption of large quaa tities of wool. "Cold is There." Nearly all those who went to tho Coyote II ills gold mines from Lake view have returned to town, some of them making tho second trip. Every One speaks in glowing terms of the strike and aro confident thut a rich mining dibtrict will be developed there soou. "The gold is thore," they say. Word came from there a few days ago thut placer claims were being located iu tho Rabbit Creek hills, just a little north of the Coyote hills. Dr. J. S. Dewey and the crowd that went with him returned Saturday. F. P. Light and Dr. E II. Smith return ed Suturday also. "Jasper" Massiu gill and Goo. Ayres returned Monday. There is no talk so interesting iu Lakeview now as mining talk. Prep arations will soon be made for open ing up the mines, nud before long the world tw ill kuow the value of the new rich strike, which, at present, is be lieved to excel anything in the gold discovery iu the west since tho fam ous discovery of '40, when gold was found iu California aud people rushed from all over Uio world to tho Paciflo Coast. UPWARD