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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1906)
g At VOL. XXVII. LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. I ft, ISM. NO. 4tJ. RUSH TO WALKER RIVER COUNTRY All Kinds of People Make Wild Rush Vor Oold. EXCITING RACES FOR CLAIMS nny Claims Staked off Prior to Day et for Opening of The Reerve. Tim Walker River Reservation was opened lor mineral location uii Moii luy, October 20, at uonii. Previous to that dutu whlto IllOU wero forbidden to t'Hiup on tho reserve, ur to do any prospecting. l!y daylight on the morn ing of tint opening tin) liilU wore dot ted with wagons, puck trains, horse men and footmen, ready for tliu ruHli. Anything in tint stiupo of homo flesh . hi tho Mason valley Unit would take h idiiii to tho now field, was Hold for a high price, an d if Alxs Liuciilu hud been there with his trad lug horse, no doubt ho could have Hold It too. J l'tolo wont in parties of rom two to thri up to ten Bud twenty, but after thn riiHli nieu could bo seen straggling hack singly, doubly, or most tiny old wily, bareheaded and coulloss, looking for thi rigs of thuir former companions, with whom their sup plies and belongings had been loft. Many hml to sleep by camp fires with out food or blankets. At Hock ItriiHh springs 0110 muu wax killi'd and another wounded in u MtpuiMilo with the employees of Clin. M. Schwab, the great Steel Trust inug n u to, who had men hired at CIO per luy to pro'ct for him. Geo. Wing Held and Diamond Hold Jack, of Gold Hold, hud twi'ty " thht? tnon v.sh out fur them. Everything wan spotted and located lieforu the hour for open ing arrived. Over 100 location were found liy tho authorities on Saturday, prior to the day of openiiiK, (luted iMonday, the 2!th. Muu rushed over each other, mid contest were begun In-fore night. J. A. Davis and a iiuiu whose uame he did not remnmler, made a run for ouo claim, hut tho stranger, who wan rid ing a mule, wou the race, iy about ten feet, ami Davis gave hid iiamu us H witness to the locution. A town was atarted at the foot ofthe hill before night. A bakery wagon u water wiik'on, and ouo or two loinlod with other partiphernaliit ncccsusry in the erection of u mushru m city com mon in tho went these days of pros prelty and raiitl growing inillionuirs, such a picks, shovels, a barrel or two of oraugo elder or some other soft (Y)ilriuk, and possibly a load of toot h pickri. One man, a hiiIooii man from Kenn, wan there and being of a rather repulsive nature, was, selected to watch the camp, while others of hi parly went gold seeking. He, realizing the reHpoiinibility Hum placed upon bin shoulders, clot c I III i nil to Hot folnuk bis post, although the surroundings were such an to cause him much uneasiness, an to the sufty of the property left iu his cure, and even in own lite, he con sidered wan in dauber. He took the best k'niirt in the outfit and perching liiniHi'lf upon u rock-cliff, violently guarded tho cami from his nafo re treat, defy inn all corners and goers to como within reach of tho ruugo of bin t runty rifle, ami oven thone who belonged to tho camp had to plead with him to bo allowed to approach near enoiik'h to be identified an one of t bo crowd. The above consenting the runh to tho Wulklor liiver Indian Reserve opening recently, wan contributed to Tho Examiner by Mrn. J. A. Davin, whono husband was among those who went to the grand opening for tho purpono of securing Homo of tho al leged rich mi uen. Arrested for Killing Beef . 0. 11. Parker, foreman ou tho M 0 ranch iu Winner valley, came over to Lukovlew hint week and swore out n warrant for tho urrest of Nick JJarry and John Orniiun, charglu them with killing b(H)f boloiiKinK to the M C com pany. Kberill' Dent, iicooinpuuiod by Mr. l'arker, wont to Adel to make the urrent, uud the Bheriir returned Satur day evuuiiitf with both boys. They wore tukou before Juntlce Jlayley, who releanod thorn under if 1000 bonds, ouch, pendliiK n preliminary oxNinlnalloii to bo held on Monday. Monday w hen tho cane wa called In JiiHtlco Ilayley'a oouit, a poHtpone meut wan nrdernd till next Saturday. Wo are informed that tho otldcnco to bo produced, in to tho effect that Nick Murrey and John ('ro il an killed a youiiK beof, on tho liiurlii of one of thn Warner laken, throwing tho hide, head and offall in the lake. Mr. l'arkor tates that after ward ho found tho hIkuh ami made a Be arch for the hide and head, which hn found In tho luko. The brand, he HtaloH, wan cut out and the earn muti lated, but tin wn re bed until ho found moMt all the piocim, Including the brand, and aileron that both tho brand and oar-mark In that of the Warner Valley Stock Company. He also Htnten that Oonaii waa iu Iakeview at the time he wan hern to awear nut tho war rant, aud preceded ho and the idieriff to Warner, a' out an hour, and that the la-ef wait takeu back to the lake aud thrown Into the water Paltley Note. On Wednonday hint, Herman, the youngest min of Mr. and Mr. T. W JohiiHou wiih Hiobleuly taken nick with pneumonia, and In a very abort time died. For a day or ho prior to this time he had been troubled with the bad cold that has been ho prevalent ill this neighborhood, but allowed no Merlons yiiiptouiH till after eatiuK dinner ou Wednonday, when his parents noticed that ho waa having not a little diltlcid ty In breathiiiK They itumodintly taj Kiin to line home remedies but to uo avail. Dr. William was called but did not arrive In time to render any annistance for the little fellow was hreathiiiK his last when the doctor ar rived. Tho Noble (iraud of the Paisley lodKo of Oddfellows waa notified of lirother Johnson's Ions, and In an in credibly short time aoveral members responded to the call for help, and inado the necesnary arraufcmeut for tho funeral. Ou Thursday a large con- ourse of neighbor nnd fi vi. fi-th- ered at the M. E. Church, where the funeral services were held. Appropri ate hoiiks were sung by a choir consist iiiK of Mr. A' Mrs. Woodward, L. S. Aiusworth, C is. Withres, and Men dames Withum and Sherlock Dr. Withaui delivered uu address on tho "llopo of immortality. " Then the funeral cortege proceeded to tho cem etery uud ull that is mortal of little Herman Johnnou was luid to rent. Tho sympathy of tho entire community is with Mr. urn Mrs. Johnnou iu their bereavement. Heramii was bom on April ilrd l'.KH and diedNov. 7th l!KXi. Mr. J. 11. Newell chief engineer for the Portland irriagtiou Co. arrived iu Paisley hint Tuesday to inspect the Co's irrigation project in this neigh borhood. He is at pfenent iu the up per Chewuucan valley inspect lug tha proposed reservoir sites. It in hoped that the work that has been no long delayed will bo begun iu tho very near future. Mr. and Mrn. John Scott are leav I lift thin week for Calfonriti where they expect to make their future homo, their many friend iu thin vicinity wish them all kin. In of success. J. I j. Clark in still at work adoiuiug t lie residences and places of businei-8 of several of our citienn. Paisley is putting on u bravo appenruuen under his brush. (leo. Conn left ou Saturday for Suu Francisco on pleasure and business bent. Mr. and Mrn. Johnson desire to ex press their gratitude to tho members of the Oddfellows lodge aud to the many neighbors and friends who came no grandly to thier assistance in their recent bereavement. That's Different. Wednesday evening Alturan witness ed the most iioval elect ion celebration ever seen by mortal man. At about 7 o'clock telegrams wero roc loved an nouncing with absolute certainty the election of Theodoro Hell tin Governor. Instantly pandemonium reigned. Cheer after ohoer arose aud in u few minutes there began the clanging of bells. Where all tho bells came from Is a mystery. There wero cow bells, homo bells, sleigh bells and bells of every disci iption, ami such' a tremou dous crowd were inarching through the street shouting, cheering uud mak ing such a tiiu uud uproar as was nev er soon or heurd before. Tho crowd however, whs ordorly simply encoring joyous, happy throng Alturas Pluiii dealer. (Then what did you do when yon heard (illlett waa elected, instead of Hell, liro. ThompsouY) THE FIRE FIEND STILL AT LARGE Torch Applied to Geo. Reeds Barn Last Saturday The most dastardly piece of work thn' human being ever sto ped to perpetrate is being practiced in Lake view tho patit twowix-kn. No less than eight different fires have been set In the town la the past two weeks. The first two were Met In the jail n week ago Wednoaday evening. On Thurs day night tho Mammoth Livery stables wero set on flre.which resultled In the second largeit (Ira the town over hi 1. Next morning three different Ores were started back of tho row of resi dences that did not burn north of the Livery Stable block, Thursday night another lire wan started back of the Liiivlllo house, iu tho same -m ty, which was discovered by a man who was sleeping iu a barn and wbornched to the lire and put it out. Then again ou Saturday nitht of last week, a Are was started in George I teed s' barn ou Dewey street in the south end of ton about 3 o'clock. There can be no chance for a don about the origin of the li.l tin . Some person deliberately started the fire, which, only by chance, was seen uud put out. W. II. Shirk who lives next door, but one, arose at three o'clock to tend his team, as he hud going uway that morn in tf aud w ished to get uu early start, while at his own barn he noticed a flashing light in the Ileed barn aud thinking it strange a light should be there at that hour, went over to invent i.Bte, and din covered the Lurn on fire, on the inside. There was no one to be seen ubout the place, aud a fire was burning briskly iu the southwest comer of tha hay barn. The barn is a large one w itb ahed stable on one aide and boggy shod ou tho other, the main ourn be ..,:. ('(' i-T , '.! j Hi'""- -' v-r- .-""V ... .. ., i VIRGIL P. KLINE, STANDARD GIL LAWYER. Virgil P. Kline, who Is defending Johu . KocUelclIcr against an Ohio In dictment, in a veteran Cleveland lawyer nnd has practiced bis profession for thirty-six years. He is a graduate of Williams cod. ::.. is a Democrat and sev eral times has beeu u candidate for jiul.ci.il oil.ce liis home Is on Euclid heights. , 1 Silver Lake hems. (Central Or.tgoniuu. Mrs. Frank Harris of Summer Lake is now in Silver Lake under Dr. Thorn's care. Tho Silvertoot h saloon changed hands tho first of N vo uli -r, S. A. Lester disposiug of his mi.Mest. Horace Dunlap was a visitor in ton on Sunday. This week ho received the yearlings which ho recentlv bought of 'A. (. Harris. W. K. M cCormuck of BP! e Ue was in Silver Luke the hut." of tho week w ith u couple o of vegetables. Among other (' a a hugh sipiash, weighirg i s. Night. ing used to put hay in. The building is ,mi. i0 e-t from the street, in clo ltd a 'ence, with gate opening out to the street. On the west end of the rin In Imrii. and close into the south corner waa a large crack between the boards. There waa but littlo bay iu the barn which waa scattered about, covering the floor possibly a foot deep. : Through the crack mentioned, it seems Ithat a torch had been applied, which started the fire near the ground. The l outside wall waa burned through under the sill, a hole about a foot across. Slow y tie fire crept up the wall and through into the manger in the horse ijirn, and was burning up the wall ubout eight feet high and scattering over . iiHru floor, when Mr. Shirk discovered it He rustled some help from the nearby residences, and with out taking time to give a general al ar n, put out the Are. There was two lioi- c urn belonging to Mart Hopkins b -sides a buggy, harness and ot her things. Hud the fire a little better star'' this Imrn and serveral otleis would hnvo burned, and no fowbt s'-veral of-the best residences in Lakeview, an tho houses are very close together on that street The situation is an alarming one and strongly demands that steps be taken to protect the town. The whole town is in dauber. Ic U high tiun that something be do te to put a stop to this sort of thing. No one in the town is sate; no one, when they lie down at night, knows what minute they will be awakened by the burning of their house or barn. Any expenditure of money wuld be a wise investment in getting to the bottom of this series of crimes and deal with the perpetra tors according to their responsibility, V - ..:, - . " A.li . ' ' ' , xf" , :- '"t v ii I'HW I n m vaaw m l Jr . ... Mi'lMMI " I The Recent Election. Forty-two States in the Uuiou held elections -ant Tuesday, and while the general result contaiud no surprises, tho gubernatorial contest in New York cartied with it unusual iuterest, as the statement had beeu often made that the result either made or un-niade a prcsi (eutiul candidate for 11)08 for the Democratic party. It was conced ed that if Hearst wus elected governor he wool. i bo the Democratic candidate 'or pm. rent at tho uext presidential le ti ' I'ho Southern states gave t'leic i'il lemocratid majorities and Uio N ot lern stutes show uo material !iii- i w were elected to the gov ernorship as follows: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Kan-aa. MeAsechusetts, Michigan Nebraska, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Wyoming, J. N. Oillett II.'A. liucbtell It 8. Woodruf Y. R. Gooding A. II. Cummins E. W. Hocb Curtis Ooild F. M. Warner O. L. Sbeldoo C. . Hughs C. M. Hoyd E. 8. Stuart C. M. Crawford James Davidson 13. B. Brooks Democrats were elected as follows: Alabama, 15. B. Comer, Minnesota, John A. Johnson Nevada, John Sparks North Dakota, John Burke Rhode Island, J. II. Iliggins South Carolina, M. F. Ansel Tennessee, M. R. Patterson Texas, T. M. Campbell The Republicans have elected 223 congressmen, while the Democrats have succeeded in electing 163, giving the Republicans sixty majority in the house. Conservative Republicans only claimed 58, so the returns will be pleas ing to them. Legislatures in the va rious states have not been changed to any extent, consequently the United States Senate will remain about as it is now, politically. Wililam R. Hearst's fight in Calif orina against the Democratic candi date for governor and his defeat in New York for the governorship are two important events in ending his politi cal career, and his chances for any im portant office are very slim, indeed, in fact more ho than ever before. Hughes was elected by over 00,000 and Gillet by about 8.0C0. School Notes. AH five of the rooms at school united in giving a program last Friday after noon, each room tarnishing two parts besides a piece of special music Such a program as this will be rendered once in each month daring the school year, tiesides the exercises in the var ious rooms from time to time. - Last Friday's program was aa follows: Song by. School Recitation Willard Mulkey. Duet Down on the farm. A Travesty on Rienzi'a Address Four High School Boys. Playing in School Primary Pupils. Dialogue Three Grammar Room Pupils. The Story of Sissypbus Maxwell Neilon. Song Two High School girls. Dialogue, Merle J squish and Pearl Chandler, Recitaiton, Irving Sherlock. Solo, Gladys Chandler. Recitation, Kelton Gunther. The Story Our Sound Charts Tell, Ruth Floreuce. Song, Four Grammar Room Girls. Sockery Setting a Hen, Louise Storkmau. Recitation, Gertrude Hanier. Salute to the American Flag by School. America. it will bo but a few days now till the American flug will float iu the air above the Public school building in Lakeview. The flag a tine large one, made of the best flag material, is 18 feet long, has arrived, and the pole is nearly finished.. The raisiug of the big flag iu tho school yard will be attended by an appropriate pro gram and mark an event iu the his tory of tho Lakeview Public school, long to bo remembered. Special Council Meeting. At the special meeting of the city council Monday evening, Chas Ton niugsen was re-elected city Marshul and Jim McShaue was elected night watch. The Marshall's salary was reduced from ?73 per mouth to 800, and the hours on duty changed to day service, aud a night wutcu wus placed ou a per mouth salary. Tho propositoiu of putting two more hose carts, one for the north end of town uud one for tho south end, with 500 feet of two inch hose each, was discussed aud tho recorder in structed to obtain the cost of 1000 feet of two inch hose for that purpose. Anonymous Letter. Marshal Toniungseu received a let ter a day or two ago fiom an anony mous source, protending to describe the origin of the receut tires,. The writer was evidently some smart-ulex, who sought to use tho very serious calamity as a source from which to have a little fun of his own not per mitting tho public however, to ehure tho fun. Fomuately for him. SURVEYING CREW NEAR LAKEVIEW Will be In our Street Within a few Days. PROSPECTS FOR ROAD GOOD What the Coming of a Railroad Means to This Vast Unde veloped Fmpire. Several of the railroad surveying crew work'ug between here and Abert lake, wer in town last week after supplies for the camp. They are now workings few miles nortn ofLakeview and expect to be in this city within a few days. The presence of a railroad surveying crew on the streets of oar little city will be a novelty, and give great encouragement to oar energetic people to continue on their work of progress. That Lakeiew is becoming the center of attraction for the whole country is evidenced by the hundreds of inquiries from the outside, and the hundreds of visitors coming and go ing all the time, ear h one securing aa much of our valuable land aa possible 1 before returning to his home, where be says he will not remain only long enough to get bis family and straight en up his affairs and return to Lake county. The prospects for getting a railroad here are better now by far than they ever were before, and the com ing of a railroad is considered by all to be no less than the opening of a great inland empire to the world and throw ing open the gates to the richest sec tion of the great undeveloped North west. This opening will mark one of the greatest events in the history of the West. , The vast territory compris ing 2,346,293 acres of vacant lands ly ing inside the borders of Lake county, subject to the various forms of entry, divided as follows : three-tenhs timber, one-tenth mountainous, three-tenths agriculural, three-tenths grazing, will then be opportunities staring into the faces of anxious homeseekers who are shut out now on account of lack of transportation facilities. These 235,000 acres of graizng land set apart in the above diviison w hich was so classified by the land officials are the lands that are being taken up for homes today, and former articles in The Examiner proclaiming thejwon derf ul productive qualities of the lands that have always been regarded by the people of the county as desert, have been substantiated, when taken in band by practical farmers and proper ly tilled, as large crops have been grown on the small acreage that has been tested proclaiming the' wond erful productive qualities of the lands that have always been regaided by he people of this county as desert, when taken iu hani by practical farm ers and properly tilled, have been sub stantiated by the large crops that have beeu grown on the small acreage thut has beeu tested, These tests we refer to, were made iu the Christmas Lake valley. Other tests have been made iu other parts of the county that have proven that the soil is of about the 6auie character over all the desert, although iu some parts water does not come so close to the top of the ground. In the Christmas Lake country an abundance of w ater is said to bo found within ten to twenty feet from the surface. This fact, the character of the soil aud the climate this county is blessed with, makes Lake county one of the most desirable localities in which to live iu tho wholo west, thus being a profitable ono iu which to in vest money. Insurance Paid. The Royal Insurance Co's. Special Agent. L. D. Stuart, has beeu In Lake- view adjusting losses aud taking new insurance. The Royul paid tho follow ing cluims : Ethel Easter, damage, ."0.00 J. W.Harvey, damage, 35.00 liaptist church, damage, 50.00 Tho Hartford In. Co. paid the follow ing claimsj adusted by Robt. II. Naun- tou : M. E. Parsonago, damage, $10,00 G. F. Miller, damage, 15.00 Mrs. V. K. Barry, damuge, residence, CiOO W. K. Barry, loss stable, 1500.00 W. B. Suidar, furniture. 500.00 C. U. Snider, dwelling, 700.(30