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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1906)
1 A mm mm VOL. XXVII. fa! . i f'&Mmsm, yl IRRIGATION PRO JECT ASSURED The Hewitt Land Co. to Begin Survey at once. PROJECT Will COST $300,000 Canttructlon Will Begin as Soon A Plans and Surveys can lie Completed. (SncIii1 to T!k Kxiitnlncr. ) Mr. M. Hwttrtout of Tucoma, Wash ingtou who was expected in Lakovlew last woek and who represents the Hewitt Lnnil Co , In Oregon, wait un avoidably detained but the following statement wan foi warded by hltn to The Examiner for publication : "Iu August of 1900, Mr. M. Swart out and Mr. V. II. McKeudree came to Lakeview for the purpose of in spectiug the possibilities of au irrita tion project iu Goose Lake Valley. The conditions existing on the Went aide were found bo favorable thut tho purchase of lauds tributary to Drews Creek was coulderod a safe investment. F. M. Miller of the Hank of Lakeview and Mr. C. II. McKeudree were au thorized to make such purcbuses as they might deem advittable, and Mr. McKendreu has, since thut time, acquired title to several thousand acres of land. Tho unbouuded faith of this company and itsrepresentatives in the future of Luko county, uud iu Goose Iake Valley iu particular, has led them to spure no uxpeuee iu in vestigating tho possibility of reclama tion of what would now be considered arid lauds. For this purposo the services of Mr. M. D. Williams, a Civil Engineer, now located at Klumuth Falls were retained, aud he has been for the past two mouths engaged In making a study of the luuds, reservoir sites aud the water supply, and has submitted a favorable report on the entire pro ject. Mr. Williams ia an Engineer of exceptionally varied experience as re gards Irrigation, having followed that particular line of work for the past teu years throughout the entire West. Four years of that time having been with the U. B. Reclamation Service as Reconnaissance Engineer, which work has made him familiar with the con ditions existing on the Projects of the U. 8. Reclamation in the 17 Western States and with the private systems adjacent to them. This familarity with Irrigation matters has led the Co. to pluco Implicit faith In Lis jud gment. The Engineers' roport having deter mined the feasibility of the Project it Is now the Intention of the Company to prooeod with the work of contsruo tlon as soon as the necessary details can be arranged aud weather condi tions will permit. It is hoped that water may be furnish ed for the Irrigation of approximately 30,000 acres of laud, the larger portion of which will be in private ownership. The present pluu of the Company Is to furnish water at the smallest possi ble cost to the Laud Owners, and to arrange for the payment of the name in a number of annual payments, the amoiiut of which to be determined by the total cost of the Project aud the number of acres which may be signed for Irrigation by '.he owners Lauds owned by the Company will all be signed for Irrigation and will taud their pro rata amount of the cost. As soon as detailed estimates of the cost can be com oiled tho figures will le submitted to the people anil steps will te taken to organize a Water Us ers' Association. In general the same plan will be followed as that adopted by the U. 8. (lovernment on the Pro jects under construction by the Recla mation Service, which Is that the title to the works and the water will be turned over to the Stock Holders as members of the Waterl Users' Associa tion as soon as payments for Water Rights are paid up. It is not the In tention of the Company to derive a revenue from the Irrigation works as is common on projects of a similar character but to share with the people on the cost of the project and in the increased valuation of the lands w hich are to be reclaimed. The foregoing will show the succes sful completion of the project is en tirely dopenedent upon the co-operation of the people in the matter of s'guing thoir lands, and it is hoped that when the proposition is submit ted to them that it will meet with their approval and be deserving of their sup port h -if- -X 1 LAKKVIKW, LAKK COUNTY, To tho peoplo of lakevie" tin n ay b' directly or indirectly ini -i e-lcl v e can say that we hope to be mater ial assistance in the tipboildii't o the town aud will do ev-rythiu, . iu our power to aid in the generul pror-perity of the community. To Mr. C II. Mc Kendree is due the credit of iirirnst Ing the Hewitt Land Co. iu the ubove Project and to his untiring enerty is due the carying of the project to its present issue. Should the people of Lai e County see fit to lend us their support and by so doing make it pos bible for us to carry out our present plans Mr. McKeudree will continue as be now is iu entire charge of the in terests of the above Company. To the people who are not familiar with the name of the Hewitt Land Company, it will be well to exp'ain that the Company takes its' came from Mr. Henry Hewitt, Jr.. of Taco ma, Washington, who is the largest Stock Holder. Mr. Hewitt is a man of large and diversified interests iu lunJ, timber and railroads and is rated as one of the most wealthy men in 'be state of Washington. During the past summer Mr. J. J. Hewitt, a son of Mr. Hewitt visited Lakeview, and together with Mr. McKendiee inspected the Project in dotail. The fact that be, as a mem ber of the Company, was both pleased audinterested has added to the enthus iasmand interest displayed by the entire Company." - A-.,i.--v ."'."'.i'!, - ;: iX. REPOSE OUKGON, THURSDAY. State Taxes Higher. A Salem dispatch to the Portland Oregoniau says: The counties of the State of Oregon will be called upon in 1907 to pay double the amount ui state taxes they did in 1906. This is due largely to the fact that in 1906 no levy was made for appropriations accuracy by adding 10 per cent to its to the amount of over 1371,000 held share of the state tax raised in 1906. up by the referendum on the omni j Roughly figured, the amount that will bus appropriation bill. The items of raised by each county for state pur these appropriations must be includ- j poses in 1907 is as follows: ed in the levy for 1907. The levy of! Baker, $26,383; Benton. 122,775; 1900 was abnormally low and the levy i Clackmas, 937,770; Clatsop, $23,900; for 1907 will be abnormally high, j Columbia, f 11,950; Coca, $22,887; which unusual circumstances are the Crook, $14 G57; Curry, $4,500; Doug more noticeable because coming so i las, $38,898; Gilliam, $9,820; Grant, close together. $10,370 ; Harney, $18,000 Jackson, $35, The amount of money needed for J400; Josephine, $10, 150; Klamath, $12, sate purposes in 1907 will be approx- jOCG; Lake, $12,000. Lane, $52, 100 ; Lin iraately $1,500,000 of which W01,J J coin, $G, 150; Linn, $5,300; Malheur, will be raised from indirect souros i $10,000; Marion, $09,100; Morrow, or retained from nnexpened appro priations leving $1,100,000 to be appor tioned among the several counties. This year the total revenue required was $1,028,000, of which $025,000 was raised py direct taxes levied by the counties. In 1905 the amount appor tioned among the cuonties was $1,025 000 and in 1901 $1,225,000, the large amounts for these years being due to the Lewis and Clark Fair, the Indian War veterans' appropriation, the port ago road and the Celilo canal appro priations. The figures for 1907 are only approx imations, as the estimate of revenue IN EGYPT DEC. 20. law.. needed will not be made until Janua ry, but the figures, II. 100,000, are not far out of the way. This will be an increase of about 10 per cent, over 1905 and any county wanting to know what its apportionment will be can determine that point with approximate $10,700; Multnomah, $352,117; Polk, $34,600; Sherman, $9,800; Tillamook, $9,800; Umatilla, $55,250; Uu ion $25, 000; Wallowa, $8,230; Wasco, $26,385; Washington, $33,335; Wheeler, $7,555; Yamhill, $44,085. It will be seeu by the above that Lake county pays more state taxes than eleven of the counties, while her population is much less than many of them, there being but two counties in the state with a less population. Those counties are Wheeler and Curry. Chas.Easton was up Creek first of the week. from Pine SI IV 1 NO. 51. ELECTRIC ROAD FORJLAKEVIEW, The Scheme is Said to be Weli Under Way. COMPROMISE BETWEEN ROADS- Line is to Connect S. P. With the Western Pacific Through Lake and Klamath. The Klamath Falls Republican last week coniivl thft KTRminAr'a Artinla : rigation of the West Side of this val ley, and adda the following : For the last two months thia pro ject has been under way, and options on hundreds if not thousands, of acres of land have been taken. Back of thin move is one of the most gigantic schemes ever inaugurated in thia state and if the present plans are consum mated, will change the face of the rail road map in this great Inland Empire. Tne prominent factor in the movement at this time is the Hewitt Land com pany of Tacoma, Wash. Up until about six months ago there were in the field several corps of engi neers seeking a feasible route for the Western Pacific through Oregon and Washington, into Portland, Tacoma and Seattle. During this time the Northern Pacific had men In the field doing a like work for a route to San Francisco. Suddenly orders were Is sued recalling these engineers. The reason for the sudden recall was not accounted for until The Repubican . published its article of last August. It was then made known that Hill, on learning the purpose of Gould, and not caring for an antagonist of his mettle, made the proposition that both roads meet at a point to be agreed on later. From this common point each should use the other's tracks, one north, the other south. This agreement gave Hill and Gould what they need and joined tne forces of Harriman'a worst enem ies. After a careful reoonnoissance Lake county was decided on aa the meeting point, thus placing both roads in close proximity to a great territory for trafflic-the great Klamah countrr. The next step was the construction ot a line into Klamath couny. Several gen tlemen came to Klamath Falls, osten sibly with the Portland excursionists on a sight seeing expedition ; in re ality to see what could be done to wards the line from Lakeview. These gentlemen had been approached before iu an effort to interest them in the Car roll project. A cursory examination of the enterprise convinced them of its practicability, and in the course of their investigations they became ac quainted with the Hill-Gould agree ment, for one of them, Mr. Hewitt is pretty close to Mr. HilL When Hewitt and his party came hero they divorced themselves from the Portlandites and mad their head quarters at the Henley ranch, Carroll' home. Many excursions were made from this point, including in which lONTIM'ED ON PAGE KIOUT. t