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J n 0UUW VOL. XXVIII. LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, .IAN. :i, 1907. NO. . PHILANDER BUSH COMMITS SUICIDE Drinks Mottle of Carbolic Acid at My. "HE STARTS ON LONG TRAIL." 'Wrote One Letter to Mis Wife And One to the Public llcfoie Swallowing the Poison. New of tho sad tragedy nt Illy reached here last week over thu 'phone Tho first ropurt wiim meager, tint upon Inquiry by 'phone The F.xniuiuor lnrtic t tin following particulars: Philander Hush, better known hm "Joo" Hueh, tiHit quarreled with bin wife a few daya before, and they hud nepurtttod, Mm. IttiHlt going to tko ruiicb of Mr. Griffith, and Joe lea v. iug tho Hloumlngcump ranch, where bo htt'l Immhi working, llu went to lily, where bu naked for n liottlu of carbolic acid with which to doctor a horao. llu thou wont t o tho Urltlllh ranch und asked to oo his wire hut wim refused tho privilege, ho wont uwuy mid drunk tho puiaon, after writing u couple of letters, ouo to liia wife and one to tho public. Alter drink Inn tho poiaou b wont Into tho front room and Hut down on the lounge, a until who wiim present, and to whom Jot told what be bad done, tried to get him to drink hoido ault nn 1 water, Imt he refused to drink it Tho mau hurried away for ludp, but Ixdore uny ono arrivod, Joe win dead. Tho letter to the public in na follow: To the Public: I a t Jtiht nboiit to wtHrt for the homo n n v. ' i!'oim, dnrk trail to square accounts with bo head book-keeper. Tlii linn Ixfon a nappy Christinas to ah, ho runny, but thoro li ono who it brought mlaery and Unit unimportant ono wan tnyaclf. There la but. ouo Unit can conaolo a broken bent tod miner atilo wretch, and Unit In old death, i j mil clod to greet him. It might look like a rush deed, but when there la no J pence, roat nor contentment, there la j nothing. I j tint uiiiko room for ouo that can take an active part in thia hilar world. I did not. I (iriico. you have mado your little game work. 1 am sorry to put the County to t he , expense of an Impicst. I am not worthy of it. ' "Joo" Hush waa well known nil over tbla country, ho having worked on many of tho stock ranches, and waa r - : I h..J I In t i iiil HI nihil' J THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTESS OF CLANCARTY. It was about aeventeen years ngo ttuit Miss Hello Hilton, an actress In mu sical burlesque, was married to Lord Dunlo, and society was properly shocked to consequence. .Two years luter I-ord Dunlo bocame tbo ISarl of Clancarty. ills countess, deapite ber stngo record, became popular In London circles, as sbs was aud la oue of the uioat beautiful women In tbe Hrltlub nobility. an export rider. Ho came to l'alaley about four year ago, and worked about thorn moat of tho time nincn. Ho married Lorn Htanley, tho eldoat daughter of Mr. and Mra. Thoa. Stan ley of l'alaley, about a your and a half ago. One child waa bom to tho union which died a few week after birth. Joo waa a good hearted fellow, and while a little wilt at tlmoa, made friend whore ever he went, lie wua 21 years old While at Prlnevlllo a few yenra ago, ho became mixed up in a row at a dance and killed a man. He waa acpiitod on the ground of aolf (lefenao. He waa very often called "whistling Joe, " aa be could collect a crowd at any t i mo or place by hla whistling, which waa more rfoct than any con trlvanco ever Invented. Joo'h many friends will beaurpriaed and pained to learn of hla tragic death. Death of tffle Conar4. Yesterday iifteruoou at the First Huptist Church of Aahlaud, funeral services were coii'lucted In memory of Mr. Klfle Coiiard Iowo, whose death occurred at Aluinda.Cal., laat Wednes- day, after a brief illueaa of peritonitis. Mra. Lowe waa a zealou member of the First Haptlst Church of Aahland, and the aorvicea at the church were largely attcudud, by Borrowing frlonda and relatives. The ritnuliatio services of the Women of Woodcraft were wad at tho grave In Mountain View Ceinn tary by the ollloera of Acorn Circle, of thla city, of which the deceused waa a momtor. Mia. Lowo waa, tor a number of years, until her inatriugo to C. K. Lowe, which occurred hero luaa than six moutha ago, a resident of Ash land. Hhe waa a liurae by profession, and during the mimtuer, waa sum inoned back to attend her twin win ter, Mra. F.d. Sjenco, iu a tterioua illness, returning to Alinodu two montha ago. The deceuaed baa many friends In Aablaud and tho uea of her ftud and ont'Koly dciilb, caiiie na a ,t.a. ! .i k to thorn. Their ayiupatby goea out to the bcieaved young huaband and other relative. Anhlund TidingH of Docomber 24th. (I)oceHHod wua well known in thia val ley, having lived here from childhood until grown, when tho amily moved to Aahluud, about live yearaago. The many friouda of Klfio Couurd, aa alio waa well known bore, will be pained to learu of her domino, no early in life. Tbo more or Ichs famous "Irrigation ' f mi iii i I f mt (if Mm eliMlnlier uf enm- I morn una received worn iiom neuuior il'lint, of California, that Soerctury i : . . i i i 1 1 itelii'di'k Hiinrovea tho renort of the t.(m,mit.(0 llUl, will ,.urrv ut tll0 mg. KHt il)Ul( eu,ltuim,j therein. And now it w ill be a case of lay on MacDuff, Ui, (MlrH(M, b(, oU f(ir ft8 ,,,, interest la concerned. Klamath TV 11a Daily Herald. - k.- t J iii 'ii. i i 1.1 THE ORYA IRRIGATION COMPANY ORGANIZED. Inclement Weather no Obstacle to Prosecu tion of Work on New Irrigation Project Deapite tho Inclement weather, the englneera and surveyors of the Hewitt Land Co., iu thia county, who pro pose to irrigate 00,000 acroa' of rich farming laud on the west aido of tbla valley, aie going ahead witb the work. An evidence that thia company moana buaiueaa, articles of incorporation have Imhui filed with the Secretary, of Ktute, by Melvlo Bwartout and Ilobert McMurcblo for tho Orya Irrigation Co., to run for fifty year, capatillzed iitHV0: par value of abarea 91. The bonid of director elected ar Melvlu Swurtout, Henry Hewitt Jr. The Norcrow Expose. The Non-rosa story, or expose, aa it la called iu more literate terms, pub liNhnd in Hearst's Cosmopolitan Mag azine, regarding tbe immense wealth of Frederick Weyerhaeuser, aud places him at tbe bead of the list of Ilillion alrea, even beforo ItockefelJer, baa gained the front of the stage iu news paper circles. The Norcroas expose ! "P'it in playing whist. Then aa the deala with the gigantic land steals In j 1'ost five miiiutea of the Old Year rolled tlmlKT lauda, which, while made legal around, ull eyes were turned on tbe by tbe enactment of certain laws is clock, with mouths open ready to wel none the leas entitled to be placed un-'come 1907, with a rousing cheer, der the CHtugory of r,-culation. Nor-; How bard tbe old fellow died! As if crosa baa ungraciously entangled iu the net such men as Senator Fulton, aud others, whose abetting, if such there was, could lie no less than con apiracy in fraud. Hut the people ought, and uo doubt will ace Mi. Ful ton's denial of any part in tho big land steals that have been accom- pliahed under tho protection of lawst enacted, possibly framed by tbe land grabbers themselves, and conveyed by inrocout parties to like innocent sen ators for introduction iu tbe senate, that Mr. Fulton is innocent of any wrong, and hia name iu connection with the steals is slanderous and un just. Norcroas brings in tho big laud dca between the government and tbe Hooth Kelly Lumber Co., involving lauds iu the Klamath Iudiau lU-ser-vatiou, us it connecting link by which Senator Fulton's name is entangled. He charges that at tho last session of congress Senator Fulton secured the adoption of an omendmeut to tbe Iu diau uppropriutiou bill whereby 111,000 acres of worthless laud owned bv the Weyerhaeuser people iu Kla- math'couuty were exchanged for 83, 000 acres of valuable government tim ber land whereby tho Weyerhneiisors made a profit of ovre $.1,000,000. Tho Klamath case is no doubt fam iliar to a great muuy of our readers, its history dating back to the- time when the general tJovreumeut granted to Oregon a largo tract of laud to aid the construction of a wagon road. The state granted the land ton com pany iu consideration of its conbtruct ing the wagon road. That company iu time conveyed tho laud to a corpo ration called the Culifonua Oregon Laud Company. Tho lund Kraut ex tends through the Klamuth Iudiau Hesorvatlon. The Interior Depart ment held that tbe lund grant did not attach to Iudiuu laud aud waa so strongly conviuced of tbo correctness of that view that it proceeded to Ig nore the claims of tbe company and allot a large portion of the most val uable lund claimed by (bo company to Indians iu severalty. Years afterward the question reachd tbe Supreme Court of tho Uuitod States and that court mistaind the contention of tbe com pany aud bold that the grant attached to Iudiuu land. Iu tho meantime tho Iudiuns bad improved and cultivated the laud aud, converted it iuto splendid farms. Tho Government became concerned to se cure a settlement that would allow the Indians to retain their farms. Tho Hooth-Kelley Company had iu the meantime become owners of tbe stock of tbe Oregou Laud Company aud seut u representative to Wasblug tou aud reached a uettlomeut witb the Commsbiouer of Iudiuu Affairs uud tho Secretary of tbo Interior, whereby tbe company agoed to reloaso its title to 111,000 acres, lucludlugthe allotted laud, In consiedoratlon of 87, 000 acres in another port of tho reser vation Tbo lund grant was every odd numbered section aud iu consld- CONTIM'KirON Elmlt!AI. 1'aukJ and J. J. Hewitt for Washington and C. H. McKendree for Oregon. The headquarters of the companywill beat Tacoma Waabington. Tbeae people are prosecuting the pre liminary work witb all dilligence, and aim within a few weeks to bave plana prepared for eubntlaaion to tbo land owners of the West Bide, with whom reata the fate of tbe proposition. Mr. McKendree will go to Tacoma as soon as the surveying la completed and tbe proper papers filed here, and upon bis return the plans of tbe company will le made known. Watch-Night Meeting. They had a jolly time ull right, if it waa made up in a hurry, tbe crowd that gathered to watch tbe Did Year die, and tbe birth of tbe New. Not a man there! Just a crown of women "out for a time. " The first part of the "last part" of tho old year, was loath to leave such a merry crowd of fuir ladies. It see me at least badlf an hour until the minute hand pointed to twelve and tbe old clock pealed out tho last minute of good old 1900. Then pandemonium relguedl Not even the loud ringing of the church bells of tbe city oould be beard. Music both i-ad and otherwise was tbeu listened too, aud just before parltng, tbe ladies joined in ab ab singing some old time Bongs. It was superb! As nearly evrey lady present bad left a husband at borne, (or at least supDosed she bad, ) uud carried a key, aud eacb one bad a different key well the singing was beyond discriptiou. At lust it dwindled down to about three voices, and in looking around iu a particularly hard "strain' the three found the others scampering for their overshoes, which the hostess had carefully luid iu pairs bebiud tbe beater. Here another trouble arose. Mrs. M. M , whose initials rightly stand for mischief -muker, had mixed the rubbers up so thoroughly, tbut uot a pair could bo found. When this difficulty was at lust adjusted to the satisfaction of ull, (but tbo lust one ho had to take what was left,) the guests repaired to tbe dressing room to don their wraps, aud really we be lieve their or four articles were left on the dresser, the rest being purloined us souvenirs of one of the best times hud iu 190G. It is worthy of note, that the hostess, kuowingthe "bunch" hud every ouo searched before permit ing the doors to be open. The lunch eon, which wus served at midnight, was delicious, aud tbe guests did full jiibtieo to same reguraless of their ex treme busbf uluess. President Took Action. President Roosevelt bus takeu an energetic part iu tbe attempt which bus been made ovei a year ago to con trol the course of the Colorado River which has now entirely abandoned its old channel aud is flooding out an im portant section of the southwest. This brake iu the river's buuks has not attracted much general attention because the sceuo of the disaster is so far in the southwest away from tbe ceuter of civilization. As a matter of fact, however, tbe Colorado river which la the third largest river iu tbe United States, has broken through Its western bunk a little below Yuma Col. aud turning directly northward is flowing dowu iuto the old Saltan Sea. Tho Saltou Sou Is an immense de pression, bigger and deeper than the famous Dead Sea and if the river were left aloue it would take forty years to fill up the depression aud It would make au Immense sea as big ae Lake Michigan. The river bas already done au iuorinous amount of damage aud uuless it is checked it la estimated that it will destroy at least 113,000,000 worth of property aud farm lund. The Southern Pacific Railroad baa been forced five timos to move its tracks out of the way of the rising waters aud its engineers bave twice thought that II I t i l i 1 f r. I- A ! I uioy iiHu.wie iirf ncrnwj, r.acu lime, however, the river has strain eaten through and the situation la now an bad a a ever. President Roosevelt baa wired E 11. Harriman, tho President of the Hon t hern Pacific to use as many men and aa much money aa may be necenaary in cloning the break and baa promised that be will lay the mat ter before Congress and secure a gov ernment appropriation to lear at leant a part of the expense. Washington News. There has never been a Congress which baa received quite so many messages from tbe President within tbe same apace of time, aud tbe indi cations are that two more will be de livered soon after tbe holiday recess. One of these will deal witb tbe prob lem of car-shortage and tbe otberwith tbe need for a more drastic Immigra tion law, Tbe car shortage problem 13 likley to result in a great deal of Congressional discussion. Whole com munities in tbe northwest bave been very close to tbe freezing and starving point owing to the failure of the rail roads to supply them witb cars to transport food and fuel. The Pres ident bas been much Interested iu tbe situation and bas seriously considered the advisibility of presenting a bill to Congress giving the Interstate Com merce Commission power to deal with car shortage and freight congestion whenever it arises in addition to thir responsibility for fixing railroad rates. Tbe commisson is loath to under take such important work but admits its necessity. Tbe railroads would al so be sorry to see such an important power vested in a federal department. At tbe same time the situation is very likely to come to thia. Weyerhasuser the Rich. Frederick Weyerhaeuser, the Tim ber King, is the latest millionaire to be tbe subject of a magazine expose. Charles P. Noreross, of W. R. Hearst's staff, who came west recently to in vert! -rate the hih prico.c.f lamber, writes in tbe January Cosmopolitan on the topic, "Weyerhaeuser Richer Than Rockefeller," aud characterizes him as "Lumber King, recluse and land grabber, and lord over billions iu vast forest tracts in tbe great North west" . Weyerhaeuser's fortune at tbe pres ent time is declared to overshadow that of John D. Rockefeller, popular ly believed to be tbe richest man in the world, and in 20 years, at the rate his timber holdings are increasing, his wealth will ba beyond computa tion. His great wealth and opportu nity, declares Noreross, grew out of a National crime, the spendthrift waste of forests, aud the accumulation of his gigantio fortune is said to have been aided by the lieu land laws passed by Congress, by which the pub lic domain was looted of lands worth $100,000,000. ' 4MB, ..- - 1 - k- ifi' 'it - 'v S S, - ' . SIEGFRIED WAGNER, WHO OPPOSES THE PRODUCTION OF "PARSIFAL" IN AMERICA. If Frao Costuia Wagner, widow of Itlcbardr Wagner, the great Germs composer, and Siegfried Waguer, ber son, ore supported by the courts they will prevent Ilerr Conried, director of tbe Metropolitan Opera House, from producing Parsifal" In New York. Richard Waner, they declare, desired that "Parsifal" should never be produced anywhere except in Balrentb, bla borne. Slerrfrlcd Wagner Is himself a composer of note. BURIED ALIVE FIFTEEN DAYS. Was Fed and Entertained Through Water Pipe. ENTOMBED IN CAVED-IN TUNNEL Five Companions Were Killed by Crash of Sixty Feet of Rock and Earth. 'Jhere has been a great deal la the papers of late about the remarkable rescue of a man who was entombed in a cave-in which occurred in a tunnel of a Californi i electric company, while men were engaged in digging ths tun nel. D. B. Dicks was entombed alive nnder sixty feet of earth for fifteen days In the tunnel of the Edison Elec tric Power Co,, a short distance from Hakerafield, and bis release waa occa sion for two hours of rejoicing, firing anvils, guns, ringing fire bells and ever; conceivable manner of making a noise. Ilicka waa removed to a hos pital, and conld hear tbe hilarity, and remarked that he guessed that if he were there he could have pretty good time for while. Five of his fellow workmen were buried at tbe same time by tbe cave in of thousands of tons of earth and rock,. Tbe men bad just began to work in tbe tunnel, which is being built to aid in generating power from the waters of Kern river, when with out a warning, the perpendicular shaft above them collapsed. No immediate help could be given. Tbe work of rescuing the bodies was immediately beguu and pnsecuted witb vigor but owing to tbe yielding nature of the soil, slow progress was made. Hope bad been abandoned, when three days after tbe disaster, sound of tapping on the water pipe was heard. Instant ly responce was sent and answering raps proved at least one imprisoned man was alive. Communication was established through this pipe witb the man at the bottom. The man proved to be Hicks, whose life bad been saved by tbe steel car Under which he had been pinioned. His. five companions were dead. Hicks was fed and enter tained through this pipe and work of rescue was pursued persistently night and day until the man was removed from his nicbe. Horn in Logan, Utah, Dec. 23, 1906, to tbe wife of Edward Seligraan. a son Mrs. Seligman was formerly Miss Pearl Frank!. j . "ii i'i.i-y A I- , t , t . . k V M 4 ' v t 1 a 1 ii