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LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, .IAN. :i, 1907.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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!.
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