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Edit A it mmp VOL. XXVIII. LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY', OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1907, NO, 8 THE RUSH IS ON III LEGISLATURE, Legislature Will Adjourn Next Saturday. . GORGE OF BILLS IN THE HOUSE. Still Pauses to Kedistrlct the State (Jrant Taken Out of this Senatorial District. Saturday will lx tint last ay of thn Itiglsliiture, inili'Hi tho session In pro longed. If tho session oIohhcc lit thu dud of the 40 days, there will remain ill tho pockets of the iikhiiImth about 2U) liilU on which no net ion will bu taken. Every member of tho lower House secnies to liuvu gonu to Salelll with hi pockets full of new Lws which lie wanted enacted, consequently that tirinu'li of thu legislature was swamped nil thi' time, it ii 1 uioru work accumu lated each day than was disposed of. Tho senate kept itn work up better, lint m a-onut of thu mass of House bills, tlm House paid no attention to Sennto hillH, until th senate threat ened to hold up nil House bills uuloss Son ii to bills were given some attention to tilt' HollSU' "Of thu M bill passed in tho House llvo of them were introduced by Re presentative Merryinan, and t hut. liitt work In no well advanced in very k rnt Ifylng to hU constituents, n h well iih reflecting much credit upon him an u worker. The bills introduced liy Mr. Merrytnuit out which have tnd the House are hh follows: Fixing th sol nry of tho County School Superinten dent, appointing Deputy County As sessor, appointing Deputy County Clcrki, fixing thu Hillary of thu County Treasurer, and for refunding thu cor poration tux puiil thu Klamath Wutcr I'hM'M Association. All Of tlll'HU meas ures apply ilir.ctly to Klumath County." Thu Chap in Railroad Commission 'bill, which passed thu lluii'C dy unan imous votu turnporarlly held up in thu senate on account of n dislro in thu upper Iidiini to pass thu senate liill liy Colfeo, hut passed thu senate ainl will liucouiu a law, i in Ii'hh thu governor vetoes it, which, in not "Xpcctcd. Thu I i 1 1 provides for thu temporary ap pointment f the three Commissioners ifiveu to u Htatn liourd consisting of thu (iovernor, Secretary of Statu and Troosiirer. At thu June election iu I'.HiH two of thu three CoininlNHiouerH will ho elected ly thu people. The third will tm idectud in l'JOI. A I 1 11 paHHud tho House providing for the assessment of timber lands ac cord Inn to the value of thu timber ou the land. The bill to create Deschutes county out of portions of Lake, Klamath and Crook pountiea was badly defeated in the House, and it ii said that bad the bill passod the IIouho, a number of senators were luyiug for it with a red Lot poker. Tlie Watar Code bill was defeatod in the senate. , ' Tbe legislature turned down tbe proposition of submitting tbe woman sulT rage amendment to the constitu tion to a vote of the people at tbe next geueral election. Suffragists have one other recourse; that is to havs thoir ause submitted by petition. The measure to place the state prin ter on a flat salary was lost Mr. Duunlway is uot hulf so anxious to bo placed on a salary as ho was before election. The bauklng law will not be created by the presout legislature. Tbe new apportionment of state Sen ators passed the senate, aftoi a hard tight from counties wbo thought tbey were not getting tbeir just dues. Multnomah gets one more senator un der tbe new apportionment, but it wanted two more. The apportionment as provided iu the bill as passed follows : Marlon 2; Linn, 1 Lane.l ; Linn and Lane, 1; Douglas, 1 ; Jackson, 1 jjoaephue, 1 1 Ooos and Curry, 1 1 Benton and Polk, 1 ; Yamhill, lj Washington, 1? Clacka mas, 1; Multnomah, 7 s Columbia, Multnomah and Clackamas 1, ) Clat sop, 1 j Waaoojl, 5 Crook, Klamath ami Lake, 1 ; Gilliam, Hhermnn and Wheel r, 1 ; Morrow, UniHtllln and Union, 1 Umatilla, I; Union and Wallowa, ;1 (Jrant, Harney and Malheur, li Baker, 1 ; Washington, Yamhill, Tillamook, and Lincoln, 1 ; The present apportionment In: Ma rlon, 2; Linn, I; Linn and Marlon, ' 1; lane, 1 Douglas, ' 1; Douglas, Josephine and Lane, 1 ; Coos and Cur ry, 1; Jackson, 1 ; Crook, Klamath, (Jrant and Luke 1 ; Benton, 1; Lin coln, Tillamook and Yamhill, 1 ; Polk, 1; Yamhill, 1; Clackamas, 1 j Washing ton, 1 ; Columbia, Multnomah and Wshiugton, 1 i Clackamas and Multorn ah, I; Multnomah, 5j Clatsop, 1 ', Wasco, 1 (Jilliam, Wheeler and Kher man, 1 Morrow; Umatilla, and Union I Umatilla, 1 Union and Wallowa, 1 i linker, Harney and Malheur, 1. Organic Base Ball Club. Hummer will soon be hero and our pfoplo will be lunging for amusements of one sort or another, and nothing is yet in nit; lit. LaHt summer we had a ball team and bane bull warf the principal aiiiuheiiieiit. There are play ers enough in tjiwn to have a t;ood team for thin year. All they want is a little encouragement. The thintf to do fi to oraui.u a etock company and either buy or leiiHii suitiiblu Kroundn, and fix them in Hhapu for perinaneiit umi, no doubt if a intjre suitable grounds could not lie liouht the ari culluritl itMhociittloii would leiiMt for a term of ars, thu ground inside of thu race coiirHe, in front of thu tiTund stand and thu iihu of thu stand. Wo know of a number of parties who would put in t'i to' ?1U on such a plan. Klamath Stock Newt. ( Klamath Falls Exprens. ) Lew is (ierber started l'.K) beef cattle and 7CX) sheep from Merrill lat week bound for Monlaguo. Oscar Stowart wax in charge. ; C. Porter, of Silver Jake, brought down M head of heifers from the Fort Klamath country. Mr. (ierber bought them and took them to Merrill. Mitchell Bros, started 'S0 head of cattle for Moutague last week1. O. T. McKendreo recently sold a bund of about 'JJIXI head of ewes to Whitney Bros., of Merrill at a fancy price. We Bro informed f.j.CO jier head Thu price of aheep has gone skyward, but owing to thu extremely hik'h price not many sheep are lined in thu Calif oruiii markets. It looked as if there might In) a drop iu nheep by Fall The enow is all gone nud already many Iioihc and cattle have been turiied out on thn rangu. Iu places thu new grass is already tip from three to four inches. J ThinKs Road will be Built. Strong doubt is expressed among railroad men as to thu truth of the report that the Goulds have made peace with Harrimaii railroad com panies at the expense of the Pacific coast competition, for so small a price as trackage rights over tho Southern Pacific betwen Oroville and Sacramento. The Western Pacific will, it is believed, be completed us planned. All the construction con tracts in California, aggregating 380 miles have been let for a year past, and 120 miles of tbe grading is done. Ilrauch Hues are now being project ed by tbe engineering department, and it is expected that an entrance into Southern Oregon will be effected by way of Madeline and Lakevlew. No official assuranoe has yet keen giv en, but it is practically certain that tho Western Pacific will tap the Southern Oregon timber belt, and ev entually be extended to Portland. In no other way can tbe road successfully compete with the Harriman lines for tbo heavy tonnage of tbe Pacific coast. Klamath Fulls Herald Washington's Birthday Exercises. Tbo flag pole was raised at .the school house last Friday afternoon, and preparations are being made for a grand (lag raislug this, Thursday, afternoon. Short addresses will be given by the Chairman of the School Board, the Mayor, of Lakeviow, tbe county School Superintendent and tho prlnoipal of tbo school, the band will be out, tbe school children will sing, and tbe time will be made one to re member. The weather 'permitting, the exercises will bo held out of doors and the big flag will go up over tha sobool ground to tbe top of the 7C foot pole with appropriate ceremony. Two o'clock is tbe time of beginning the exercises. PRESIDENT SENDS OUT NEW ORDER. Senator Fulton Intervenes in Behalf of Oregon Homestead and Timber Land Claimants. (Oregon Ian Feb. 15.) Henator Fulton today received from the President a copy of an. order which be bas just issued, virtually re voking the order of Secretary Hitch cock suspending all public laud en tries until they can be examined on the ground by special agents. Tbe President bas so amended the order of Mr. Hitchcock that homestead and timber entries may now pass to patent when the entrymeu have complied with the law and submitted proof thereof, no examination being neces sary. 1 n fact, thu President's or Jer i e iiires examination by special agents only when there is something suspici ous about an entry which miuht. indi- Survey, when the character bas been rate fraud, or where a homcxteadcr is fixed tiy investigation and classifica seeklng to commute. tiou made iu accordance with law. This modification is in line with the sugKestiou made to the President by Mr. Fulton earlier in the weekj umI entirely removes tho objections that have come from hornet-tenders and tlinlier mtrymeii in Oregon. ' , Tho Fret' 'ent' order states that no examination ty a special agent shall lie required iu thu following classes of entries: 1 Final five(year homestead entries heretofore, made, where proof is satis - factory and complete. 2 Final certificates and receipts in final five-year homestead prtiofs here - Tr qmbo Recovering. A private letter from Mrs. Cubs. Trumbo, IU'publio Washington, states that Charlie, who was accidoiitly shot some weeks ago with a 22 calibre rifle, mentioned at tho time in The Exami ner, is improving tepidly. The ac cident occurred while prepariug to butcher a hog. The bullet entered the cheek, striking tho cheek bone, which split tho bullet iuto three pieces, one piece lodging juot above and to the left of the left eye, while tho other two pieces lodged J luder i thu eye. Sight of thu left eye was to tally destroyed, without injuring the eyeball. It was thought for a while ttiat he was dying, but ho revived, and his wife and iiur father took him to tho house aud sent for a doctor. As soon as Charlie was able to travel he was taken to Spokane. No eltort was ciade to recover tho bullet, the doctors saying that as they wero not in a v'.ti.l part it was best to leave tho pieces alone. Charlie does not feel any bad ehVct ot tho bullet. To remove tho pieces they would have to hf o through tho eye. H. W. Young and wife arrived hero last Sunday, from Hock creek. This was their first trip to Lakeviow for several years. Mr. Young says the feed is One on the range and range stock look better thau those that have been fed all winter. He Bays the 7T Co. have turned most of their cattle ou tbe rim, and other cattle men are turning out. Dave Edler's sheep are in tbe Rock creek country and Steve says they are doing fine. Mr. Young, while here, investigated tbe advisabll ity of leaving his homestead next sum mer for a trip, aud was informed by Register Watson that it was perfectly safe. He has lived ou a piece of un surveyed land for 9 years, and wants to take a trip next summer. There are three settlers in tbe vicinity, Pete Enqulst, Arthur Highflll aud Mr. Young, aud as soon as tha two former gentlemen, wbo are away, return, they intend to make application to have the land surveyed. M. Markes nuuager of the Lake view Mining & Milling Co., returned from an exteuded trip through Ore gon, Wasblugtou aud California, where be visited all the stock exchang es and placed the stock of his com pany on the market. Mr. Markes says there, is plenty of interest iu mining all over the country, and speculators are to bjs found ou every hand to invest lu any mining propo sition that offers returns. He Is well pleased with the suooess he met with for his company in the matter of list ing tbe stock. Lakevlew Mining & Milling Go. stock 1 now on tbe mar ket at 25 cents per share, tbe money derived from tbe sale of shares will be used la development work. t.ofore or heraefter made, when proof is satisfactory and complete. 3 Homestead entries commuted on ceded, Inland lands on which annual payments are required. 4 Entries where the claimants' compliance with tbe law has been es tablished by contest or other regular adverse proceedings. 0 Entries confirmed which may have been confirmed by virtue of any act of Congress. C Selections and entries in which no residence or irnprovment is requir ed by law when land embraced there in is Hituuted iu noninineral localities as show n by records of the Geological 7-Reissuance of patents because of pa- some clerical error occurring in tc-nts heretofore issued 8 Military bounty land warrants and other similar warrants when re quest for proof bas lieen made. . The only possibility of a holdup of timber entries agent would be pendici by special where timber lauds are situated in "mineral localities" referred to iu section G above. 1 Mr. Fulton is entirely satisfied I with the modified order and believes ' it will meet every dernad of settlers 1 in Oregon. "Wrong Pig by the Ear." John and Maggie Indians' returned from a trip to Bidwell first of tbe week, where they sojourned several weeks visiting their daughter Kittie, w ho is attending the Bidwell Indian school. Maggie celebrated the occa sion of their safe return by getting drunk, and was locked up in tbe town jail over night, Monday, where she did her let to entertaiu tho residents in tho near vicinity. It is very little punishment to an Indian to put him, or her iu jail, alter they become too drunk to navigate tbe streets, but of course it is the only thing to do with them, though thu remedy,, if applied a a means of curing tho disease, is fur from being effective, iu fact a cure !s as hopeless as teaching water uot to run down hill. The remedy might bo effective, however, if applied indirectly, say for instance, try a few strong doses of it on tho party who lets tho Indians have the whiskey providing ,of course, you flud your patient. To The Marriage Altar. The marriage of Clarence C. Price and Sulma Aviragnete was to have taken place last evening, the hour set for the event being after Tbe Exami ner usually goes to press. The wed ding to be performed at the Mrs. Blair lesldonce, ou Water street, Mr. IPrice having succeeded Mr. W. P. Grob as lessee of tbe residence. About fifteen of tbe intimate friends of the young couple to fee present . Tbey have tha good wishes of a host of friends. The marriage of Tbos. O. Hastings and Mrs. Clara J. Mulkey took place at tbe M. E. Parsonage last Wednes day, " February 13th, 1907. Tom did not even breath his good fortune to The Examiner reporter, hence this happy union is a week old before we get to tell it Demand for Literature. v Tbe Examiner is preparing to pub lish a two-page write-up of Lake coun ty, which has been prepared by J. W. Maxwell, the real estate man. Ten thousand copies of The Examiner will be printed i for distribution among Eastern homeseekers. Mr. Maxwell baa received a list of names numbering nearly ten thousand anS additional names will be secured to bring the number up to teu.thousand. There is going to be a big immigration to tbe West tbe coming summer, and we I have determined to secure a portion of it for Lake county, if possible. There is but one way lo do it, aud that is to tell the people of the East about Lake county. Other undevel oped counties of the state are expend ing large sums in advertising, all the way from 12,000 to 10,000, aud they will reap a benefit. Of course we are not able to spend any large sum of mouey for the benefit of Lake county, but we are willing to do all we can, and if any one desires to aid in tbe effort their assistance will be appre ciated and we can almost assure tbfm that tbe county will be benefited t(0 for every one dollar spent in advertis ing. Thin nfflce is teceiving more let ters of Inquiry than we can possibly find time to answer, but if we can get the matter they ask for into a special edition of The Examiner, can supply the demand. We would be pleased to have sketches from every Community in the county, in addition to tbe general write-up, if any one will take toe trouble to send tbem in. Business men's cards will be published at reasonable rates, and if any one desires their card published in this ten-thousand copy edition, it will help us to pay tbe heavy expense of issuing it, and tbeir returns are sare to be satisfactory. Such advertising should not be considered an expense, but an investment. Tbe list of names to which the paper is to be sent are parties actually desiring information about Lake county, who have sent i their names to tbe Oregon Develop ! ment League with requests for print- ed matter. - Lobbyist aent Home. The Examiner mentioned a few weeks ago that if President Roosevelt found out that J. M. Lawrence re ceiver of the Roseburg land office was at Salem lobbying for the new county of Deschutes that Mi. Laurence would be lobbying to Lol'' job ol lowing from tbe Portland Telegram substantiates the statement: - 1 "President Roosevelt on a tip from William P. Wurtzweiler of Prineville, Crook County, this state, has just wielded the "big stick" so gently but firmly over the head of Register Law renc of tbe Roseburg Land Office. that thi't employe of Uncle Sam has .Vt:-'l liitetly back from tbe lobby at Salem to His office at Roseburg and Wurtzweiler is in Portland chuckling in high glee over tbe success of bis strategy v. Men got a particular both ersome opponent out of the way. Wurtzweiler, accompanied by his brother Albert, bas been at Salem for a few days lobbying againta the bill to create a new county out of Crook. At tbe same tinro, Register Lawrence has been puting in the best licks he could iu favor of tbe bill and with the weight of a Federal job behind bim be was makiug good headway against the measure's opponents so it is stated. Mr. Wurtzweiler, on the other hand, reisdiug at Prineville, the county saet of Crook, was dead against any divis ion of the county aud he didn't know what to do to get rid of Lawrence un til, he happened to think of the "big stick," so last Tuesday, be bunted up Law re no, and to'.d him if he didn't go right back to Roseburg and stop "monkeying with legislation," be (Wurtzweiler) would wire the presi dent. Lawreuce laughed at Wurtzweiler, and that made the Prineville man mad. He sat down and sent two dispatches to Roosevelt aud one to Senator Ful ton. Tbe same day, it is said, tbe wires glowed with tbe fervent request Lawrence got from tbe White House to go back to Roseburg. Wurtzweiler says he doesn't know whether Lawrence went back to Rose burg or not, but "there is one sure thing,'.' he said at the Imperial Hotel this afternoon "he bas kept away from the Capital building at Salem;" With Lawrence out of the way,, Wurt zweiler feels confident the bill will not be reported favorably." Last Saturday -afternoon a few friends of Mrs. D. C. Schminck gath ered at her home to meet her cousin, Mrs. Curtis Alexander, of San Luis Potois, Mexico. Mrs. Alexander is very charming and entertaining, and a very pleasant afteruo6n was spent. Whist was played until i :30 wheu a tempting lunch was served, the last course, a Mexican dish, Caso' do Tuma, made from tbe fruit of the cactus, was enjoyed as a novelty, some of the guests claiming to really enjoy the flavor, while all decided that a taste for the new desert could easily be cul tivated. After luncheon the guest of honor told fortunes, which created much sport ; each one listening eager ly to their own, and laughing at the serious faces of the others, when then future o? read, aud all having great faith in the skill of the "Lady from Mexico". Much to the regret of her sew acquaintances, Mrs. Alexan der leaves for Summer Lake country this week. Several parties were planned In her honor, which will have to be postponed. HARRIMAN PLANS IK CENTRAL OREG, Eight Hundred Hiles of Road For Oregon. TWO ROADS THROUGH LAKE CO Railroad Maped to Pass. Through Summer Lake Valley, Via Paisley to Lakevlew. Final location have been completed on about 800 miles of surveys for ex tentions of Harriman railroads in Ore gon, and tbey are being placed on the new map that is to be published by tbe O. R. & N. Company for next year, ays the Journal. If the lines as lo cated are built tbey will open up to rail transportation tbe counties of Lake, Malheur, Klumath, Coos, Tilla mook, Crook and Harney, vast re gions rich with natural resources and now completely isolated. Tbe most interesting and extenisve project is that of tbe road from Nat ron to Vale. Beginning at tbe present terminus ot the Natron line, it climbs tbe Cascades by way of tbe middle fork of tbe Willamette river, to tbe north fork, which it follows to tbe summit. The railroad will thread its way along tho north and west shores of Waldo lake. Passing Maideu Peak, about five miles to tbe south, it will follow the west and south shores of Odel lake, and pass between that lake n Jwaeiit Lake. The tyne crosses, through the pass at this point, and be gins its decent toward tbe Walker range, a procession of low mountains that lie along tbe upper reaches of tbe Deschutes river, in the nortbest corner of Klamath county. Here tbe trunk line splits into three important roads. Tbe main line thru central Oregon swings around tbe southerly end of the Walker range and runs due east to Silver Lake, in tbe northwest corner of Lake county. It passes between Paulina marsh and Sil ver Lake, and veering slightly north passes close to tbe north end 'of' Har ney lake1 and along the north aborejof Harney lake and .strikes the head waters of tbe Malheur river, which it follows through tbe settlements of Riverside and Justura to Vale, the present terminus of the Oregon Short Line i'u eastern Oregon. The Klamath ioute diverges from the Oregou Eastern at tbs south end of the Walker range and runs due south across Klamath Marsh andhrougb the Klamath Indian reservation to Klam ath Falls. South of that point it is being built to a connection with the Weed railroad, recently prucbased by the Southern Pacific, and now being rebuilt. At the point where the trunk line- -emerges from tbe pass over the Cas- ' cades and crosses the . headwaters of tbe east fork of tbe Deschutes river, another branch diverges and follows down that stream through tbe town' of Odell, Rossland, Lava and Bend, : and terminates at the town of Madras. Heretofore unannounced and one ot the most important features of the cenral Oregon scheme of the Harriman surveyors, is a line diverging from . the Oregon Eastern ,at Bear creek, : about 10 miles west of tbe eastern bor der of Lake county and running south to Lakeview. This lcoatiou bas but recently been made and it is said to have been determined upon as a check - to the proposed entrance of tbe Gould system from Madeline, tbe northern' terminus of the Nevada, California Oregon railroad, a few miles south of. ' Lakeview. The Lakeview extension . of tbe Oregon Eastern follows the pres ent wagon road along, tbejwest shore of Snmmer Lake, thence southeast to ' Paisley, fckirts Cbewaucan and then runs due south to Lakevlew. ' ' C. B. Park'er and wife and little daughter came over from Adel last Saturday. Mr. Parker and daughter ' returned home Sunday, and Mrs. Par ker started for Pokegama to meet a brother and his three little children. The mother of the children died ' re cently, aud Mrs. Parker will bring ' them home with her to take care of. She was accompanied as far as Bly j her brother, Alex Fitzpatriek of tb ZX ranch.