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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.