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VOL. XXIX
LAKKVIKW, LAKK COUNTY, OIlhGON, THURSDAYfcfVY 4, I'm.
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ACTIVITY
RAILROAD VORK
Systems Racing To Build
Into Lake County
HARRIMAN AGAINST THE GOULDS
Contest Is On For Transportation
Control of Lake County and
the Harney Valley
Each week brings Interesting devel
opnieots lu railroad new. Tbe Intent
It tbo announcement by Edwn Gould
"pattmiider lor lha ocean to oceao
railroad" ambition of LI. brother,
George, that the Gould lino, would be
built not only to Kan, Francisoo but
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uIho to rorllaml. lor a year or more
it tia been txdieved that the UoulJs
were beblud the little line running
rro.n Kino ro Liiaeiy mm icown ua
the California, Nevadn A Oregon
Thin line la being ateudly rushed
forward to Lakeview, and the generul
belief Ik thnt Gould will enter Oregon
nt Ijikevlew nnd (truHH the state north
ward to Purtluud. That would bring
lila lino directly through tbia section
and would ItiMiro traiunortatluu for
iieud and tbo bend country.
The faet that llniriman officials buve
euddeuly announced their determln
tlon to tuilkl Into LAkevlew at once
would lend strength to the theory that
(Jould would enter Oregon at that
place. It will undoubtedly be m race
lietween the two syvii to see who
can occupy thnt territory first. Ileud
llulletln.
The Portland 'Journal sizes up the
eltuation aa follows:
Announcement from a member of
the (tould family that the Western
Paclflo Railroad company will build
into Portland, Oregon, was received
todayby th Journal from San Fran
Cisco, ibe news la taken to mean
that tbe railroad from Reno to Like
ly, known aa the Callforina, Oregon A
Nevada loug regarded ait a Gould line
nnd now under construction toward
Iakeview, Oregou, will lie extended
by aoine covomeut route Into the
Willamette valley and Portland.
i'-.vcr sinco mo western I'acino was
projected to the Pacific Coast It haa
been believed that the Gould people
tnuHt do more tbau merely tap Han
Francisco to justify the construction
of no largo a mileage through tbe
nuinreoua mountain rmigpa between
Salt Luko aud the Callt'oruln coast.
The road had hardly boon commenced
when the little lino running from Ro-
110 to Madeline, with a survey Jtn
Lakeview, changed hands under cir
cumstuuees that stamped the transfer
aa a Gould purchase,
Kver tiiuco that time it bus been
expected that the Western Puciflo
would break luto Oregon. The newa
thnt it ban determined to do so was
nnticipated a few days ngo by tbe
llarrimau Huoh, which have included
Lake county in their schomo of rail
road development in eastern and
Houtberii Oregon. A week ngo the
chief officials of the Southern Pacific
incorporated a company to build a
line from Anderson via tho east shore
of Goose luko to central Oregon. Yes
terday Oregon" "officials of tho llarri
mau Hues incorporated another coin
puny at Kuloni, to build a short
stretch of road between Lukeviaw
nud California line. These develop
iiients have come in succession with
startling Huddeuuess, and in tho
nature of bolts out of a clenr sky.
Tho public bad no exportation of
hiicb serious moves on the railroad
checkerboard in Oregon und north
ern California.
Tho reaHon now becomes pluin. Tbe
duclslou of tbe Western Pacific to
immediately begin construction of
its Oregon extension was no Hooner
iiiudo thitu tbe Jlunimuu interests
becamo advised uf it uml quick action
whs necessary to got strategic advan
tages. Tbe ofhYltils of the llarrimau
lines have lost no time. It is said tbe
result means another railroad building
couteHt like tbo north bank race, aud
tbe latest contest Is for tiannportation
control of Laks county und the llar-j
ney vuley.
Decoration Day
The Htars and Stripes unfurled,
Held aloft by a veteran hand,
' While we march to tbe beat of
the
drum
And the low aad strain, of tbe band.
We are thinking of the sleeping bo
rons Thin thirtieth day of May,
And the time they shouldered tbelr
musketa
And marched tin a far distant day.
All of them were young men,
Mere atrlplinaa were anme,
Hut they gave up all and fcllowed
the flag
At their Country, (-all to come.
Went to trva their country,
Hid friends a aad adieu ;
Many never returned again.
This they did for ma and yon.
Oft' waded through twampa
and
cane brakes,
Klent oft In mud aud mire.
Or thought of borne and loved ones
While they dried tbelr clothing by tbe
camp Ore.
Tbey have been In the beat of tbe
battle
Fared canon and ahot aod abell,
IJI.ea.ee weie contracted audcontti
totious broken,
Hut through all they loved aud served
tbelr country well.
And though their deeda atill llvetb,
Their bodies are sleeping today.
And we have come to do bonor.
And a Just tribute of respect to pay.
Ho lay the flowera gently,
And with a generous band.
For the Hold ler Hoy who wore tbe
blue N
Are the ones that freed our laud.
Comrades place tbe stars and stripes
Unfuiled oer each mans grave.
The boys that wore the blue you
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Hi 'hat It might wave.
.. ...vly, so as not
To niMurh hfs culm repoi-e.
Hut may each generatlou
Watch faithfully oer our dead heroes.
Written in honor of the memory
of tho dead heroes'of tbe Civil War,
who ar burled at Lakevlew Oregon,
this thirtieth day of May, 1908., by
Hclota T. Jones
Lakevlew, Oregon
The Land Fraud Caaes
Tracy 0. Becker, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
epeoial assistant to tla attorney
general of tbe United States, baa be
guu to arrange evidence to bo used In
tho ontrled land fraud cases, wblcb
will bo taken up by tho Federal dia
trict court on June 2. Tbo first case
to be tried will bo that lu which J.
II. Ikiotb, ex receiver of the Rose
burg land office, wbo is charged with
bribery in connection with alleged
uulawful aoquisitlou of publio lauds
In southern Oregon, llecker states
that tbe caso against ex-Congressman
J. N. Williamson and ex-Cougrcss-
man Hluger Hermann, at one time
commissioner of tbo general land
office at Washington, will bo tried by
F. J. Ileuev of San Francisco late
this summer Williamson and Her
mann aro under indictment iuconnec
tion with Oregon laud frauds.
PUTER AGAIN
IN THE TOILS
helped Millionaire Smith
to Get Timber Lands
S. A. O. Puter, the star lund fraud
actor bus aguiu been brought under
tbo limelight. A federal grand jury
h now in session lu Portland for tbe
purpose of Investigating the manner
n which C.A. Smith, a Minneapolis
millionaire mill man bus acquired
titlo to uearly 10,000 acres of Oregon
timber lands through the manipulation
of 1 A. Kribs and Puter. While tbo
statute of limitation bas been allowed
to operate against tbe onsets involving
Smit h aud bis alleged co conspirations,
there is a belief thnt be cnu yet crimin
ally proaocutod on a charge of fraud
ulent land transactions. At any rate,
an ellort will bo made to cancel tbo
deeds from the government to Smith
for theso lands. Several eutrymeu
bavo also boon named us defendants in
tho suit.
Jce Jones not Joe Jones of Plush,
but a bud man known us ''Sailor Joe",
of Mod oo couuty-sbot aud iustnutly
illed Nick llottondorf near Alturas
lust Friday morning. From reports
it was a coldploodud murder. Jonos
was at a sheep camp and was drink
ing, when Uettandorf came up ou a
horse. Joues picked up a rlflle aud
told Hetteudorf be was goiug to kill
im, but said bo would give him tune
to say bis prayers, aud fired, killing
tbe man lutsautly, Tbe shooting was
tbe culmination of former trouble.
oues escaped but it is said Is euro
of belug captured.
UNOFFICIAL RETURNS'
OF THE ELECTION
A Summary of
and Klamath Counties
It being impossible to give tho
official count before about Friday or
Saturday, Tbo Kxamioer bas done
tho next tBt thing In getting tbo un
official count as glveu over tbo 'phone
at tbo end of tbo count in each pre
cinct. All precincts are given on
moot of tbo contested county offices.
Tbo unofficial count shows tbo fol
lowing summary, not given in tbo
table below :
Chamberlain ahead in Lake County
70; in Klao tb Cake baa a small maj
ority. Uawley and other Republican candi
dates for state offices well ahead.
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CANDIDATES.
For I. S. Senator.
Ceo. II. Merrvinaii, U TA VH 2'1 :12 25 ":i ICS IS 25 4M
G. Sprlnwr, D IW .'J-l H 17 IS 37 41 10 2G3
For Dlatrlct AMornev,
D. V. Kuykendall, it 7 10 J1 19 2:1 .11 f.l 20 10 50 3f2
W. J. Moore, 1) Mi 20 41 14 M 72 95 20 18 402
For Sheriff.
J. G. Barker. I) 110 26 52 7 22 30 37 3S 1 5 17 4 34P
Albert iK nt, It 4'J 51 30 35 19 05 118 20 37 18 41 .521
For Clerk,
K. N. Jaquuth, H 13 4 18 24 32 14 91 115 20 32 55 32 452
F. W. Payne, I) 153 31 87 14 29 30 36 48 1 10 39 13 491
For Aawtwor .
J. B. UlHir, It 37 6 . 33 31 82 108 18 25 40 21 446
A. J. Footer, 1) 124 29 79 14 27 15 43 40 3 13 54 23 470
For School Hupt.
K. B. JHckaou. D 82 22 72 18 4S 33 29 48 2 22 55 11 440
J.Q. Wllllt. K 72 12 2JJ 11 8 11 t2 105 19 19 30 31 442
For Commissioner,
E. K. Henderaon, D 149 27 92 7 13 22 17 23 5 27 2 304
C. A. Rebart, K 10 7 9 28 41 21 101 128 33 53 43 474
For Prohibition, 87 24 CI 11 21 29 28 32 7 10 48 7 371
AKuinst Prohibition, 37 7 32 20 35 10 95 110 9 17 39 35 452
RUSH FOR LAKE
COUNTY IS
ON
Stranger are coming into
the
country by tbo dozens. There seems
to be a powerful force at work in tbe
interests of Lake County, and Nature
offers tbe chief reuson for this
great,
Influx of homeseekers. Not only
bomeseekers are looking toward Lake
county, but men looking for business
locations are eager to get a foothold
bore. Nut a day passes that does not
bring inquiries from uieu in pursuit
of business location. The lack of rail
transit bus ever kept this couutry
back, but now that we are assured of
one or two railroads through tbe cen
ter of tbia county iuvebtmeut-seeking
cupitul is turning this way.
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J. PIERPONT MORGAN AND MRS. 'MORGAN.
In the diilkult task of stemming the tldo of distrust lu Wall street and
other fluanclal centers tho leaders of finance turned to the great banker and
art connoisseur, J. P. Morgan, tho man of tho hour. Iteccnt photographs
of Mr. Morgan nro ditllcult to obtain. The one reproduced shows hint sitting
lu a currlaue with Mrs. Morgan.
the Vote In Lake
Merryman in Lake about 250 ahead
and 400 in Klamath.
Hrattalo and Belknap elected
Kuykendill and M'oro about oven
in Lake, Kuykeodt.il about 275 ahead
in Klamath.
i Klamath county went dry by aboot
20. Republicans In Klamath elected
sheriff, clerk aod ccbool superin
tendent; Democrat, commissioner.
Treasurer and assessor. Lata unoffi
cial dispatcher give Chamberlain a
bout 2000 majority in tbo state,
j Dispatches, unsubstantiated, bow
; ever, by official counting, indicate
: that tbe people have chosen Chamber
lain as U. H. Senator. More anon.
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DISBARMENT SUIT
AGAINST LAFFERTY
A. W. Lafferty, tho Portland attor
ney for entrymen on tbe lands in
volved in tbe famous 37-10 case, wbo
j visited Lakeview a few dais ago, bas
I been made defendant in a disbarment
suit, based upon charges made against
' Governor Chamberlain, as a member
' of tbe statu land board. Lafferty
charged that Chamberlain refunded
' money on apparently fraudulent land
transactions. It is also stated that
tbe department is not pleased with
Lafferty 'a actions in resigning as a
government special ngent and accept
ing as clients tbe parties whose entries
he had investigated and reported upon
while in tbe government employ. An
effort ia being made, presumably by
tbe attorney's for the Azteo Land
and Cattle Co., to disbar Lafferty
from further practice before tbe land
department.
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Surveyors at Work
Another important move haa been
made in the matter of tbe Goose
Lake Southern Railroad. Tuesday
ri R. Cooper aritved in Altutas witta
a foroo of surfeyors to work out tb
line. An office was engaged In tbo
N eg ley building, teams bired and tbe
same evening tbe entire party left for
New Pine Creek to begin work. N'o
tiao was lust, aod tbe party gave out
very little Information. Tbo purpose
is doubtless to permanently establish
tbe lino aod set tbo grading atases'.
la conversation with Mr. Sbaw,
wbo purveyed tbo line last anmmerfor
tbo Oregon Eastern, ho expressed tbe
opinion that having no legal organiz
ation in this State tbe new company
will merely follow tbe lino of bis
survey ia order to Hie tbe plats
acroeo Government laud. Another
company of surveyors is expected
hero in a few days to begin work down
Pit River valley from this place.
Tbia id our opinion is tbe most im
portajit novo yet made, and we confl
deutli. believe will result in tho build
ing of this road in the very near fut
ure. A loan for 113,000,000 baa boon
floated in tbe East and it ' is stated
grading on tbe line will begin this
seaeon. Alturas Plaindeler.
(Tbo surveying crew arrived here
lust week and went to work down tbe
valley. )
Lakeview High School
Last week tbe High School closed
with tbe largest enrollment Lake
county bas yet known. Altbongh
there were noire taking tbe 11th and
12th grades, tbe pupils of tbe 9tb and
10th showed by their work that tbey
weio ready interested in their studies,
and that next year and tbe year
follow log would witness tbe gradua
tion of many students from the Lake
view High School. . In tbe 10th grade
tbere were nioo wbo took tho exam
inations this year, and all passed,
none falling below 90 in average. Tbo
9th grade pupils also showed good
work by tbo high average which each
received. Fifteen took the examin
ations and there was not one failure.
Such excellent grades as were made
by tbe Lakeview High School students
this year, give evidence of genuine
interest in the work and careful
training at tbe bands of tbe instruct
or. Both tbe pupil9 and principal
are deserving of praise.
Lack of time prevented closing exer
cises this year. However, tbe pupils
aro talrly up with tbelr studies, so
that next year more time can be do
voted ja such work. Next term
another teacher will bo added, aud it
is hoped that all the pupils will return
aod take advantage of the opportunity
to prepare themselves for higher
work.
ROSS GETS A
HEAVY FINE
President of Defunct Title
Cuarantee & Trust Co.
Salem, Or., May 23 J. T. horborn
Ross, piesident of the defunct Title
Guarantee & Trust Compauy, was to
day sentenced to serve five years lu
tbe state peniteutiaiy aud to pay a
fine oi $570,853, aud to serve one day
in tbe Multnomah County Jail tor
each two dollars of the flue not paid.
Sentence was imposed by Circuit
Judge George II. Burnett, aftei tbe
motion of Ross for arrest of judgment
abd for new trial bad been overruled.
An appeul bas been takeu to tbe
Supreme Court aud Ross has ' beeu
admitted to bail in tbe sum of 0000.
This is the penalty Ross must pay
for the conversion of 1383,370 of state
school funds deposited by Stato
Treasurer Steel iu the Titlo (Juaruutee
Trust Company bauk and paid out
of tbo bunk by its officers prior to the
time the bauk closed last Fall. Ross
was manager of the bank, aud as such,
aided Steel in securing legislation
which would enable tbe bank to get
possesaiou of the state school funds
without paying interest tbei eon. Oro
goiuau. Patents bavo been received at the
Lakevew Laad office for G. II. Dusea
bery for 100 acres of timber lund iu
Sections 11 and 23, Tp. 34, R. 17.
Also torV. Lair Thompsou for 80
aoro iu Sections 32 aud 30, Tp. 23,
R. 10.
ONLY PRACTICAL
RAILROAD ROUTE
Construction In Lake Co.
May Commence Soon
INDICATIONS POINT THAT WAY
The Coose Lake and Southern
Railroad Will Some Day Bo
the S. P. Main Line
Tbo recent reaumptioo of work on
several of the projected lines of tbe
Harnman system is Indicative that It
will be but a short time before the
order to commence actual construc
tion work on tbe Goose Lake and
Southern is made public. Last week
General Manager ' O'Brien issued
orders fqr tbe immediate resumption
of work on tbe Wallowa extension of
the Elgin branch out from La Grade.
Tbe extension is fiom Elgin to Jos
eph, a distance of C3 miles, and it is
expected that the line will be in oper
ation within three mouths. Work bas
already been resumed oo a number of
other projects that were suspended
last fall, and it is extremely probable
that before tbe close of tbe present
month work will have been commenc
ed on a line to Lake County.
Tbe Goose Lake and Southern ia to
leave Xbe main line of tbe Southern
Pacific at Anderson following Pitt
River up to a point near tbe southern
extremity of Goose Lake and thence
to Lakeview. The line will have a
very easy grade, and reach tbe elevat
ed plateau of Eastern Oregon without
crossing any mountain ranges what
ever. It will aloeo avoid the heavy
grades in getting ont of tbe Sacra
mento canyon, which is only second
to that of the haul over the Siskiyous.
Ralroad men have always contended
that tbe only really practical route
from Portland into Central Oregon is
up tbe Deschutes, which presents no
serious obstacle to the construction of
a railroad on a water level grade.
Such being the caso it is quite likely
that at no distant day the main line
of the Southern Pacific running north
and south will pass through Lakeview.
A branch line from this place will
afford an outlet to the Klamath
country, aud thus tap a large section
of country that is now practically
shut off from tbe outside world
Tbe irrgation systems now under
way in this county will bring a laige
amount of rich agricultural land
iuto cultivation. Work is likely to
commence on both tbe Drews Valley
and Cqttonwood projects in tbe near
future, and with tbe advent of tbe
railroad Lake couuty is bound to
rriake a wouderful advancement within
the neM year or so. k
The Show Company
The show company that ia playing
in Lakeview this week is only fairly
good. Coming as it has, after tbe
Mong Co., it seems rather tame.
Most of tbe parts are either overdone
or "underdone". Tbe company does
not surpass iu any way, and iu a
good many ways is not equal to the
plays put ou here by local talent. The
music furnished by tbe Lakeview
Orchestra, is tbe most attractive
part of tbe entertainment. People aro
tired of paying traveling shows fc00
or f000 for a weeks' "outertaiu
uient(?)" wheu home talont can give
better satisfaction and the money
cau be kept at home for publio uses.
We hope tbe show billed for week
after uext will prove to boa better
attraction.
Railroad Land Case
Upou arrival iu Portland of 11. B.
Towusend last week suit was Died in
tbe Federal courts by tbe United
States government to compel restora
tion to tbe publio domain of 3,000,000
at lea of laud now held by tho Oregon
aud California Railway company
under railroad land grant conditioned
upon the railroad company disposing
of these grants to settlers at 92.50 per
acre.
Card of Thanks.
Wo wish to nhow our appreciation
to the mauy friendo who so thought
fully and kindly helped us during; tbe
llluetw and death of our little Florence
and iu our nud tiereavenient.
Geo. W. aud Pollle Joliuson.