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VOL. XXIX
LAKKVIKW. LAKH COUNTY, OliKGON, THURSDAY, JULY 10, l'M,n.
NO. 20
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MARVELOUSLY
RICH COUNTRY
The Last lint the Greatest
West
A EMPIRE IN ITS INFANCY
Where Umber. Mines and f arms
Can Still lie Obtained
Tree To All
The Examiner now ha been up to
I'limli, to tbe Rabbit Creek Country,
to I ho Golden uiinltitt cmiip. Hit in tho
North Warner Luke country, aud
iiai mien thluu tlutt are wondrous lu
way of future ponHltulilia. We are
full o it; no full that we hardly know
where to begin, or how to Hiiy it. We
are loaded to the lirim, and will glv
our view of tho latent resources of
this Empire in the farming, fruit
glowing, heat grow lug, stock rain
fall, add mineral wealth, way. Juitt ha
fttltl H We CHU llllll tilllS Htlti SpaCO to
do ao.
All this may won ml optimistic, but
Mtiy one who lain traveled extensively,
mid knows v. hut bus been done else
where in a siiuilur rilimite, under
Nluilliir conditions, run not help bo
ttoming enthusiastic, over tho Warner
Lake country.
Wo have seen something newyes,
Howetbig absolutely uew i a sectioU of
uoiiiitry which has not lt-n mil over
by prospectors; where ll ere is water
pawor, tiuilx-r ngricnllund lumiti nud
MlOcK I rtlnlrt ,"0"rt-an wa
luuncn on the ground floor, on n per
feet equallity with bid neighbor.
Whore he can make u home with tho
positive assurance that the question
of traunporat Ion does not ener in It.
Whore the price of copper and the
tips anil downa on fhy stock market
are of no consequence ; wbaro lud and
silver value euuuot pONsibly nded tho
prlco of farm land, or board bill.
Yen, Indeed, a country no far from
oiviiiZdtlou that the scandals iu IiIkI)
life nor Important political questions
are even heurd of until they are tun
days old ; where war with Japan is
discussed as an idle dream and till
nature in Kind.
The cry all over thin country Is for
a new region; uuexploited, yet of
sufficient promise to support and
warrant logltiu a e ex ouditure in the
development of It water power, tiw
lier belt, gold zones, fertile fuliu lands
and stock itiudustries ; uud truly
such u Held is preaeutod in southern
liiike C-iuuty. Oregon au empire iu
itself.
For many years this vast region has
been occupied almost eutiiely by a
few men who are eugaed lu stock
ralslug. nolhwltbstaudlug the fact
that at all times it has been conceded
thut thousand upou thousaud of acres
of the richest lauds awaited the home
seeker where cau be raised cereals,
tropical fruits, and the most delicious
berries. Ureat water pi-wer remains
unharnessed, there are long belts of
Ur, tamarack and piuo, and th gold
lodes can be traced for miles on the
surface.
The reason nud the only reasou
which has heretofore pretvented this
(romlsiug Held from reooivlug more
attenton is the fact that it is situated
very much more dlstnnt fYom ruilrond
nud telegraph centers than any other
part of the United (States, for it is
about 210 miles South wet of Valo.
which Is tho Southern terminus of a
ehort Hue of Railroad which leaves
the umlu line of tho Oregon Short
Line at Ontario, Ore., 100 miles Eus.
of Klamath falls which Is 30 miles
by boat uorth of Dorris on tho Ore
gon and Cal. By.. and 1'20 miles
Northeast of Likely, at tho Northern
terminus Jof tho Nevada, California,
Oregon By., anil It takes from 2 to 4
days to get mail and express from the
nearest B. B. point. As u matter of
fuct, the OolJrun minim district In
Lake county, Ore. Is olf tho map,
and entirely outside of the limits of
civilization, and situated only live
miles from a land of great agricultural
resources, and only ton miles from
riuub.
This section is now attracting much
attention becaime It hit recently been
1 1) v if 1 in I by energetic nnd sterling
litiNlneMM men with the vinw of the
development of Its woiideiful re
HoorceM. I. art,'" forces of men ate at
work developing tlm rich gold ihIucm;
ncliemes are being lommlatcd for the
reclamiitlon of largo bodied of swamp
land; the water power (pie! ion is be
ing serioiihly considered from a iiian
fuct in lug sluiiilpoint ; dntii In being
Keen red iih to tho extent Hiid iocation
of t he ImiiiitiiHu nmotiut of (Govern
ment I. iml open to Hcttlcm lit l large
irrigation piojectn are receiving
attention and the country generally in
iu linn for tht development and ex
ploitation which Is fully warriiuted
by Its extensive resources
Now towns are being lall out, Mil)
stantlal liillldlngs me being erected
adventuresome proHpectors are making
a careful and exhiiiiHtive examination
of tho mineral urea and an era of
prosperity is now actually In sight
such as was never before witneeHed by
any section of the Went.
While as a matter of fact the amount
of duvelopmeiit the mining d Inflict
Is limited in extent, Hiilllclent hss
already been done to demonstrate
conclusively that the Held is indeed
unlimited, and legitimate development
dlnclimlng the richest veins ever
found In the West. It was the form
tiou. which Is porphyrltic, that fl rut
attracted favorable notice, and the
prosecution f activo work lias done
much to emphiiHl.e the phenomenal
showing enc.oiiutered in the outcrop.
The strongly defined mineralized
dikes, trending .Northwest and South
east, are receiving merited attention,
ami se vet id active corporations are
Dow engaged lu the development of
these veins at depth.
While heretofore the most attention
has been directed toward operations
on the J n m ho group, on account of
ltsrlch surface fchuwug, mure recently
the llutte estate has been the cynosure
of all eyes from the fuct that at a !
depth of tO feet below tlH grass roots
u kri,Mh ...'.. Aio"i st d in'
the bottom of the shaft, at leact 3 fin t
wide, which csrrlei genual average
values of (107. per tin in gold, and
while this may appear to be apheuom
eual result, it is also a fact that pan
uings have been had which show a
string of gold uo less than 8 inches
around the pan.
And when it is remembered that
this remarkable result is obtained
from ores which are 'absolutely free
milliug, and in a region adjacent to
enormous belts of fir, tamarack and
pine, aud water power, practically
unlimited iu etxeut, it can be readily
seon thut it Is a field which preseuts
favorablo condition for operating these
great gold veins ou the most exten
sive anil enconoinical scale.
The F.-rt Waruer Mining Co., of
which J. A. Morris, a prominent
businessman of Plush, is a large share
holder and is assoidatod iu tbs great
enterprise, while business aud profess
ional men of Lakevlew, have extensive
estates consisting of about 21 claims,
and on which there is a surface show
ing which Is well worthy of aggress
ive development. The uctvity ou
surrounding properties has been au
iuceutve to those people to at once
commence certain surfaoi work to
locate the richest chute lu order
that proper development will be start
ed to open up these veins at depth.
On the Mona group work will for
with be started, and surface cross
cuts and trenches will be run iu order
to determine the best poiut to etart
permanent, practical development.
The Mona group consists of Ave
full claims and a fraction and adjoiua
the estate of the Foit Warner Com
pany. There Is a strong outcrop on
tho Mona aud the gold values as
evldeuoed lu the panning are very
high.
The history of the location of these
claim Is peculiar in the fact that the
original discovery was made by Mrs,
Moua Cunningham, who was the tlrst
lady to visit the camp. In walkiug
over the hills during this visit she
picked up a piece of float rock as
large as one's fist which was fairly
sparkling with gold. When arriving
in camp she was asked what she had
and said "I lmve a very pretty piece
of rock for my cabinet." It was
immeudiately seeu that tho rock
was very rich lu gold aud au effort
was made to locate the vein from
which it came. Some prospecting
aud surface trenching was done aud
the original famous Lost Cablu lode
Is sudpposed to have been wade by
Mrs. Cunningham.
The I'll Paso Group, it very promis
ing location not only from the poiut
EXAMINATION OF
COUNTY RECORDS
Report of Committee Appointed to
Examine the County's Books
T!ic committee heretofore appointed to examine the
county records and verily the accuracy of the hi-monthly
and other examinations of the same made by the County
Court, having filed its report with the County Clerk, the
same is hereby ordered spread upon the records of the
Count,)' Court and also printed lor the information of the
people of Lake Count)':
To the llonornlile It. Duly, County .Iudg:e, and the Hoard of Cornnilselonera
for the County of Lake, Stnte of Oregon,
Oeniletncn :
We, your committee heretofore appointed to examine and verify the
books of the vnrlouH county ollicers from July, 1904, to June, 1!J0 find hb
follows:
In tlie County Clerk's olllce we find that durina his term of
otllce, lWHitOO, 11. W. Mniirlnff received lu fees, etc I WG'J 40
mid paid to the Treasurer 1!HJ'. 20
leaving a shortage of -0 cents, hu h was paid to the Treasurer u per
receipt No. 'MS on tile In the C'lerk'e office.
N. Jaiiulsh, County Clerk.durliiK hU term, 1!MW190,S, received
In fees, etc $ 4."SS 95
all of which has lxcn paid to the Treasurer, as tier receipts on file.
In tin-Slu rlff's odice we tli'd that K. E. Bluchart, during his
term of olltce, received from all sources the sum of I 9."245 13
all of which has been turned over to the Treasurer, an per receipts on file.
Alls rt Di nt, Sheriff, during; his terra, 190tM!0S, received from
all sources I11.VS97 5Ti
mid turned over to the Treneurer 1UC97 C
therefor pitying 10 cents more than received.
Iu the County Trcamrer's otlice we find that F. O. Ahlstrom,
Treasurer, Including biiliince turned over to liitn from previous
Treasurer received f 2G7447 00
and paid out as per vouchers on file 2ot72! 50
leaving a balance on hand of 00717 50
which sum is distributed and kept in the following funds:
In tiemral Fund $22.s03 C4
In Itoad Fund 11234 47
In (ieneral School Fund 2205 23
lu r.ulldlng Fund 24:N3 73
In Lakevlew Special Tax Fund.
In Library Fund
In State Treasurer Fund
In Institute Fund
In School District No. 1 Fund
In School District No. 3 Fund.
In School District No. tl Fund.
In School District No. 7 Fund
In School District No. 9 Fund
In Scluol District No. 11 Fund
In School Distilct No. 14 Fund
In School District No. HI Fund
We also find the books of the different ofllcsrs have been kept In a clean
at d on eil.v liiniimr during the four years we have Lf-rn asked to Invest!'
gate, and commend the e.i stem of regular bimonthly checking adopted by
the Court, of all the county officers books during the regular sessions of
the County Commissioner.
The financial showing ns indicated above speaks for itself, and we think
creditable.
Dated at Lakevlew, Oregon, this 11th day of July, A. D. 1908.
II. A. BKATTAIN,
J FKANKL.
PAISLEY TO
HAVE BOOM
Our ueghbonug towu, forty miles
to the uorth, is right in the Sine for
a big growth in population and re
sultant prosperity.
A crew of men are now at work ou
the survey of tbe Portland Irrigation
Company's reservoir site above Paisley
and are making good headway. Tbe
bead officials of the company are soon
to be In Paisley, whin the work on
the canals will be inaugurated.
This big enterprise will put water
ou 12,000 acres of rich sage brush land
where a few acres will afford prosper
ous homes for a great number of peo
ple, who cau engage In Intensive farm
ing or fruit culture of all kinds, and
which will lu a few years give them a
bank account which will be the envy
of those who failed to grasp such
opportunity.
This tract of lHiid adjoins Paisley
on the north. The enterprise is back
ed by a large amount of capital, so
that It is a certain something will be
doing iu Paisley before loug. The
Examiner Is glad to learn of the good
fortune of its frends np at Paisley,
aud promises to boost for them as well
as it does for other parts of Lake
county.
The management of the Alaska-Vu-kon-l'acflc
exposition Is already tnk.
Ing steps to provide against extor
tion of -visitors while In Seattle to see
the big fulrdurlug the Bummer.
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OUR FRUIT
INTERESTS
E. R. Patch, of Pine Creek, who
called on Tbe Examiner last week is
very eutbusiastio over tbe future of
fruit growing throughout all parts of
Lake county. In this matter be
speaks from experience and observa
tion, gained la this line both in this
aud foreign lands. During a number
of years he resided in tbe famous
Ozark mountain region, in Missouri,
"The Laud of the Hig Red Apple,"
and eays that this sectiou is far ahead
of that for the production of a fine
apple.
Tbe geutlmau has a tract of 1G0
acres of land near Pine Creek, most
of which is hill or mountain laud,
Inclined to be stony and difficult to
clear Hut, ou this land, considered
almost worthless, aud which was
probably the last filing on government
laud in that section, he is growing ou
the bil'side, ou dry sage brush land,
tbe finest of fruit trees, besides
grapes, aud thiitty aud beautiful Eng
lish Walnut trees. All these trees are
growing without irrigation, and tbe
ouly moisture they reoeive is the
natural rainfall. These trees, however
reoeive thorough aud frequeut culti
vation of the soil under the method
employed in Kansas, aud other dry
portions of the Union, kuowu as the
Campbell system.
lie conlsdsrs tbe Winter Hanana
Apple most suitable for this section.
Trees of this variety iu his orchard
began bearing at.three years after eet-
ting, and he expects a full crop when
they become five years of tige. He
ssys that an acre set out propeily will
contain 75 trees, and at the fifth year
each tree should net gC to the tree,
making the money yield 8375 per acre
each year. Mr. I'Htch claims that the
above estimate in a very conservative
one, and can tie relied upon from nn
acre of apples in full bearing evrey
year, though many orchards exceed
that figure.
The lands of this county, he claims,
both valley and mountain, are partic
nlarly adapted to the growth of apples
apricots, plums (wild ones grow here
in profusion aud of an extra and flue
rpiallty. ) while a chemical analysis of
the eoils prove this to be one of the
best cherry producing sections in the
world ; in fact, it is only equalled by
one section he mentioned that we do
not now recall, bat think it was at
rayette Idaho where there are
similar conditions of soil and climate.
Another surprising claim be made is
that this county will and does 'grow
the finest of English Walnuts. - He
has trees, now only three years from
tbe setting, that have nuts on this
year. He advised all town and
country residents to plant this tree
as a shade tree, as it is a rapid grower,
possesses handsome foliage and be
sides produces a crop of nuts that
command high prices in, all countries,
and tbe demand is never f ally sup
plied. Instead of patting out worthless
cottonwoods, as has been the' case
here, every street should be adorned
witb tb beatiful English Walnut tree.
Mr. Patch proposes o experiment
also with the pecan tree grown so ex
tenisvely and profitably in the South,
and is now of the opinion that it will
succeed as well in this section. :
The Examiner is glad to get hold of
such a man as Mr. Patch as tbe facts
he gives from actual epxerienhce are
just what are eagerly sought for by
people all over this country of ours,
as or subcription books demonstrate.
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of proximity to other known, rich
reins, but also tbe surface showing.
The outcrop is pronounced and
very high gold values had at tbe
surface.- Tbese claims were located
by Leo Erenbous and E. F. Sbalts.
This property bas recently been taken
over by a company which will actively
develop the same.
Uoldrun district is hardly scratched
over aud oilers an inviting field for
earnest prospecting So far tbe
mineralized zone is known to be
about 7 miles long aud two miles
wide, and witb this area 6everaal act
ive corporations are now at work
prosecuting operations on an exte isive
scale.
me Jiutte people are driving a
crosscut tunnel ft r the purpose of
tapping a rich streak at a depth . of
over 200 ft. below the apex of the
gold .one. In sinking tbe shaft above
referred to a very high grade ctute
was dicsloed, which this tunnel will
crosscut and when that point. is reach
ed drifts wib be advanced . both ways
nn tbe vein.
The want of space tbis issue for
bids more extened mention of great
country. But it is a theme that will
grow and row with each sucueding
week' i devlopment.
It is a country for tbe stocicmau,
the orch-dlst, the wheat grower, the
miner, the business man.. There all
will find something suitable forindus
trial and collective effort.
The dream of today is the reality
of tomorrow.
State Fair
The Examiner has received a copy
of the Oregon State Fair premium
list for 1908.
Upou examination, we note that
the list of premiums are larger than
ever before offered, that the state ap
propriation is flO.OO.l and that tho
earnings of the fair are added to the
above amount to the extent of nearly
f5000 which makes the premiums very
attractive.
This year's fair will surpass those
of the past; many new exhibitors are
securing space, and numerous herds
have been purchased and shipped
Into Oregon which will bo exhibited
at the Oregon State Fair this year.
New bulldlugs and improvements are
being lidded to the grounds, and
many new features will be apparent
to visitors.
Entries In the racing department
are much larger and consist of a bet
ter class of horses than fiver before
shown or raced In the Northwest.
The Silver Lake Leader and Central
Oregouiau have been consolidated
under the management ol Editor Hol
ed r.
ALL-ABSORBING
R, R. QUEST
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Preliminary Works Seem
to be Completed
NEED CHEAPER TRANSPORTATION
A Big: Rich Unexploited Region
Is Now Ripe for a Big:
Business
Tbe theme of paramount interest in
Lakeview, aud tributary country, now
that politics are placed in tbe back
ground for a while, ecxept as to
national issues, is the prospective
development of tbe railroad stuatlon
in Southern Oregon. '
In tbis matter, Lakview, as a radiat
ing center, is tbe prize for which
contending und conflicting railroad
grants are striving. There is to be
no "community of interest" business
in the deal at all, as these men now
realize in a forceful way that they
have neglected too long the immense
resources of this region that for
years gone by should have afforded a
tremendous traffic that wonld have
augmented tbe already over flowing
coffers of their gigantia corporations.
Reluctant though we may be to
concede railroads credit for good
when already constructed, yet those
of of us who labo along in tbis age of
hurry without the facilities of rapid
transportation are painfully aware of
tbe troubles, expense, loss of time
and other annoying features that
work against our material well-being,
to reent ,too etronpjy the common
raii &' practice of placing charges
for such service in keeping with tbe
maxim: "Charge all tbe tar flic will
bear." Under such circumstances
we are not apt to be so strenuous iu
our criticism of railroad management,
although we feel free to confess tbat
tbe motto: "Live and let live" ' suits
us much tbe better in that connection.
It certainly is not to the credit of
railroad men that tbey have been so
dilatory in recognizing tbe splendid
opening for tributary business of
immense volume for their existing
ilnes outside the connQea of tbis great
Inland Emdire, comprising Southern
Oregon, North Eastern California and
Northwestern Nevada, a vast region,
teeming with resources of every kind,
some of them latent and at . best only
partially developed, everyone of
which would be oontibutary ' to a
tremendously profitable '' railway
traffic. '
It is obvious that the boundless
i
products of farm mine orchard foreet
and pasture lying here on every hand
must soon compel construction of
not one, but several railways, to meet
tba demand here now so strongly
appealing for cheaper, better and
more rapid transportation. ' '
'It Is said that coming events cast
tbeir shadow before" and iq this1 light
it would seem that tbe stirring events
of tbe last few weeks ludicate .''some
thing doing" in railroad .circles.
Several - charters for railroad , lines
centering iu Lakeview, were recently
filed iu Salem, the State capital. One
of them was for a railroad the OVegon
Eatsern Railway, mentioued " last
week, 15 miles loug, extending' from
Lakeview to NewPine Creek, situated
mmeditely ou the California Oregon
state line. It is hard, of courses, to
give any reasou for such a movi on
part of a railway magnate,. . XV may
be a bluff or a feeler to, orce some
one else's hand in the railroad game,
or it .may be a move to edver Fan
daugo Pass, reputed to be the best and
lowest pass existing from ' eastern
approaches to either Portland or San
Francisco. i .i '
In additiou to these mpyp a number
of surveying parties are work In
this region all close' moatned, but
very industrious ; but at tbe same time
thin work means that ere long ex
pected railway age so far as this
regiou is concerned Is ;uow."only a
question of a few months at moat
It was said that "All' roadtf lead to
Rome." Tbe configuration .of this
country, confirmed by repeated sur
veys the last forty years, coupled with
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