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VOL. XXIX
LAKEVIEW, LAKH COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 23, lOuo.
NO. 30
FINE FREE HOMES
CAN BE HAD HERE
The Last and licst West
of Uncle Sam
A VERITABlE UNO OF PROMISE
A Soil That lias Demonstrated
Itself With Every Sort
of Clop
The Examiner believes I hut
oertloo presents letter and more
thin
ad-
vantages for th homaseekcr or busi
ness wen than euy other miction of
I tin United States, la do otlmr sec
tlua do we II ml a Mno c'ituate,cotipled
with such richness of noil which In
capable of yielding products of sucb
Hue quality aud varied nature right
tiore In beautiful aud productive Lake
County.
la looking iuto tbu merit of this
Ctlon the contemplating settlor
should understand that this In iio new
nai untried land tut oue i which
diversified interests bave been sue
reasfully tested for over fifty yearn;
w bore the fluent and sleekest of cattle;
iiortes of strength, eudurauce, beauti
fully proportioned; abe in such
nuiulier Ha to produce 3,0U,IK0 pounds
T wool per annum ;whera grain, uu-
Irrlgnted, produce from Xt to 00
bushels of wheat, l)arley and rye in
imilur proport'ou ; and when the flu
ent, moat luscious of strawberries,
emull fruits of ad kinds, besides niter-
rlen, peaches, plums, apples, English
Walouta ,all Krow, tbrlve,and produce
abundantly and of the very highest
grade. Ail these things iu tbu not too
distant fullness of time will make
those coming bore a contented and
prosperous people. Huch things bave
happened elsewhere, wltb hut a tithe
of the help of eoushiue, rich, and
productive Hull, and nuftlk'leut rainfall
reality 'a here.und all of which tend
tu work those wonders witnessed here
m every liitud.
The unw comer wiit mid here ready
tit liuud, towns, villages. schools,
churches, telephones, electric Unfits,
cheap and plentiful supply of lumber,
unlimited fuel with prospect ot coal
near at hand all necessary in this
age or clvlla7.ltlon. I lie only tblug
lacking la railroad transportation,
and that now in only a question of a
hort time lu bucotniug u reality.
lu addition to all these advantages,
hII ready eHtubliahod, there are utmost
unlimited opprtuuities for securing
land here, under tho government land
laws, that iu u few years will com
mand prices, because of their product
iveness, which w ill astonish some of
the people now here wbo imagined
t hey bave taken tho best. Sumo of
the large stock owners Kill luter
subdivide their holdiuggs, some are
now doing bo, ut prices that will
enable those of the smallest of purses
to secure a few acres which, with
fruit, poultry and vegetables, will give
a fumily good living.
In the (lieut Warner Lake valley
there are thottustida of acres of as fine
laud sage brush desert now opeu
for settlement that only needs carefu
extensive cultivation to be made to
produce baudsumcly in uV sorts of
grain, and fruits, free homes and right
up to whut will prove one of the rich
est and biggest gold mining cumpa iu
America tho fatuous and long sought
"Lout Cabin" district.
iu other points of this county,
containing an urea larger than tho
whole state of New Jersey, lure other
tracts said to be as good us the War
nor Lake Valley lauds capuble of pro-1
(luclng grain and fruits iu abundance j
and of superior quality, till tree to i
tin) wide awake anil hustling man who
knows a good thing wheu he sues it'
iu short Lake County is in itnelf a
hiiiuII einpiro emliraciug ", i:UV-t1' neres
ot land clussillod as follows:
Agricultural und alfalfut land 1,
acres. Timber Jlaud 1,HM,.'150
acres. Gruizug land U.WO.lUO acres.
July last, 2,411,500 acres of this
remuiued unappropriated. t!81,105
acres of which has not be en surveyed
ot these luuds not appropriated, is
about 1,000,000 acres school laud for
sale by the btute at Jti.M to $5.00 per
acre.
There are at the present time
approximately Z'lO.lKH) sheep, W.OOj
cattle and 2Ti,0(X) fiotitMi and mules,
pastured in the county the income
the pat year from live stock alone
was in excess for ?:ir(.00 per capita,
In addition we should add
pounds of wool exported.
All these things Jpoint conclusively
to the urestuiiss now and prospective
of Lake county, Urrgon.
Po roti want a share iu all these
thl ntc that leail to prosperity? If so,
come and Join us, and secure a foot
bold in this (ireat Inland Kmpire,
while lands are free, and u ulorlous
opportunity beckons you on every
band
C O. Metzkcr
and Family Leave
For California
Take With Them Best
Wishes of a Host
of Friends
C O. etrker, and family left
town Monday, for California. They
will stop for a abort visit a Hierrsville
I'lu m as County, and will then go to
Han I'Vanclcso, where they will decide
upon a location.
Mr. M etzker was raised here, and
since growing to manhood has occu
pied a promiueut place in the aftaiis
of this county as the able and pains
takiug editor of The Examiner. It
seemed a hard tiling for him to break
away from old friends, aud after a
change, among new scenes, wo believe
be will come hack to Lakeview. He is
a fine type of a man, one whom any
one can tis to In perfect confidence.
He and bis family will be missed
here, aud tbe friends they loave
all wish them tbe best of luck and
prosperity la tbeir new borne;
among tbeir well wishers is tbe
inanagemeut of The Examiner.
and
new
big Profit in Cherries
As an Indication of wbat our fruit
growers will be doing wheu tbe rail -
road gives us quick transportation we
clip the following Item from an ex-
chauge: A hundred tons of the
Uoyal Ann cherries grown in
beet
the
Immediate vicinity of Salem will be
takeu this year by a Ban Francisco
firm for bottling by tbe marasbino
process, aud the same persons will
also purchase large quanities of tbe
floe blackberries, loganberries and
raeplerries,they to be used lu making
fruit juices and crushed fruits for
soda fountain beverages.
THE STAGE, HELD UP
TUESDAY MORNING
AND EXPRESS BOX TAKEN
A bold hold-up of. the Likely and
Lakeview stage occurred at about
three o'clock Tuesday morulng, at a
point about three miles this side of
Likely.
Tho diiver was commanded to stop
and did so, wherupon two aimed aud
masked men ordered the paeseugers
out of the stage and stood them iu a
line. Oue of the road men then got
out the express box, while tbo other
covered tbe driver aud passengers
with his gun.
It was evideut that tbe express was
all they wanted, for with that secured
the passengers were told to take their
seats, aud gave the driver the word
to go. Neither the passengers nor the
NEW TELEPHONE LINE
PROUECTEl) FOR LAKEVIEW
J. Frank Adams, of b'eno, and Al
fred Karge, of I'nrnoii, Nevada, en me
tip Saturday to interview the 1uhI
iichh men of the towu relative to the
putting In a long (llHtance Hue. lr.
Adams la president and Mr. Karge
Hccretary of tbo WcHtoru l'aclllc Tele
phone Company.
These gentlemen want to put a
copper wire .from hero to Keno and J
on to San 1'ranclHco. 'lltey were
taking t oupon contracts In order to
ascertain if they could secure sulli
clent lnialneMH, and if not, will not
build to this point.
Tito line w ould lie au expensive, one,
and will coat In tbo neighborhood of
J'JTi.OOO to construct.
The Kxamluer waa uot advised as
to tbe result of tho visit of the gsntle
meu.
THE LAND LAWS OF
THE UNITED STATES
What You flust
Uncle Sam's Domain
Kvery stogie person and every
married man i entit'ed to 100 acres
of a homestead. The laws are strict
and must be complied with. You
must live continuously upon the
property. You must cultivate and
Improve the property. You bave six
months iu wtich to build your house
and move to your property. You
pay 110.00 riling fee to Hie on a borne
stead. You are only entitled to 100
acres of land uuder the homestead
laws.
After 10 months continued residence
you can commute a homestead tiy
paying t2(X cash. If you do not
commute it re U ires 5 years to com
plete your title.
If you are not holding government
Und by some other method you are
entitled to file on .120 acres of desert
Wad. Desert land is laud you must
reclaim by placing water npon it.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
NEAR CEDARVILLE;
A terrible accident occurred on a
furm nboiit 5 mlte from Cedarvillo,
California, lust Thursday, In which
Tlionms hwet't lout his life.
It KcfitiH he wus working In a hay
field all alone, bla family belojc ab-at-Dt
from home. He had a team
bitched to a buy-rake. The team
must bave become untuausgable iu
Home way and ran.' His Lrother II v-
Ing on an adjoining; farm noticing no
atlrwent over Friday evening and
upon Investigation discovered the
I rake In one place amaahed to splint-
, era. and In another part of tho held.
, In some Huge bruah he discovered his
j brother in a terrible shape. Oue leg
was broken, both anna, three or four
, ribs on one aide, and one on the other
' piercing bin lung, aud bin skull waa
badlv fractured. iStrange to relate
the man waa still alive, but uncon
scious. He did not recover conacloua-1
llUkl fill ii iit.nl minii nfter lirt waa
found. I
Mr. 8weet waa a prominent farmer
aud was constable of tho town. He
was about 4S years old. A wife
two children survive him.
and
mail were molested.
It was thought at first that a big
haul bad been made, but tbe Likely
ageut reports that tbe box contained
only one package, at a value of about
M or ei.
No clue as to the pertrators of this
bold act of highway robbery.
it is tbe first case of tbe kind on
this line for some years, as tbo last
act of this sort proved to be the drlv
er himself, and tbe fact that be waa
always robbed when alone, gave rise
to suspicion aud be waa arrested con
victed aud sent to prison.
The authorities are active in attempt
to ferrit out those men, as there is no
desire manifested to allow them to
repeat the attempt.
Enquiring for John F. Guthrie
ti. 0 Uuthrle, of Inboden, Arkan
sas has written the aberlft'a olllee of
thin county enquiring for bis brother,
John F. (iutlirle. lie Is reported to
have been In both Harney and Mal
heur countlea the past five jears.and
may be in Lake.
He In described tu being 10 years
old; about 5 it. 10 in. high, and iik
unlly welfc'lm about i:M) to 150 pounds;
hair very gray f r his age; lieurd
light, but usually clean chaveu.
Ills brother and old mother are
very anxious about him, and will
liberally reward uny one who suc
ceeds lu locating Itlm. "
He is reporccd to be a sheep-herder,
or was lu that lino when lils where
abouts was kuowu to bis relatives.
One alleged "race-horse" was
at Alturaa last week for "O.
must bave boeu In It tilt.
sold
He
Do to Get Hold Of
You are required to pay 2Tc per acre
for this laud when you file and you
the.ti are compelled to spend at least
II per acre each year upon the laDd
In reclaiming It. You have four years
iu which to get water upon the same.
Fencing, clearing, building ditches,
putting down wells for Irrigation pur
poses, etc., are allowed by the govern
ment and you are credited with the
money spent and the work done
toward the annual payments. At the
end of four years you pay tl in cash
; to tbe government. You can take any
amount of this land up to 320 acres.
Timber and Stone Land : Per acre
tl CO. Ninety days after application
must be proved upon and paid for.
1 One can only take ICO acres or leas of
this class of land ; a wife can also ac
quire title to these lands.
Homestead : Of 1G0 acres or less,
costs for filing tlO and advertising
fees.
CHILDREN SCALDED
IN HOT SPRINGS
Two small children, a boy and'a girl,
belonging to J." M. Currey were very
badly scalded Tuesday evening by
falling into tbe creek running from
tbe bot springs at tbe Hot Spring
Bath House in tbe south part of town.
The water is scalding bot as it escapes
from tbe ground.
It seems tbe children were playing,
along the edge of the brook and tbe
boy fell so that bands and arms were
Immersed. He screamed with pain
Bnd so alarmed his little sister that
j n the attempt at getting him out aba
f Hs0 slipped into tbe water to her arm-
, pita, scalding lower limbs and body so
badly that it Is feared she will die,
She is In a ' very critioal condition
j The little boy may recover.
The children are under the care- of
Dr. Smith.
The free lumber plank in tb Tem
ocratio national platform- doea not
suit tbe local democracy, but of
coarse it will be swallowed i tba
interest of tbe party in other sections!
where tbe pine tree furuishes 'not
it does in Oregon I
B
REPORTS OP PROST
VIEWED WITH ALARM
BY
Some of our correspondents take a
doleful view of the government re
ports which indicate more or less frost
here during the growing months.
It is a singular and unexplained
fact of this climate that frosts, wbicb
would utterly ruin auytbing in other
sections of the country, do not in tbe
least injure any plant life here. Since
the writer came to Lakeview we bave
aqticed one frost early in the morning
and "viewed tbe same with alarm"
only to be laughed at by tbe old tim
ers. Vhen we expected to see black
cucumber rlnos, dropping fruit, and
tbe like, everything came out as clear
and bright as though there was no
SUDDEN DEATH OF A
. YOUNG HAN AT KLAIIATH
A sad and untime:y death was re
ported yesterday from Klamath Falls.
A young man named Fred Diehn,
accompanied by hU wife aud small
putty of friends weut out ou a camp
ing trip. He took aloi.g a lot ot soft
driuks, and tho weathr being bot,
drunk freely. The result was a severe
attack of cholera morbus wbicb led
bim to driuk some braudy, and gin
ger Tbe counteraction caused bis
' death iu a very short time.
He leaves a young wife aud cild.
The wife la a daughter of Postmaster
Eiuiultt of Klamath Falls.
Mr. Biehu was about 27 years old,
andwai oue of .the most popular and
promiueut youug meu of that city.
He was well to do and leaves au
estate ot about 115,000, mostly aoquir-
jed through bU own efforts.
(Continued from adjoining column,
Mr. John Cobb, a prominent Kaw
bide, Nevada operator, arrived In
camp Thursday and is looking ove
the mineral showings. Mr. Cobb I
very much pleated with the geological
formation and strength and richness
of the veins in Gold run district, and
be does-not hesitate to say that with
the adjacent timber and fine water
power;, extensive mining operations
can be advanced on very economical
scale. Mr. Cobb will spend the earn
mer in: tibis section and take over as
an investment tocb properties as
appear to bim.
Activity In
Full Blast at
Gold Run
A New Find Is Reported
North of the Original
Discovery
It. IV. Cunningham, one of ttie prom
inent mining operators of Goldrun,
was in town Monday, looking np a
timber supply for the mines.
tie reports activity there and many
newt men coming in every day. Up
wants-of 80 men are now working in
rarioue capacities in the district and
others will be put on as fast as place
cao be- made for tbem.
New finds of merit are reported, one
of them at a point three miles north
of tba original discovery, which gives
great promise from surface indica
tions. Mr. Cunningham bas bad wide min
ing axperienoe and in view of that
feat he is bigbly pleased with tbe
present outlook at Ooldrun, and be
lieves that it will develop into some
thing exceedingly good in a very short
time.
Illness of Mrs. Lester Kelsey
Lester Kelsey, of Plnsb, smarted for
Lakeview last Friday with bis wife
for medcial attendance. When be got
to Mud Creek station tbe lady be
come so ill she could go no farher
by team so Mr. Kelsay phoned to
Banker Cresaler to come with bis
anto. Tbe gentelmao complied, and
made tbe 20 mile ran op and down tbe
mountain In an hour and ten minutes
Tbe lady was take a to tbe borne ot
Mrs. Miller and placed under good
rare. She is now reported on the
road to recovery.
On Monday, a litrht shower, with
some thunder and lightning, cooled
1 off the air to a comfortable degree.
THE OUTSIDERS
such thing in tbe world as Jack Frost.
Tbe loaded cherry, apple and other
trees at present, all bear testimony
that tbey are immune from white
frosts, and the great thrifty truck
and garden patches would be tbe envy
of tbe world anywhere.
Tbe Government of tbe United
States is certainly "mistook". There
is no such thing as a "killing frost"
In tbe Uoose Lake Valley, though
there is an occasional inoccuous white
frost that does just the damage that a
light ebower of rain would effect no
more, no less !
Such reports are misleading and
should be corrected by the officials in
charge of such government work.
Prospector Hill in Tow n
R. J. Hill, of Lovelock, au expert
enoert prospector arrived iu ton
Weduesduy from au extended ttip
through Northern Nevada.
He was ut Seven Troughs, and con
siders that a good camp, aud one that
will be permuueut. tie did uot think
much of Rosebud or Saw tooth, aud
said these camps were ueurly deserted.
Tbe best prospect he saw ou bis
trp at Natonal, Willow Skull aud Rebel
Creeks iu Northern Nevada, . all of
when, are withiu a radius ot about 15
miles from euch other. At Skull
Creek a Reno muu has put in a 5
stamp mill, which be brought in from
Veringtou, aud expects early aud rich
results. There will be pleuty of water
but timber will bave to be hauled a
distance of 10 orV more miles. Tbe
country is all located in that section,
but prperty can be secured on reuon
able terms.
Mr. Hill left at once to prospect tbe
oountry be! wen bere aud Gold run.
GOLD UN
COMING
TO THE FRONT
Developmeht Work Is
Rapidly Pushed
THE BUTTE CROSS-CUT TUNNEL
Account of Some of the Work
Thati Is doing on la tbe
District
There is every idicatioo. of consider
able development of tbe miaing re
source! of tbia section tbe present
season, and with this end la view a
lot of supplies bae recently been
shipped Into Uoldran. district. There
are '2i or 30 men now at work on
different properties and the result of
these labors will determLoe the exact
line to be advanced, oa aa extensive
sca:e.
During the week several loads of
timber bave been laid oa the ground
for tbe cross cut,, wbiob, is being ad
vanced to cut tbe-vela la tbe Butte
group, and a car and track have
already been ordered for this work.
This crosscut tnonel is already in
about 60 ft and will be advanced
about 240 ft. further at which point it
will intersect toe-nica cbate opened up
n tbe bottom of tbe 50 ft. shaft.
Work waa temporarily suependtd In
the shaft from the fact that the rein
can meor expeditoably sad economic
ally opened np at a depth by tunnel
rather than by shaft. In the bottom
of this shaft tba vela is 3 ft. wide
aud carries- general average gold
values of $197. per too.
W. Z. Moss is rapidly poshing tbe
work, of development of tbe Edna
Group. Some-real good milling values
have been taken from tbe vein on this
estate.
Edgar F. Shultz has been doing
location work oa the Taft nad Taft
No 1.. alaim.
Those new mining men from British
Colombia, Nevada and Colorado who
have recently come into tbia district
will at once proseonte active exploi- .
tation work on tbe Jumbo Group
which was bonded by tbem from J.
W. Loftus et aL
At strong Eastern syndicate baa
reoently takeu over tbe M'ona group,
consisting of 5 claims, and work will
be commenced within tbe next ten
days.
V. M. Wyatt and Lou Reed bave
commenced work on a group of three
claims which la proposed to thorough
ly develop the present season. There
is a stroug outcrop on tbia group and
bigh gold values bave been secured
at tbe surface. Mr. Watt left Thurs
day Morning for St. Joe, Arkansas,
where a stroug corporation will be
formed for the purpose of handling
this valuable property. LegUimte
development is fully warranted by
tbe present showing and there. is
every teason to believe that at a com-
paratvely nominal expenditure will
put some shipping ore on the damp
in tbis mine.
Fred Beucbner, who has spent sev
eral weeks examining this field, has
gone to Denver on Mining business.
Mr. Beucbner is a very careful and
conservative mining operator and .
from tbe very fact that be bas thought
well euough of the camp to take
several groups of claim", is full
watrant for believing that he bas
grent oontideuce iu Ooldrun district.
Amoug the claims secured by hi in is
the Princess, Tutouie, Maud aud the
Ellen Fraction. Ou the Princess
there ie au epsecially good outcrop
which cau be traced U t 1000 ft. on
tbe surface and several samples have
beeu takeu which returned good mill
ing values. The ore of tbia ditrict is
free milling and tbe formation if
porpbry, rbyolite aud audesite. Con
siderable quartz la mixed in these
formations aud it is tbe latter wbicb
seems to carry tbe bigb gold values.
Leo Erenhous and Paul Webber are
doing assessment work tbis week ou
thekl Paso and Merry Widow groups,
aud so far as development work bas
been prosecuted tbe showing la
giatifying.
Continued on next column