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VOL. XXIX
LAKKVIKW. LAKK COUNTY, OIlKdON, THURSDAY. AUGUST R Hm)8.
NO. 33
QfO
MAKING A
DESERT FARM
The Silver Lake Leader
Tells of New One
Up There
WISE FARMERJESTCOTT
His Crain, Alfalfa' and Vegeta
bles Showed His Neigh
bors Something
TheHllver lake lewder of Augum
7 contain the following S
"On litnt Hti'ilny afternoon In com
pany with Jim Ninffurd tin-editor of
tho I-cmlcr 11 ii visit to the homo
of 'IV and 'Ma' WfHicott. mtimtcd
ill. Mil II lllllc lllul 11 lllll f'OIII IllM'll.
We lute I heard much of t he improve
ment MM Wt'll UM tilt' Hplelldld KIUW
Inn crops on t he Wi'Hiciit ranch, hut
had not rculired wliut wiim ilu'ic
mull wi hiiw It with our nun f.vcx,
ami to Hi' H was to gurc upon It
Willi perfect Hiimcfiiifiii.
'Jui fut.rtcfii iiiuiifiiH nmi Air
Wl'Mt'Ott II H'' I II llOIIHWtl (III Upon lIllM
I lltH't of llllld Mllll lllllll.V. V lll'll lie
liletl. Klllllt ll II t It, IIH lie'WIIH t'OIIl-
-rcii looiixii to irv io numi up h
lioini' upon a dreary and il.Holtiie
looking uugeliruNli plain. Mr. West-4-oll
let tin-in laugh, while hi nalil
nothing. J nil (en luoiilliH ago lie
Im'Kiiii to Improve tho place dy build
ing it miiiiiII bonne, t lieu ln-gun to
dear up tlit liiml ready for crop
tbia pi lug. lly late hi edlng; thiit- In
had lorty hciim grulilVil, i wi my of
which In mi-Ii-I to rye, not plowing
the ground at nil, Imt In H sicad
Kfivelt a thorough discing;. Seven
teen acres he plowed. Kevcu f Which
lit Mowed to alfalfa and tip other teu
to barley. The other ilirve m rea he
uwed for a garden, yard 'and darn
lot. Tin rye U an pretty u field of
tiiat grain a one wImIicm lo v and
will produce an lininc na tiinniiut of
liny. Tin barley, for a first crop, M a
fairly good one, although Ita growth
liiut Ih-en somewhat Mtuutnl by the
extraordinary hot weaih-r we have
had during the punt month. 'ui will
make choice hay. The alfalfa well
wurdM almoMt fall iim when we want
todeMtrllie It, Imt w ill Hiiy that dur
Injr our live ycira' rcMldeuce In Lake
coliuty we ha ve never net-M ltMt-iiial
but on One In tie patch of alioiit an
acre that had Ihvii well Irrigated. It
Im Mlinply a wonderful growth, and
no one can reallxe that Mils alfalfa,
Howif iIiIh spring, without a drop of
water on It except t ha' which came
from the mUIi-m. hIiii-iI up fully four
teen IticheH high with the darkest of
it hcnll h.v tfTccu eiilur, and Willi -uch
an eveiiiii MM on the ground that
Melooiit ciiunilcd nay where, in the
gnrde,i poialiN'H are grow ug iim Hue
an er gic aiiywmre: Hinlmif,
oirriitx, uhmIiiim" and tuinlpH unit
are an Mteei anl Juicy mm i-Ve u,r.-w
on an.V mill greeia I In- eye of I lie be
ti.il.ii i. ,- hum a iiueMory and liilf
Ih.iikc wil li a km nl ci I ill imilei nen I li,
a line well if aier, pure ami clear
iim cimii, a Imlii ami iiila-r mil
IiUIIiIiuhm. J'Ikm and chlckeliH, cum n
ami en Hex, ail i-lwn ami lal, nho Ihg
pi . ir-H i ity iilel thrill.
S o iImi Hum new Ini lie Jilnt oH-neil
pliallltlUK an It I". Mill ! pay
anyone tne lime -iil In K""'K
w e li, an no n ut i. can poi I ray m liat
In I lure ax well iim I lie eye cull we o.
'I'o looh iipiai tne uriiw in t riii and
lliell at Hie muri III uh !! till' OUlMdlt
oi the lci.ee ami to Hunk wual a
ureal liauxii ii iijiii lull Iiivm Im-cu made
In it'll nioiiiliM opM-ti'M like a il ream,
Inn a mem reality.
I In. IiiiiiI iii Mr. Wexcott'M In Juhi
like ihoiiHauiU of itcreM lylutf in
iiurilii'l u 1-ake couuiy , all of wnicii
can Im- iuuiIv lo ploiilice iim well lot
HUH pli fo M lilt I lie name IiiICIIIk II
I'llliH ttllwu that Mr. Wenlcoll Iiiim
upplleo lo llili pal liCUlac piece.
niiiiout naiiery to Mr. WcHtcolt
we waul In Mil llial we coiiniili-r It
a lile-nl., mat lie located wllhllM,
iim tie Iiiim oy hi energy and liuiallcr
Iur lii ln l In the proline pniduclive
in -KB hi iIh- miii ami hy Iiim lutt-iliueiit
inetliod ol Iuiiiiiuk. pruved I icy on-1
any duulit l hal I lit! MitKehruMli pl.niin
ol t lil. Mi ction can lie made to pro
tluceiniiuyf Id. Mr. WeMCoi tM wtn k
ami i he Kpifiuiltl rellliM tli tallied are
ol Iim nk ulnlile valtliinie to uleinlliin
Met i ler , aM it Im no u nicer an iiuiriid
expcl'iiueni iim lo wuet ner tni uplaim
null III III-- Hellll-Mild Im ll will proilllce.
nut tne prooi im a Mit-ru reality, wuicti
we wl-li llm tlioUMitudM wuo ait-
Mt'i 1 it if Iiuiiicm could Htv, mm we have
ecu. w till their own eyt-M.
GEORGE BOYDS-
TUN KILLED
DID: FENCING
His Team Ran Away, Throwing
Him, and Kicked Him
on the Head
A fnont dlHtrHHln accident occurred
nnur town Tuniiay veniiiK when
(ieorKD iioydMtutt lont hii Ufa.
It ai-eirm he waa hyin, and id
Mome way lont control of I) la team,
which afartttil to riu. and threw him
lietweeo tbem and ttwwsuou, aod oue
of the boraea kicked bim la the
head, lie aa taken to bia borne,
and kIvmu medical attention, but be
only aurvlvi'd a few houra.
A liiiKnlMr cc Incidence ia noted in
the fact that nhout two yeara aioce he
had a brother killed in a etmi'ar
manner at lMley Dofb men it
Aitemi wnre (tool huriie.ueii, but hal
frequent ruuawMya In-fore ttieetioK
with their fatal Moci. tents.
Mr. Hoydntun waa about 10 years
of Hit, aud leave, a wife, two boy.,
and two uirle. ben I rip. a father, mother
and a number of brothers aod aiiitera
to irourn bia untimely death. He
a born and raiatd here.
Heva.a bard worklnif man quite
well to-iio. and waa bivhly esteemed
by hla frieuda and neighbors He
waa a member of tb local Woodman
Iode, and carried an insurance in
the order.
The funeral eervlcea will be held
this (Thursday) morning at 10 o'clock
in the Metbodiflt Church by the Bap
tist clerKymau, Iiev. U. C. Harris
The eubject will be "The Departed
Deal."
and b-lnit in the very heart of a won
derfully rich mineral belt, there is
every m-mmou to believe that at au
early date it will show very anbfltan
tll imrirovemf-nt.
Heretofore this peetionof country,
Iih. been comparatively durnmnt arid j
occ.tifiied only as a ((razing field by I
the Htockuien, with an occasional
ranch here and there and which has
yielded iinmeiiHe crops wherever culti-
WhT-e these retmurces are in their, Thought They
lurancy and await tne advent or -ner-uetiu
men and capital, the surround-j
I ml hills abound in countless beris of
antelope, dcr, liear and mountain ,
sheep and the Jarre brooks and lakes i
are filled with delicious mountain1
trout.
ILLEGALLY
it They Owned
Everything in Sight
And More
HARNEY HEN IN LIMBO
WINGF1ELD SAID
TU lit: A BIGAMIST
A
San Jose Woman Doing
Lot of Vicious
Talking
u
Tberr is a woman In Ban Joae who
Is kicking up a rumpus, and nay
tbat lieo. Wiuutielil i a bigumiHt,
claiming abe already waa bia wife
lieu be married Minn M unlock It
ia not at all.liker that Wingfleld.
dead game sport that be has proved
hinmef to lie, would take cbaL.ct'8 on
auy such deal as this woman alleges.
KLAMATH'S NEW SUPERINTENDENT
FAIR GROUNDS OF OUR SCHOOLS
Isn't It Time for the Lake
County Partners to Or
gonize for Fall Fairs?
Teaches School, Kuns a Big
Farm, and Has 1,000
Head of Cattle
I
Itald .'Mountain .Mine
Cedarville Record 5: A mining
man went out to HhIiI niouutalu IhhI
Munday to look at the milieu. It is
to be hoped ho wid tuke bold of them
and make them paying properties.
The ore is there, and all it needs is
capital to get it nut nud work it.
President ft. St. George Bishop of
tbe Klauiatb Falls County Agricultur
al Asoclatlon, ia authority for tbe
Htatemeut tbat the couuty will have a
blrf fair and race meet this fall
Tbe track on tbe new fair grounds
will be completed in a few days and
w ill be one of the ll lu tbia section.
A number of buildings for exhibits
will be put on toe ground and by tbia
tall every tbing will be in readiness
for a race meet and couuty fair
Farniera are urged to collect exhibits
so tbat there will be a good display
of agricultural products.
Isn't it about time for the farmers
of this couuty to organize a county
Hair? The Kxamiuer believes it,
would tie productive of much good !
and would be a tine opportunity for
the faimers all over tb county to get
together to their mutual benefit.
MUST SPEAK ENGLISH
OR. NO HOMESTEAD
HuNt'luiU IteniH
A HOiibation was created in the Fed
eral Court of Dever wheu Judge Lewia
panned a new ruling, when thruwlug
out half a dozen natural lzatlon cases,
in which be held that a foreign horn
-person must speak the Kuglitdi lan
guage before he cau hull a cleur title
Jo a hoineetcad.
"I cannot allow final papera to tie I
xiven" aatd the court, "where the
party seeking the same la liable to
peak the English lauguage. He can
not understand the laws of this
country or auy of the acts that go to
rove bis citizenship. He may have
loinestaadeu upou land, but be must
road and write English before be can
Hccure his final papers and come bo
fore this couit with a natitva born
citizen who cau s ear he bus known
the subject for a period of five years."
The decislou will result in invali
dating many claims throughout this
state aud it is claiiuod was made iu
accordance with tbe rulings fioui the
naturalization ottice.
A Former 1iiIhIiv Man
Newt. Taylor, of Crab Orchard,
ftebrBBka, In renewing bis uubscrip
tlon to The Examiner, nays: "We
appreciate the weekly visits of your
paper verymuch, as every copy con
tsiui Home , Item ot interest to us,
Having lived iu Paisley, tor a number
of years, we at 111 take a deep interest
In the alfairs of Lake Couty, aud the
welfare of her people."
MILLWRIGHT FOR
MILL NOW HERE
To Have the Mill Ready
for Grinding this Fall's
drain Crop
. A portion of the machinery for tho
now flouring mill hits arrived. Ho
noon as tho rest gets here, operations
will begin aud Tbe Examiner will give
4i0 enterprise suitable muutlou. It will
lie a line thing for the furmers,
nironliug a market for their gralu,
ami will also provide the peoplo with
flour at less cost.
H. Hlniniona, the millwright who Is
to put lu position the muuhinery for
the Homing mill Is here aud will at
unoo lustall the mill so that It will bo j
.ready for operation within a few
weeks.
Parties who have wheat to dispose
of might do weu to 11 rut coiiBtilt the
Lakcview F ouring Mill Company.
It may bo that Mr. Himmons will
ul ho become the miller He is highly
j leuommeuded and has only recently
completed a nulla lioiiauaza.
3lnU.CN Fine Saddle
H. F. AhlHtrom, the pioneer saddler
aud harness maker, reports business
exceedingly good, eight orders for
saddles having' boon received the pant
week from d liferent parts of Oregon,
Nevada and Califorula, This Urni has
hud the reputation far aud wide of
making tho best saddles on tho mar
ket, and several meu aro constantly
employed iu tilling the demand. This
brings iu much money to the town
that otherwise would not reach here.
Thought Man wax u Deer
Tho Alttiraa New Era says that
Frauk Aville whs shot aud seriously
injured by W. H. Harrison, iu the
Horse Lake Motintulns laid. week.
They were hunting aud Aville was
uiiutakea for a deer.
A base ball game ' was pulled off
in Fine Creek Munday between tho
Fine Creek team aud an aggregation
of players picked from Lakeviw and
Crane Creek. It was a walk ov?r for
the HI ate Liners, resuitiug in a score
of 17 to H
Another game was bad on the same
day at Davis Creek, just across the
line in California The Lake City
team came over to that place with tbe
determination of taking home with
them the laurels that bad been snatch
ed away on th-ir owu diamond a few
weeks ago. The were doomed to
dissHpolutment, however, for Davis
Creek again carried olf the honors.
We did uot learn the score
Iti s expected that the Hly baseball
te-iin will be over in a few days to
cross bats with tbe local teams.
A game is beiug arranged for San
dy beteen tbe All Stars aud tbe Ltke
vlwe High School. Toere has aw-ays
beeu a strong rivalry between these
two teams, the iant game b-duga com-1
plete victory lor thi All Stars. The!
agme Suuday is looked forward to
with a great deal of interest.
ft. li. Jackson, of Paisley, (he new
county school superintendent - of
schools is in town tbia week in attend
ance at tbe county examination. .
Mr. Jckaon is a very pleasant gentle
man io meet, lie intends making a
regular trip each week to Lakeview
to look after bia oc filial duties. In
addition to being Lake County Super
intendent Mr. Jackson is also tbe
principal of the Paisley schools. He
also is tbe owuer of a 1000 acie farm
adjoining Paisley, and is tbe owner
of 1000 bead of cattle, a number of
which be is now pastu ing on tbe
Klamath flats, getting them ready for
market at either Aabland, Ore., or
Vreka, California.
It will be seeu tbat with his manl
fold duties aud property iuteresta
tbat Mr. Jacksou is a very busy man.
Work on t ,'ourt 1 1 ohm
The work on the iievtr court houae
Ik now ho fur advanced tllut the roof
and the copula nre lielng constructed
It la Hinted that the .entire upier
ory mil y lie uaed mime 'time In the
future fr h county hopttiil. It la a
fine t'tifturi mid one that nu!d do
credit to n county wlih fen time the
population of Ivike couiily, and the
Imt of It nil Im that it Im (mid fur and
thi-re la money lanldea In the treaa
cry. All tbia apenka well for tbe coun
ty and Its omclaht.
Our Urtcle Samuel Begins Civil
and Criminal Action
- Against Them
ROCK ISLAND SUR
VEYORS AT WORK
SAILING WITH
THEJLS. FLEET
Letter From a Young Sailor
Man Now Having dood
Time in Auckland
Tbe editor of The iiCXaminer has .a
youug 'need ou board too U. fi.
"Uori", BOW waking the toor'
arouud tbe world. He is an electric
ian, aud is a South Dakota buy,
uamed Milton Wlliard. His last
letter ia dated Honolula, but the fleet
is now at Aukland, Hew Zealand.
' . Im winter Ihara nnm inn m irwua m.
ports state tt at tbe boys shivered
soma before arriving ; at Auckland.'
He aays: - :
We left Frisco. July .7th for Hon
olula, aud tpeut 9 days at sea. We
bad fine weather fr6m tbe time we
left Frisco. It ia awfully bot here.
It is almost as hot as Rio Jauiero. We
arrived here on Thursday, July ltf
about 2:30 p. m. !ine days is- uot.
long to bt at sea, but our next run
will be 16 days from' here, to, Aukland
New Zealand. On Friday we paraued
aud Saturday we coaled ship. .To
day was cleaning day. The poorer'
class of people supplied fruit tor all
the ships. We got about 600 pine
apples aud about 100 bunches of
bananas., Cocoanots - and alligator
pears aud a good deai of. mixed
truit. 1 bfcd a wbore pine apple to
myself. Ibey are larger
1 ever saw in tbe United
received, your Examiuer and was
very much pleased to get it
Said
to
to he Running a Line
Portland, and Con
struction Started
Wlnnemucca, ( New). July SI It la
stilted here on g;ood Htitlioriiy thin
the Hock Inland Hailroad K.VHtetii la
npprexeiit huildliii; a line north to jro
through Wluneinucca and end at
Portland, Oregon. It 1 stated that
the actual aurvey of this route baa
lieeu completed and that the work
hat been atarted.
M1h Our Sunshine .
The Metk?er family, who left here
recently tor San Fraucisco eridently
are not altogether pleased with the
Golden Gate an I mies our suntthie. A
card from tbe ladv 'says: This laud
of Siiusbiue and Flowers' is the dauip-
Nauce O'Nell," the other day, aud
found (on the stage) an old Lakeview.
favorite, Mrs. Paul Harvey. This
will ue argeeable news for ber many
frieudi iu Lakeview. "
'.fbe Henuet Show played Monday
night to a large audlauceat tbe Opera
House.
ltlgr Fire Went of Town
Tbe Forestry office, just as we go to
press, got woru yesterday morning of
a big tire raging lu tbe timber in 27
17 Drews Valley. A big crew of men
was sent out to fight fire.
HERE
S
NEW
A
FIELD
Kuoulug full
populous tonus
well that the more j much preferable to oue line of busi
and cities will be
t-i.i.... u.. m a. i
veiv unlet tor n venr or tn at lMMt ' mou iu uuuuuea m me eeciiua
veiy tpjiet ior n year or two, at least j n,BntillH.i ,. i,mlo1ia ,.,,
theie is a positive demaud on the part j thouands of acru open to settlemeut
of tho public for a new Held, of diver- under tho laws of the United States,
The Portland Journal says Tbe Ex
miner is publishing much good in
formation about Lafee county. "
Equity salts to enjoin tbe mainten
ance' of fences, Bud criminal auita to
' prosecute the men responsible for tbe
unlawful inclosufe of 112,340 acres of
government land, were filed ia tbe
United, States court Saturday by
United States Attorney MeCourt, says
the Oregon iao. Tbe anita are five in
number and tbe principal defendant
is1 tire ' William .Hanley Company,
' wbicht' it is alleged, baa inclosed
j improperly 82,&Kr acres of vacant
I publio land and i'O acres of school
land, til iu Harney county.
It i f barged ittttt tbe fences com
.plained, pf tv beep maintained by
60GUed corporation to tbe exclus
ion of ail other stockmen for about 1)
yesrss.' Harry L. Corbett ia secrptary
of the- corporation, wbtlo WUlUw
Haoley t president and general man
aiier. fiftnley win be prosecute
criminally.
Practically three sides of the alleged""
unlawful iuclosore are inclosed by
rm-roek as a natural barrier, which
.served to keep tbe beHa con ailed.
Where there wer any openings
around the tract, '-which is about 30
nil lea, in length and range frcm 4 to 12
miles in' width, the' company purchas
ed aeef ies of tract I of 40 acres each,
do Which it constructed fences, com
plc'tln'g the inclosnAj.
Ttjs other largcstv indlridnal tres
7TR8eiri : against ..Which proceedings
'bare. been institued, is ttie PaclHo
Livestock Company. It is cnarged
with, having mainained a fence inclos
ing 23,000 of land in Malheur county.
l,t ia alleged that tbe land baa been in
Cioaed" unlawfully for 15 years, la
addition to tbe equity suit, a criminal
proceeding bas been brought against
Henry L Miller and John (Jilchrist,
president and manager, respectively,
of i!e company.
.Civil and criminal suits also have
been fled in tbe other th'ee cases, as
follows: American- Livestock Com-
than any.1 pany of Cbicago, inclosing 1800 acres
States. 1 in Harney county.' for which Kdwin
li. Hall, manager, vt ill answer to a
criminal charge; Elijah ani Royal T.
Clever, inclosing acres in Union
county and J. F. aod Ralph O.
Smith, inclosing 300 acres also iu Un
ion county.
Tbe suits against both tbe William
Hanley Company, aod the Pacific
Livestock Company embrace a larger
.acreage tbau warf involved in the
case agamta me cuue LieeK L.ana
iu which
It was in
000 acres of
government laud,, that ex-United
States Attorney Hall was indicted on
a charge ot conspiracy. He waa tried
tbe United States court last Feb
ruary and convicten, bis co-coospira-tors,
W. W. Steiwer. 11. H Hendricks
and Clarence li. ''Zacbary, pleading
guilty and tetitityisg for tbe pros-cu-tiob.
esr. coiaesi piace I was ever ia - we Livestock Covupaoy,
"-"""'J -M" " lumo iimta .me accused pleaded guiltv
f.'v-08 fx.J,'.r,,d': 1;ut,euue'1 tbe' this case, involving 20,00
THE PRICE OF BEEF
IS BOUND TO b0
UP
A Loudon aispatch states tbat tbe I ha ?"&f ii'8' A1"08t
, , r t.. I all. the contracts pending have been
prolouged scarcity of meat in, the rescinded or faileu of execution. The
United States continues
attentiou aud ia begluuiog
alarm. The demands- of
silled resources ; where the mauufaa
tiircr can secure water power; where
the homesteader can obtain rich gov
ernment laud; where the timber belts
will furnish lumber sutllcieut for all
building aud geueral purposes; where
the gold mines mix be operated at a
profit by the gold miner; aud It Is
such a reglou lu Southeastern Oregou
and iu Lake Couuty,
Certainly there is a disposition ou
the pait of mauy people to engage iu
business lu a section which ia uot
entirely depeudeut ou any eiugl re
source, for they have come to believe
that a diversity of lesources is
at a nominal cot-t for each oue huu
dred aud sixty acres ot laud which
will, withiu tbe next year or two, tie
in direct railioad communication
with tho outside world. Tbe Nevada,
California & Oregou Railway is rapid
ly coming this way fiom tbe South,
aud a branch of the Oregou & Cali
forula is uearing Klamath Falls to tbe
west of us. Auolber line is already
surveyed through thissectlou starting
iu at Vale and tbeuoe directly West to
the Pacific Ocean. With these three
hues of railroad actually assured,
transportation facilities will be at our
doors
Au absolutely new town has been
to claim , sh;pmeuts of meat for South Africa
to - create " we" 88 thnsefor bwedeo have beeu
, i suspendd for the time.
American j. .,,, aii,. ,uuiin,. ,j ..Dnin .
houses for the return of canned meat j 8eif 0f the condition 'to push tbe in
sent here, already repeated twice iu )dutry of canned .meats to the limit,
orders that agree to pay tbe freight (and.iu all its packing establishments
both ways, are so extended aud per lis working with qxtra forces on full
sii-teut it is impossible to understand Uiwe to secure position and satisfy tbe
how such operations cau be effected..' "'aet. lut it i calculated that
lu iio years the stocks of preserved i do wilHt ,bev il is impossible to
meats have not Ueeu so reduced iu reestablish the equiliurium orthe mar-
Kurope as at the present time. . Kel since ail estimates seem to show
Through English ports alone. 5,4;10 hU the world's ikimand is superior
(KX) pouuds of canned meats have beeu j V,' tte aetu'41 Prodjuctlou.
returned to the Uiiited States. Au in-' ' a view of the situatiou, which if
diciatiou ot the necesitr for meat iu i piolonged must paoduce an insupport-
the exportiug country is fouud iu the iaL1 r'8B iu the i''ice ot meats, there
fact that the important lionise of Lib by
which bus immense stocks iu Aut
werp, has given orders to return it
AVootl.s tin Fire
Recent fires have done considerable
damaga to timber lauds iu Klamath
county. The fires here have only
burned up the ueedles. However,
there is great danger from fire, owing
to the inteuse heat of last two weeks
making eveiythiog dry as a tiuder box
aud campers should take great care
with ther tires.
is a returu. to the
FJiiglish ports to
Argeutiue cattle. '
idea of reopening
tbe admission of
Atlvertl.Hotl Letter
. Mr. Fmll Pettersou, Walter Strand,
Albert Robbius, "Mr. Crest Strand le,
Mr, Jobuey Prairte, Mr. C, L. Smith,
Dr. Daue, Mrs. M. Iluback, Mr.
EHing. .A. HariBon, Ed. Sheerwood,
Henry Stout, .Mrs. Ftorlce McOee,
Win. Clark, Mr. tli. E. Colviu, Mm.
Hertha Klueery, Esmil Dethlife,
UPli MILLER, Postmaster.
very j laid out iu tbe district of Oold Run