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VOL. XXIX
LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEITKMHHtt 10, UmW.
NO.
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BIG INTEREST
IS MANIFESTED
A Stream of Enpuiry Com
ing As to the Oregon
Valley Lands
A SATISFIED MAN WRITES
A Participant in a Similar En
terprise Tells How the
Drawing Was Done
Tbe Examiner i Hooded with en
quiries us lo the Oregon Valley Ieud
Compuny, it land, it methods;
nbnwlng widespread intercut. We
. are also akd repeated lly u to open-
hum for Inislne, for bomes.for farm,
mid the like. If we gave each o of
the applicant- a personal reply, we
could do nothing else, mid would
have to employ help bcid . Ho fur
we have ent copies of the paper to
Olio mit ltd It go Mt tint, Hild
mm time, permitted have auwrd ome
of th letter.
We have personally een none of t e
literature of the company a to their
holding hi-re. We believe however,
thut each tract and the. lot to lie woitti
the price anked. no mutter where In
dued, either mh a fruit or chicken
much, a fur in. or h lunge.
We mid. ridiind thul III" KH'li" gen
tlemen interested III ' he r gou Valley
lauds liiive just c need n s.inllur prop
osition III the Sun Lulu Vitlley In Col
orud , it iv I lit the drawing lut week
there wci h M'M) people from all part
of tho oo'inlry, hii I it I I'liiinied hII
were sat iollav with their allotment.
One of tin' holder or mi iillolmeiit
wan W. L. Illlmi, of Itockford. 111!
not, liu wuM present ul th- drawing,
aud being i we.II pleased with all that
weut on the e we besought 111 m lo
give ii au account of the munu, which
he did H follow :
Dour Ivlltor:
As one who wu on tb,
a ion a I h 1 1 tin ii the drawing of the
Man LuIh Vlley lauds, you hiive aske I
me to tell your render jut hew that
whs done, Hid It I wl:h plcamire
Ihet 1 comply with your itv"ent.
Th9 h'nr "t li Company ex
pluliiM how it 4 doni hut It dor not
te! how it WAS lo-ie i When the
delegate had assembled they elected
from their mi in her, three Trustee
w ho received a deed lor the entire
Irani of tl )M acre an I tu rrvoit
ami flitches. The Company then
gave (nit the Club Sheets, w hich ill
Hint deal hud Inn iiiiiiich of Contrai
Holder to each sheet, ("lull Cup- j
taiuri hn i lieeu iiipiiiiited for about a '
third of nil the -heel and home tnnej
wai I'oiiHiimed i t appoint lug I ?uplaiil
for other. ()in party coiillj act a
captnin for ae vend Hheeta it he
w lulled i") I lo - v-i ul I list nil. i-n this f
u tliu i'iimi. With the Club Sheet ,
nil hended llh their respective!
Cuptains, the Auctioneer who had'
been appointed by I he trustee, pro
ceeded to dl the liT.'i'i farm and town
lot. A hunch of lip had lieeu pro-
vided hy tlin Lund Company or the.
Trusters hii d on each slip a the (!
cription of a t wn lot and mo numy
acre and then a deHcrlptiou of the
farm. The better farm drawing the
poorer town lot and the reverse
hid for No. I on hi Mheet and no on
clean thru to No, I on all of the cluli
sheets, then he started on No. 'I on
Cluli Sheet No. I and went thru the
entire lint of the second name on all
the ahei-t, when we had Mulshed that
No. :i wa credited with land trad'
a they were read off by the Trustees.
In tbi way each Club Captain would
hid int once for the party for whom
Hi laud wa Intended, llrl for he
party on the No. 1 line on the No 2
lire and o ou thru tun entire lot
and the nartie receiving & or Id
acre wert Junt mm well at lulled a the
parti who received Hi) an I IIHJ acre, j
fur we all knew that we had a iuar j
deal. The alip drawn hy the TiiHtrtKMi
were upldw dowu and were uliulfle
neveral time durlnu the day an I
f acre tract ui nld be aanriwicheii hi
between W nad I'XI acre trcl, and II
any one did not happen to uet one oi
the laruer tract It wa junt luck.
The literature of the Company aid
that the M)verl farm and town lot
would be old to the tiUhent iddder.
tint we a brother and inter aureerl
ainoutf ourHelvcH that tln-re would
liinu tiiddiiiK above the routract
price. We had all bought contract
for a llxed price ami not a
woman on ttie ground wihe
anythliiH more than we i ad already
paid. It wa tunny to ee the at
tempt of the Auctiouetr to tiy to
run up the hid on Home ot the I Tit 'f I
tract but after try iiitf for Bev. riil iimo :
lite be would knock it ilomi to I h"
tlrnt bidder, who would a- liooiice the!
name on Much, a line n the Cluli
Sheet called for by the Auctioneer. j
There were MimethliiK more Ihiin
.'hHJ oeople on the Kroiiodi and a liner i
buiicli ot peoplu I never w ell lo meet.
There wa nut a Mingle d lturtnince !
duriiie' the ten day we were there!
and only one drunken man lie drew'
MijM'rc lit the afternoon and had
been out to wee it and It looked ho!
good to bun he celehratid He uIho
rciio8tftd Hint the deed tor the laud
be pluceil lu the numc of lii two
daughter, ro he could not turn it into
money aud Kpeud It. All were eati
lled and contented.
Kepeclfully Kiibiultte 1.
V. U Klinu.
Mr. If I i ti ti wa no well Hat lulled with
the Sun Lui drawing thnt he decided
to look into the O-egon Valley land
deal here He wa here n week, and
weut over the ground nod took into
connlderatiou everr factoi. and liked
it o we. that he I going to drop
everything in Konkford, aud come
out here and lieconni one of u.
lu coming to tbi dtuMmiu, the gen
tlninani hot anting on inipuliie, nor t
he a hmr blaiued euthuaiiitic ;on the
routrary be I an experienced aud
hml headnd tniBluen in Mil. who i
aatiatied thut this eer.tluu I vouu to
develop into one ot the gardeu apota
of the earth, aud tor that reaaon lie
want to take advantage o! the nppor
tun it lui) be can aee lying here ou
every band.
LAKE VIE W HA S
FINE SCHOOLS
Prepartions Now Underway for
Opening the Schools
Monday Morning
The school ch Idren of Lakevlew,
j from the nmall tot up to tbot lo
j their teen, are belug marhaled in
itowu, aud from the country, for
apjpbrance In achnol bright and early
next Monday morning iiecauxe of
tbi fitct eiicb home I tuixy with pre
piimtlon for the event.
Thomi of ii who have left the school
man or i "ennui, linn eniereu inn rains oi
to pay boi-inefH. or prnfenMi lnid life, can up
, predate me preneiu reeling in i ne
Uilud ot the voung hopetul. We
well reiiiciuhpr, hII of u of hcthHt-xe,
the (lav ten the foul wall of "The
: Little Ke l ISiick School iioiii-e" held
u with it hour- of tudy We can
; not forget the pleuniire aud -oirowH,
the pickliik of on In, (ruit ami tlnwera
ion the any to M-hnol ; the gam we
' playe I in DUininer ti'iie . un l the
wlnterM, t'lo, mith katug, coaHtiug,
i Mleigliing riding, with big hot co-ily
Aniong all our nchool mates for in
taure. only one ha attained world
wide fame, and he who then wa
I ttle freckle-faced, red headed girl,
i dow well aud favorably kDOWD
everywhere in the world of letter.
So It will he with the little and
young folk who will trudge their
way to school Monday. Home will,
perliHpa, become great, while other
will drop by the wayside, it maybe
"unwept, on honered, unsung " Hut
never Uie-lehH, there I room in the
world for all, anil the better prepared
Is the mind or th band tbe Letter, f
or at leaet eio-icr, will becotre life's I
battles when it come the time for!
them to pun out of the school room,
and beyond the cm tines of home, as
all must do sooner or latrr in the na
ture of thing
The school f Lakeview Lave a
high reputation for efficiency lo the
pHst, and it goes w thnut spying that
' j prepared to fight the chidy period by
i smudging" have good yii Id. ' ,
Thl smudging consisted of hrusli
fire on the windy side of the trees
and the smoke thus engendered wa
wafted among the blossom, which
were thus protected from, miury.
"lint they have a scientitla stsfem
which they are introducing now," be
stated to a Tele ram reporter, "Bnd
: this include a series of wires and a
I thermometer which warns tbe or
chards of cold weather by ringing a
bell at the house and keeping the
ring up until the kettle of crude oil
have been lighted and the tempera
ture In the orcbarda raised above the
danger point. I expect to see tbe or
chard of Southern Oregon placed In
a position, where tbe owners can virt
ually defy the frots of spring by the
use of thes kettle of petro'enrn. "
It 111 be observed from the above
that (loose Lake valley Is not alone
liable to damage fom early frosts.
It I also very likely that when or
chards are Introduced here on a com
mercial scale, that similar processes
for protecting fruit from possible
frosts will be introduced here, as is
now tb- case in Rogue River. Hood
River aud other well known fruit pro
ducing regions of Oregon
v.-.t.- fA-y &i :: - :,
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M'iwgM.T m TrT7 T' . i ;-V " .'. -'st:-. j
OUR OREGON A
FAVORED LAND
Floods, and Disaster Rule in
the South, While Here
Sunshine Floods
HOMESTEADS
ALLRIGHT
Lakeview Office Decides the
37-10 Case in Favor of
Homesteaders
BEEN UP FORJIX YEARS
Ervtrymen Get First Decision
In the Rehearing After
Years of Waiting
! VIEWS OF AN
OLD PROSPECTOR
buried beneath robes, and sitting
; ou a lot of straw; the singing,
! the laughter aud a shout from the
boy.Hiid sin ill giggle from tti'i rirK
I when the t-h-iph struck a "loenk
! you, ma H'ii"! and pilled every body
' eninmnH into the deep ami velvety
I snow. Thnso were, indeed, happy
Wliis; and how glud e hII wool! bo
I if we cotii I live them over again ! Hut
Tbe entire South from Virg'uia to
New Mexico is striken by death and
distruction of property from floods,
unprecedented in the history of that
jctran. The people of Eastern Oregon
fscHpe such disasters. Here we are
bark lug in tbe warmth of almost per
petual sunshine, tempered by balsam-laden-health
giving zepbera; reveling
in this glorious ozone-tilled air, mean
while mooching borae-grown fruit of
ali kinds, getting a taste of Teddy's
forbidden duck once in awhile, or
a trout that would make a feast for an
Olympian God, and taking al' tbe
comfort in life that always accompan
ies' a well filled stomach, a puffed up
purse, and a lot of good neighbors ail
in like easy and Comfortable circum
stances. Viewing things in this light
aud knowing the disagreeab e condi
tions elswebere, it Is not to be won
dered at that people by the thousands
are casting their eyes Oregon wards,
and are longing for some of the
opportunities that at present are so
abuudantautly strewn on every hand.
Savs Iloajj District Ilcst I lei
!
liver Saw, but is Very j
Poorly Handled i
The TriiHtnes would draw from these
slips, one at a time aud read oil' the
figure on the slip, as for in
atniica: No. 2I&7 block. 121, lot V4,
aud 'JO acies Tract 21, section fit!,
Township :, Range, 7. This would
be the complete description of the
laud ami then the anoUonoer would
auiiounce club Sheet No. 1 an . tba
('aptalu of that sheet would bid the
aount of the contract price or f l.'R)
for tho party whoae name appared op
posite the No! 1 Hue ou the sheet; the
Trustee would then tead oft the next
slip and Cluh Captain No 2 would
j The A lturna l'laindealer says a pros
pector paused that town Sunday and
attracted considerable attention.
Hi outfit was packed on the backs
ot two burroM, aud rendu led us of
old times. It I just such men that
have developed the mineral wealth
of the ,,reat west. He has been look
1 iug over the lloag district aud said to
the writer;
"You people do not appreciate the
value of your home district The sur
face indications are tba best." he
said, "1 ever saw, and sooner or later
some grout mine will be devloped."
The, trouble be said was that the
whole couutry wac taken up by men
who are not miners men who could
uot develop their properties uor per
mit others to do so.
those dar are gone. All we can do
now is to watch the smiling and bright
faced children, living their present
life a if we did in those days of yore
i and as we look at them, other little
faces pas iu review in our. mind
I faces of those once dear, but now
j gone, man? of them iuto tbe Great
i lleyoud. All ot them started out
j filled with hope and ambition, the
I same a iinvv thrill the mluds of
these youngsters. And bow few ,
reached the goal of their ambition I
MONEY IN
FED
COWS
ON ALFALFA
"It pnys far better to feed alfalfa to
cows than it doe to feed it to stock
cattle for fattening purpose, aud for
that reason I am sure that a creamery
at Trinity ('enter. Trinity County will
pay," Maid Kred Grotufeud, of Red
ding. He I a large stockholder lu
the Trinity Land and Cut tlo Company
that owiih a large ranch near Trinity
Center, and he hits junt. returned from
a visit lo the properly.
"Furthermore, even if we have nc
i nunnery, 1 Juni hiiio that it will pay
belter to raise cows than it does to
raise steers, " continued Mr. (Soto
feud, who ha been interested in the
laud and cuttle company for several
year.
"What, would you do with your
cream if yon l'd no creamery V"
"Ship it to Ashland, 0e., wan lhe
prompt reply. "1 Imve just returned
from Ashland, where I studied tho
creamery business Unit hand from
one who bus Hindu a fortune at it in
a few ye lira, i was aniund to luurii
at Ashlund thut tanners tlud it profit
able to haul oroain iu wagons u dis-
uuder tbe guidance of Prof. Ilany
there will be no g ling backward in
this regard. He has as bis arfBUtaut-i:
Miss Gertrude Vernon, Miss Anna J
Goodwill, Mis Luuri Austiu, Missi
Applgate aud Mrs. A J lianby, all
teachers of ablity and experience.
The school work includes tbe gram
mar school up to the eighth crade.aud
beside') three years of high school
work before graduation. The. work
there tits students for entrance to tbe
higher schools of the state.
lhe ti.xaminer herewith presents a
picture of the high school of this
towu with the grounds which when
first erected was a very complete aud
well appoiuted building; but there is
talk of erecting a larger aud more
modern buildiug, as there is a uecei-s
ity now for such au edifice, aud this
need rill become more manifest in
the course ot a year or so.
MERCHANT DIEBER
TALKSJAILROADS
Reports a Lot of Surveying
Progressing South of
Lakeview
Redding, Augui-t 27 N. Uiebei,
fouuder of tbe Lusseu County towu of
the same name, was in Redd iug yester
day. He l fs au extensive property
owner In liu Valley, Lassen County,
In which tbe towu of Itieber is located.
He bus recently purchased tbe large
mercantile establishment of the Mo
Arthur Ifrothera at MoArthur, iu Fall
River Valley, iu the northeastern pait
of Shasta Cunuty. Naturally he is
deeply intersted in such railroad
projecs us the Goose Lake aud South-
aud Klamath
tance of forty miles to the creamery at
that place. 1 was still further amazed
,... . i... i .. i iii"i"
nisi, nie nii.ii.iu ui.,...u eastern aud the Modoc
us Willows Why. we , could Imve ,A t f 1Hiirimi, ,urVeying
crean from Trinity Center by team o ,, CHn ij(1 vfJ , t))e ,loI.t,.H(it.
Limine Biiil' on t.ai- t l.a i t i it. Mm n.
.iinil ' ' w w "
it
Ashland and still make a great
more money out. of altulfa (ban by feed
ing it to stock cuttle.
"To make it creamery pay lit Trinity
('enter we must have at Icimt 1,(HK)
cows to pay tribute. In my investi
gation iiinde laat week 1 tun sure there
can bo l.'i.tHK) cows tributary to the
Trinity center institution. There are
700 acres of tilt allit hind ou our O'Shay
ranch, '-'iKl acres on the Graves place
above Trinity Center and HH acres
more ou the Cttrr farm at Carrivillo,
to suv -nthing about tbe smuller pur
cels. '
Mr. Grol.'fcud will make a trip to
San Francis m next week to study
cieiiineri" about the buy. there Is
little doubt that the result will bo
t he erection, of a creamery neiir Trln
iy Cunter-the llrst lu Trinity
County.
ot the unite, m
Shasta and l usseu Couties. says
Mr. liielu r. "I'aities are out iu many
diinct i"iis noil we are in the hopes
of mi era of construct ion and develop
ment, a thing we have waited foi a
great ninny years. It is the im
pression among our people thut tbe
building of the Western 1'uuitio is the
cause of the activity in our couutry
on the part ot the I!
"We are in doub
the prohuhl! el lee
asceudeucy of liar
iu the ulluirs of the
as it may mean t
must lie dornniut l
road coiistriictiou t
couio. "
OUR FLOUR MILL
READY FOR WORK
Machinery Will be Ready
Make Flour
to
Next Week
Work has so far progressed ou the
new flour mill, that the machinery
will a,ll be in place, and ready to start
manufacturing flour by about tbe 20th
hist.
The first grade of flour is to be
called the "Rauuer Brand." A very
pretty desigu of the flour sacking may
be seen at Mr. Rieber's store.
Tbe mill, wbeu in operation, will
at once be appreciated, as it will not
only reduce tbe erst of flour, now
supplied froui outside mills, but it
wid also furnish a market for home
growu wheat.
Messrs Hunting and Rieber are cer
tainly worthy of comniedoation in
briugiug about Us successful estab
lishment, j ; '
SMOKE CONTRIVANCE
TO FIGHT LATE FROST
CFNTRAL OREGON'S
DAY IS .SOON COMING
The Lakeview Laud Office has
rendeied a decision in the famous 37
10 case, in favor of the homesteader
and tbe Timber Claimants. The case
will probably be appealed to the Gen
eral Land Office and it wll be a year
before tba float decision is reached.
In all there are aboot thirty claimants
interested. F. II. Mills represents
j about thirteen of them, C. F. Stone
and A. F. LaHerty tbe rest.
Tbe history of tbe case in briel is
as follows: Janury 31, 1002, tbe State
of Oregon tiled school iand indemnity
covering this land. Ou February 8,
1004. the Aztec Land & Cattle Com
pany and Edward Perrin presented
lieu selections for tbe land to tbe
office. Two day later on February
10, tbe State of Oregon filed its re
linquishment of all right, title and
iterest in tits previous selection. On
March 4, tbe Lakeview Office rejected
the lieu selections of tbe Aztec and
Perrin people.'for tbe reason t bat they
wete in conflict with numerous prior
homestead and timber laod entries,
then pending, but since Anally dia
poeed of and rejected. Tbe case was
appealed to tbe General Land Office
and tbe decision was affirmed. It
was then appealed to tbe Department
and the Secretary of tbe Interior
vacated tbe decision, and issued
iustrujtious to accept tbe applica
tions. They were again rejected in
December, 190, for the reason that
tbe lands bad in the meantime been
withdrawn for the Klamath river pro
ject. Thus tbe matter has been before tba
Land Office for six years, until this
year a rehearing of tbe case was
ordered and the evidence and deposi
tions were taken before tbe Lakeview
Land Office in rendering its decision
finds for the intervenor and timber
and stone entrvmen, and ia of the
opinion that the script should be re
jected, and tbe homesteads and tim
oer rod stone entries of the various
parties of this case be allowed to
stand intact on tbe records.
Tbe Purtlund Journal on its editorial
page, gives us this cheering bit of
news: Central Oregon's day for de
liverance is apparently near at band.
1', as is gueraliy believed, tbe Ore
gon Trunk or Deschutes valley pro
jected read is a Hill enterprise, it
uieaus that Harriman's fence will soon
be brokeu through and bis dog-iu-tbe
manger dominion ovet thut region end
ed. Hut no sooner will Hill turn
loose up there than Harriman, if he
cannot stop his rival, will get busy Has Opened Office
niiu, iij iik liu i 'j as iuuvu t'l ilia
territory as be can, and to duplicate
bis rival's enterprise. This is Harri
man's way. But in any case ceutral
Oregon is pretty sure to get not ouly i
a roal, but roads, before long. '
i
HARRIMAN TO
BEGIN BUSINESS
in Po
land for Central Ore
gon Work
t-
Wouldn't this Haunt You ?
A Cleveland woman has bad ber
husband arrested because be would not
furnish ber with a gallon of ice cream extension of the llarriiiinu lines into
oauy : i cnirui wreijMU
Fa 'us Youn r. general auditor of
tbe Harriman svsti ms, met his chief
In Portland on the otb inxt While
there his main buxIncKs will be to
open a set of book for the proponed
TWO INSANE' MEN
SENT TO ASYLUM
one here was about to kill him. Tbi
conditiun was rendered more acute by
his becoming associated recently with
Westlake who tilled with imaginations
as to his own wrongs tired Hall to
action On Sunday be wired Presi-
remittance man from England ! deut Jioo.aeTelt ft.iiig forth an ar-
rfiO . f 1. 1-1 I . . .1 ithinuilln.l tl .. .l a.
rlmii lerst,
livw . ii to ,
i ' I Hi) Vopui lv'l
. ,i o.cr G i'.i !
. i n PucifM 1
..I oniuif t v !
tsiie.it lo ii..''
S'ivei i.l yeai to
I
The average murr ed imw imlj .ill.
bis worse side to hi better bull.
!. Van Gesner, of . Portlaud, who
1 i.j r t rne l from a' few weeks visit
i !,",,'. a River valley, says the fruit
j . of that ssction are prepariug
1 1 fo; u"y their orchards against un
1 ti'uic.'.v rosts another season, hy burn
1 1 0,, . . le oil among the trees -when
tin) it'iiiperuture is low lu tho spring.
'I oi' 'r; it crop around Medford, be
s..-, '.is beeu cut down this seusou
l 'dun frosts aud protracted
colli , us, but tbe farmers who bad
Two cases of insanity came before
tbe Couuty Court Monday and b itb
persons were aa judged insane and w ere
committed to the asylum at Salem.
Oue of them was John Westlake, said
to be a
with tbe usual predilections ' of the
cluBfl, who bas been making trouble
the past few years for different post
masters here, claiming tbey had kept
his remittances and forged bis name.
Inspectors have been sent here aud of j oue
course found the charges groundless.
He has some mining claims eaBt
of here which be calls "Tbe Sage Heu
Mine." He also has beeu very jeulous
of this property, and would allow no
oue to inspect it, although the, opin
ion generally held is that it posteses
but little or no value.
The other iusaue person is Wilson
O. Hull, formerly from Des Moines,
Iowa, where it is said be attended the
state university. Hi mind be
came unhinged from too close study
aud thought upon socialistic questions.
He lately compiled a samll phumplet
under the noui de plume of "Oi vell
Ouzellow," treating of railroads, bank
ing aud insurance. He mude an at
tempt to dispose of them. Failure to
accomplish sales aud jeers, scolfs aud
adverse criticism, caused him to brood
over matters until he reuuhod a frame
of uilud in which be imagined some
iug that the Piesideot must have
known the message coul 1 have emu
lated ouly from a diseased mind. Ou
Monday be tried to buy a revolver,
and being refused tried to borrow
These acts dually came to the
uotico of tbe authorities, aud he was
taken iuto custody, as was Westlake,
tt'.d held for examination as to in
sauty. with reeulta us above set
forth.
Under the Oiegun luw it is at (list
necessary to notify the asylum au
thorities of the case, with tbe prob
able uumber of attendants uecessary
to convey theui properly to the asy
lum. This bas tieen done by ' the
county court.
It will probably be a week before
such attendants arrive. Meauwhile
Hall is confined for safe keeping uud
Westlake, who bas evinced uo harm
ful tendencies, is kept under survey
lance.
Westlake Is a uihu of dissipat
ed habits aud is probably 70 years
of age; while Hull is probably a ilttle
over Ik) , ami bus the aupearuuue of
belug au intelligent man.