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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1908)
wxninimr is 'r w v w w v v I.AKKVIKW, LA K K COUNTY, OIlKCiON, THUKSDA Y, NOVKMKKK 5, HM)H. NO. 45 VOL. XXIV TA1FT 11 A1MI0) BE FOR LAKE COUNTY AS SEEN BY A TRAVELER Whatever that 1 couUlued w Hit In this Hrtlt'la In regard to l-ak County will have th folio I it U for Its malei objects: Fimt to answer many In quiries which are being nuked miy day about thin section of Oregon ; aecund to call HttKlltluU to till) wou drful resources of the county aud tlinrtiby aimiitt, If poaidble In Uh de velopment. It ! the lutentlnu ol the writer to rcpieut the county JuhI km he hint reeu It. If what he writes mii exaggeration to aomu, tin tiiiM no apologia - to make. If on the other hau l, til e'.idmatei ar too low, liu tut mi excuse to otter. Ilo desire the people, win. It suy, mar Im kit meted liither ly thl article, to Im atliilled that hi alateiieiit weie founded on fncU. Tim writer' in formation, utnl all tlmt hall lo con tained however, la obtained troin a ie liable oiiree, mijiI the same l com mended to the couMdciallon of the hi Itilo. From tlio boiiudai ie of Lake county it Mill be mmmi thHt It area la huge, and those who underhand the con tour Of Hid county Mill Madly con clude thiil lla lenoiircca though Ml great nicaniire yet undeveloped, are Varied. Kl.ll thill H lillUIHlHI li a I III briio" iipuity t-reiy vainly .t couutij. It haa lovi-l vale), lolly n itaius, rolling bib", deep canyon, Iracklenn forfbtf, and ci'iiiM-'ijimnt vurilli-s of cllmiile, Horn III" deep Valley ot Muuinmer Like. tiich may well be termed th "Italy of luke County," to the bleak and lolly lop ot mount alnn whon peak are covered with perpetual jO. On eiileriug Luku couuty from the north the traveler leaves the J lorn Hunch, which la tin? Ilr.t atatlnu ill the county, take ail eaittwaidly direction, panae through a portion of the Ft Hock couutry, better kuowu the lit ml Uc-irt, ciiuUtlulug an area of shout three hundred thi.tiand acra, IncludiuK Chrmttiuta Luki? vul ley. Suckor crHk and l't?r Croek attctloua, a HlldrnfMn of tun bruaii, dottixl here and tln-re with th homo atoadnr's cabin, and which bida lair, lu the nar fuluie, nl bfln Iho ttruatiml whnat produciiiK at'ctlon in thu noihtweat. LnuviiiK It Kock, tlia road tnk?a u aoutliwardly courm for H diHtanc of oim? t v or IlitoKU mih-a wh;ii auddi'iiiy the SiUit LhUo vallny appoiiiH, himilllul, pIctiirB'imi aud trann'iil, Kuur.lcd, on all a'dna. by Mmutltul hlll.-i und hiyh mouutalua. KoIiIiik ami Kui!Kd they atretcli fur away md i. theaiiu aula uf eve it throw lla ahnduw ovi-r tliMir aumuiita aud cuola the air aiouud acrea uiion ucta of rich aud fertile farm luuda. I'M little valley muy Malt be termed bii Ileal daily couutry aud the writer lielievea t beat, adapted for huci. The land own r, lu thla vicinity, bore to fore, him uiveu hia entire atteutlou to the rata iuk of alock, the ri'Hiilt of which la, the lands in Silver Lake valley are im wild today aa wheu the lied until Ira eraedthem over one hulf centuiy ho, mid not only Silver Luke valley, but the entire county hh well. Kiom Silver Lake, for elKhteeu milea, the wuy leuda acroaa a level atretch of Inrm luuda; kirtlu the aoutheru bor.'ur of Silver Liake, aeeudiun the divide, from woae creat the beautiful and fertile vnlley Creamery Moving Jua. It. Ilokotnb, tlio Kontlt'iiino Intercatfd lu i Htulillahlnga cn aumry la Lnkcvlt'W. vw lu town Saturday la furthmt'uee uf tho pruject. He lufuriiiH The lCxamlner that ho ia nicftliiK w0i niucU ciicoiiniKeiimnt and la loullilciil if a aucecaaful tint- come. . , It Ih pretty vldcnt from experi ence at llouaiUH and tither near by tow na that a creamery m Lakevlew 'would be a moneymaker from the Htart, ami would nurely jtrow with the developiiient of the country. In thlaeonnictlon it may bo inter eatlnij lo uole thai the llonaiua Uul lelluauyH the price of butter fat at that crea uery to Nov. 15 will lm 22 centa ami after that It will be '1', at which price It probably will reiuaiu all winter. Little raneh butter la offerred In Klamath, aud what la ou the market brluK" from 10 to 15 cent a pound lean thau creamery butter, lu view of thin fact, acondltlou prevallltiK ev erywhere when tiroutrhl Into compe tition with a creamery, makeu It more piotltal le for farmem to sell their butter-fat, than to make but ter. And. bealdea. It relieve their women folks of all of tho drudgery Incident to butter making. V believe that a creamery would bo a valuable acqulaltlon to the In tauatrlea vt Lake couuty, and wouia of Hummer Lake la eern, airfield u out on e'ther aide if KoinuiHr Lake, triimpiil Mud veidaut a a anvauna tin the north aie Keutly iIhIiiu hllU: rolling ami covered w It h mbi iiruah, which are lined eiilliely for irraiiiM purpoara: on ita wert Bin) wnlh are niKMHlre mouiitaina h'. eialn rle, ttlin.iht perpemlli-uliir, to the lolkhlh ot live or -lx thon-nn.l fi-et. IiiiiiIhIi iiiv a iiiiliinil tiri.lect b ii from the win ter htoim. The ImihIh nloii the wect. ' Hi.til ti. and north nide of the bike, are nil IhIumi mid ii.iiiiy id the M-tller Inive tt 'U tinprvd tarina The IiiikIh on the rant, are aa yet, I trnely open lohelth iii. nl; mill r - ImiIi'oI. nd WOild IN a NlliUll Hem. I he vol I ix i uh Kiwi llllllllil lthhIv in a few I idncex. and mat ml be 1 1 1 tiitfil 1 i iirthiT aoiitli. Iiiiin the hhIiIIi border of Hummer Lake, the rich productive little valley ol I new . j -1 i n ut i.e M-eu. m elliiia in a well eluded bumu. rorrooiiiled hy hitili loiliiik' lillln. watered bv the beiiuti'ol CM" waiiciin titer, an ideal ilniry ami eti.ck ei-tKiii and which, pome oay, will lip noted lor It ditemiell I ndiuitiihilli len Thete lile e 1 1 P t o i rnineiil Midi. In tnU vulley Unit may be lioii.eHlendi-l. l-'orty lulled rout h of l'ui-lej , whb'h la Ilie only city in the ChewMiicau ILr In I li,. fltv u! l.nkevliw. which j Ih the metropollH ot the (Jolden tioone Lake valley im.i li.e neat oi i aae con nil, the rond m-hi-h through a btie lit It ot Yel ow 1'ine timber and the Crooked creek vulley. which i miliar to the above mentioned fro tloiiK. liu: much lintel. The writer, lit Una time, will unt htle'i.id l i Kite a HenCllptiou of the (i.iot-e Luke valley aa hia kuowleiino of tnnne In limltrd; but itH revuda the atinie dfucnlied aeclloti will ev : No bee'lou ol dr.-i-'oi), or of the Ninth went, nltem trealei Imlocrii.futa to the lioinefeeker than doea Lake County Here are Mill lauda for the tiiklnu to the hardy ami veuturH.-ome ; here are cheap himla foi the men of Bcniill uieHiiH; timlier IhuiIh, prairie liiiida, ranuea for cattle men. Kriiha lauda for the dairymnii, wh- iit, oat, and oichurl lauda venelablw lauda near the citiea, all at compHiatively low roet. HuaiueaH oppol tun il lea for I lie ambitiiiUM are uh jjood to ''ay. or better tliun they were it half Century Ben To I he linuieaeeker thase hindu, thete opportunities, and tlie deliuht tul aurroumllni;a lu toe midst of which they lire to be found, otfer a combination of miitfneta that only need to be wet n iiud lelt to make the overpowei Intf. Where viae lu Uucle Sam's domuiu can cheap houae aitea b had, where the mountain tdreame fiirni.h the puiext wattr; where the aoil ami climate coiinplre to furnixh u wealth of food protlucta biiiI h veritable aurfeit of fruita and venelablea aud where man may row and thrive aud develop a world of energy In the mldht o a moat delik'htlol Beml troplcal, never ",hot and never cold iitmoHphere. To be aure Lake county haa its draw back and to the honieaekerj the writer will nay: That there are olwtucleH to ovt'icome in Lake couuty juat aa the -e are in uuy new couutry uiul the man who la williuK to face Htich conditiona cun Mud better oppor tuuitiea to make a Bturt with amall means, lu Lake couuty than Buy place elue in the Noithweat. W. O. Trill. Project Forward prove protltablo alike to the farmer and biiMlncHrt men. The Examiner haa Imhii favored with the following notes benriug on thin queatlon by Mr. Uolcotnb: The dairy gectioni are the moat pronperotiB of any today. There ia no failure la the butter and cbenae jrop, There la no creamery In the state that can supply the demand to day. Dairyiun aud farmiug works well together. A good creamery will iucreaae the valuation of every foot of laud and every busiueas surrouudiug It. It would not take many cowa to supply GOO pounds of butter per day. This would me n a pay roll of 1M) per day, M.uOO per mouth, $51,000 per year. Lakevlew with its aurreuudioK country should double this amount the Brat year, as cream can be success fully haudled for a distance of 15 to 18 miles. The average dairy cow will pay from 150 to 100 pei mouth. That Is aa much as a beef steer Is worth, aud you have your cow left. One cents worth of oil meal added to your skim milk is just as beneficial to a calf as a pound of butter fat aud a pound of butter tat Is worth H5c. An average oow will give milk 10 months. Four months id loug enough to feed a calf milk, this leaves you tlx mouths nilik for futteolug bogs. REPUBLICANS SWEEP THE ENTMITRY Ihe "Peerless One" is Downed Again The wires coniH'i'tiiijr this that The bxanimcr has been ible only a nu-are hit ol election news It is certain that Taft vi 1 have 2!)" electoral votes, with posibly 20 mo e. In New York he had 210,000. plur ality, end carried the city by 20.(100 an unheard ot" vic tt rv. Hindus won bv 7."). ()(). Taft carried Indiana, but the democrats gut the legislature and governor, whn.li, inc. ins another democrat ui the enate.- The other pluralities r ported were: Oho. 120,000; Wisconsin, 7.",000; Heleware, 2.000; Maryland, 5,000; New Jersev, :50,000; Washing. :tr.(A)0; Oregon 2f,000; Idalio, 20,000; Maine, G.O00. County Election The vote it Lake couuty waa very Ititl.t and tell fur t-hnrl ot the n umbel rt-iMMtered. The result is n fol-ows: Silver Litkt Taft to. Bryan It. Oetia 1. I'iialey Tart "0, llryan :k). Summer Lake Taf; 12, I5iyan 2, Oetxt 4. Crotike.l Creek Taft 17, Hiyan 7. Noith Laktview Taft '.S, iiryau M, D.-iia 12, llixk-en 1. S iiith Liikevit-w Taft 'JT. Bryan 3, Debts 10. Electric Light Plant Nearly Done N. P. .leiiben, the new owner of the electric liuht iug nyatem was in town Tuesday. lie nv-irti work on the new plant ia unvreaaiuit very blow It, on account of the bail weather he ia euctMititeriiiK' in the monutains above New Pine Creek, where the power pluut is situ ated. It haa stormed and frozeu nearly every day for the pant two weeks. The frost compelled him to tear out one cement foundation. Aud in order to et auUl.'leut power, while awat iutf the placing of his new steam plant, he had to build a new dam, aud put iu uew flumes. The now eniue In now on ita found ations, and so soon as the transform BANKS SHOWN AS INDEX OF TIMES Treasury Department Re ports Improvement in General Conditions The abati act of report of the con dition of the C85II national banks, uuder a call issued by the Controller of the Currency for statements of Septebmer 23, 1008, Issued October 21st, furnishes evldeuoe, lu the opiuiou of the Treasury officials, of vastly Improved business conditions. The five prucipal items in the re turns show that since February 14, P.KiS, the loans aud deposits iu the uatloual bauks of the country have increased from 4, 222.353,047 to 4, 750,til?,731, a diKeieuce iu a little over seven months of about $328,000, 000, and duriug the same period in total reource uatloual banks have In creased G3t, 000,00. The combined capitul stock paid in ubs advanced uearly 20,000,000, and tho surplus about $11,000,000. The mod remark able of the totals giveu U as to in dividual deposits, which have in creased duriug the last seven mouths from 14,105,814.481 to 14.518,135,105, a dllfereuoe of 143.000,000. Killed Off Sheep SANTA PR, N. M., Out. 24. -Twenty thousaud sheep graziug on the Omubres mountain rauge are reported to have perished iu the blizsrd which has raged in that seotlou for three days. The snow is from five to 10 feet deep. Six herders are missing aud it is believed also they were froz en to death. tt)vn are working brully, so j North Warner Taft 20, Bryau 13, Delia 4 South Waruer Taft 17, Bryan 1C. llinneu 1. Drews Valley-Tatt 22, Bryan 2, Debs 2, Cbopia 1. Cooae Lake Taft 21, Bryan 9. Debs 4 Conell f'reek Taft 40, Bryan 2C. The totals were: Taft 4tH, Bryau 2il. Debs M, Hlftfeu .1, Chafin 2. TI e Biirpriae is general that Debn hud bo many followers iu the connty. era aud other supplies arrive, which are ou the road somewhere letween Likely aud New Pine Creek, he will have means then at command to Kve the people adequate service probably by the middle of this month. He will Iheu be euabled to come to Lukeview, and net the wiring, of which the board of underwriters com plained, in good shape., and will bIho then be ready to aupp-y uew lights and power to those desiriug same, now impossible, because the old plant is already loaded beyond its capacity. Mr. Jeusen regrets present condi tions, and says that the patience ot the people will be rewarded later by an improved service. HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF The Oregon Valley Land company in their work of placing the uprereud of tloose Lake valley under iniigra tinu will work wouders here in the future. In this work history will re peat itself. A case io point Is the following from a JcMiuville paper which eyas: "Why are thirteen acres bilnging a better income tbau two hundred acres? Both tra its are well cultivated ; both exovileut soil; both are three miles from North Yamhill; both have beeu cropped for 13 years past. But the thirteen acres with less labor aud lesa exneuse in taxes average a better net inoome than 200 . acres? Ten years 13 acers prunes ; 10 years, two hundred acres, graiu. Any limit here for grain raisers? liu, ask President Busbbee of Norht Yam- , hill, or call him up by phone, lie owns 13 acres aud the place is not for 1 sale. Wheu be (desires, he takes his 1 family to southern California for the winter. It is not recorded that the , 200 acre owner can do so." A Had Socialist Provolaky, a traveling peddler, ; waa hilled to apeak on socialism at ! Snider hall Suuday night. But, after swindling the few with whom he tlitl laiainess, he left early Suuday morning for parte unknown. He wtiHtM'lIlug ladies dress goods, and upon opeulng the packages each was found to lie u few yard abort of sta ted pattern. He la fuker who should be forced to qut fleecing the people. Miss Phelps, of Montague, Calif., begau school on fho West Side Wed-ueaday, LAKE COUNTY PRODUCES A NEW POTATO I. M Hryati who livex nt ih atitue l u I hoi between here und I'lilxleV wit iii inwn M'. inlay und ate The lixit titiin-r a cil I. Mr. Hryan repurta that he and hi aimer. Mihm -Iii ftryan, have miic-i-etet In orlluii I lni a new notfiT'i thH uive if rent pn.m'He. Siunplen f l In- mi mi- iiih.v la-ae n at the ortic' ( Iiri-nkel tic I'nlne Tin potato la 1. 1 rue Hint nue-lookllli;. HOIIIet liluif lit ter i In- xtl le of the till) fiiMhliint'il M-nch I d'ltv. except that the new va riety Iiiih tbmh e.ven, while lu the form er i hey were tli-ep-aer. Tlienklti Im lijfht ellow in color an la verv aiii'Mirli. Tlie eyea nre f pretty pink The Imtlde ia white and meal v. Mr. lirviin hiivm they are very prolific and lilMlll k'-l-"TH. The variety whh prurhiceil from t planting of tin- li--d IilUM or Triumph poia-o. Three potatia-M were no ticed In a hill, which were different from In- rent Thee were a-tvei an I Jilanteii. The reault wh a motley Railroad Situation Coming The Klamath Dtly Herald of the 27th ult, asks very pointedly for whom is the timber in the Bly country being pucrhaaed? This is the question that has been agitating a goodly portion ot the population of this aud Lake comities. For the past several weeks Albert Walker has been taking options ou every acre of merchantable timber that he cuu d secure in the Bly country and has beeu agreeing to pay a g- od price per claim, going as high, it is reported, on reliable authority as l.50 per thousand. He absolutely refuses to divulge the name ot the parties for whom be is operating, coutiuing him self to the mere statement that he has decided to became a "timber baron" himt-elf. Connected with these extensive purchases i the story that comes from Lukeview. It would seem that Hie same people for whom Mr. Walker is operating has an agent iu Lake view, but he is not quite as dUcroet as their Bly representative. He b.is expr ssed himself at times quite free ly anil if bis state. jeuts are Hue, an I there is no reason to believe other wise, toi they dovetail nicely with Mr. Walker's operations, there is going to be a lively railroad tight between the Harrimau interests and the re doubtable Jim Hill. As the story goes, Mr. Hill is determined to g"t U. S. WILL BOARD SHEEP CHEAPER Reduction in Rates for Gra zing in the National . Forests Following out a atatetueut made a year ago athe meeting of the Nation al Wo il Growers' AxHociatlon iu Salt Lake City, tilfford Pinchot. Forester, and A. F. Potter, Asslstaut Forester, in charge of the branch of graziug in the United States Forest Service, have Just announced a reduction of 10 to 15 per cenr lu -the rntet for sheev grazing on the national foreeta oj tlie West ThUgeueral reduction in the schedule of grating rates will take effect in the coining season of 11)09. The changes lu market conditions which have iimtlethe sheep iiusiueMS lesa profitable this pant year, especi ally thegrvatl.v reduced prices offered for wool and the depreciation In the value of mutton, make the announce ment of great Interest not only to those Interested lu the sheep luisiues but to tho men of every allied Industry In 1!R)7, when the promises for a re duced schedule wire made It was with tBe understanding between the stockmen and the Forest Service that the. graziug rates would not le changed for minor fluctuations iu the market whleh would naturally occur frog year to year, but wonld apply ouly In case of radical or unusual chauges. The uew schedule docs not affect the cass where the minimum charge of 5 cents per head has already beeu allowed or a specially low rate has lieeu fixed on account of some local condition. Iu most cases the revised fees will meau a reduction ot about 1 cp nt per head. la filing the rates tor crating by lot. The ta-at o the typ w e e plant ed the net' yeiir; mid t h tirt wan r-p-nt'-.' latf year, with th rewnh thla yea: a iiotato of the t.vp.- la uni form and about I .IHO p'Hinl were rained, all will lie aaved ami plantecl liext year. When It la eXHTteil t hat enoiiif li will bfifown lo Mtipply neighbora or other witlilhene.il. It will tie noticed that It took four yea m to brlon the new potato to perfla tion. In all the exiw-rliii-utiutr with thi potato no water wax uned for Irriga tion, ho the n -w potato la wholly a dry land product Tin- potato I- not named but uroliablv will !. called "The Lake Couuty U-autt." Mr. liryau aaya he a Iho produce the flm-Ht of fruit ou Ida land, and h 'I kimlnof v.-ifetabli-H. Incliidini; cu eninteTH, tnelona. corn aud tom it'iea, and never had trouble from front. He la a Htockman, but Im willing to ay h go nl word for the fruit and agricultural renoiirceM of the country a ml aa.VH he i wtlatl to have nettler conn- Into the county. to A Head into San Francisco. He is smarting over tie drubbing Harriman gave him iu the aeattle Tacoma tight and he is detet mined ou revenge. For many montbs he has bad crews of sur veyors in the field selecting the most feasahle ruute to Frisco and it would seem that be has selectel the Pit river route It was this route that H V. Gates picked out tor Jay Gould some years ago. Hill's road is to .-ome down the Deicbuhes, continue through Central Oregon, touch I ake view and continue on south to San Francisco. Frou Lakevietv a branch line is to tap the Klamath Basin, passing close to Bly timber and runn ing spurs into the timber land owned by Weyerbauser Timber Company, It is a well known fact that wherever the Weyerbauser interests have gone, there Jim Hill has followed, and this adds no little amount of color to the troth of the story. It is stated that Mr. Walker is purchasing the ti ober for New York parties, who in turn ill re-sels it to Weyerbauser, that concern finding it cheaper to pur chase thro igb a third party than buy ing it direct. It aould be interesting to know for whom .Mr Walker is operating, w lather bis purchases are beiug made in the interest of tti Weyerhausers, Jim Hill or som one else, and Abetber they meau- that the Kla-iathi Basiu is going to brave a second rail road. i"i ferent kinds. ot utock, the It c il con tlitl inn, the effect tf gia ng by differ ent klmla of kiooi on forest growth, the tlcnuiii'l ror the u-e of muge by owners of dlffer- nt kimN of mock, tne licet In ot tlit lnMiicsteitlcr, iiml the protit o. the liu-iie-KH have been, taken into cunsiilrnif ion OREGON A FINE DAIRYING STATE An Eminent Authority pn. Butter-Making Gives Us First Pljace Hon. V li. Soribuisr, President of the Wiscousiu Buttermakers' Associ ation, but more especailly honored iu the Fuel Hi) Northwest as the breeder of "LoretU D' (belonging to, the. W. S. Ladd Kstet?, Portland. Oregon), the cow that wou first prize iu the hundred aud twenty day milking test at the St. Lnu is Expo.-i.tiou In 1001, has said : "There is no spot iu our great United St ites that cma excel Oregi q aud Washington iu dairying This is my conclusion alter Sjieudiug six weeks iu the former state and thoroughly iuvodtiga.tiug several of her beautiful valleys, aud alter an extended trip through Washington, 1 wish to say to the dairymen and farmers of this section, relative to its dairy possibilities, that 1 fear they don't fully appreciate the wonderful opportunity here for beeds Levt adapted to the dairy industry, aud th excellent climatic conditions fur th growth aud development of stock. You should here reach the climax of productiveness." J. F. Spauldltfg, the special agcut for the General Land Otllce, started to Portland Sunday In response to a telegram Iroui Washington D. U.