, Of- t VOL. XXIV LAKKVIKW, LAKi: COUNTY, OKKCiON, THURSDAY, DKCKMHKH 10, 190X. NO. .10 $mmip r 11 n n lm it it m h m t i Opulent Oregon Is Drawing the Atten of the Whole World Lakcvlnw, thanks to Mm it'l vei'tlsug of Mm Oiegon Valley Lund Company, In i otiul'ly Mm lut midmost whlly advnrllsd lou on Mm Pnelllo coast today. Other eomuiiinlt Im in Oregon iiinl Washington also Mr h beginning tn wake 1 1 1 1 . and to nhseivit Mint It piiyn to Induce new blood to locale, which miIiIh its (iiolii In Mia mirlt of ro gross, Mini in turn produce results Mmt attract morn pooiiln. Oregon ii'ni have lung knon tin y 11 veil in H must favored laud lnit tiny were content, unci lil lint cum whether the ri'Mt of Mm world wiih liiiula cngiil.uut of Mm dormant wealth nut limn or not. Hut, h few I'Ninn within thn border of Mm state mid saw It w.tH a goodly hind. They ! lit buck Mm good tidings, The re Mlllt Mitt Hint (lOIIUIIlllleM begun lo tiikn mi nnw hi 11 n of lite. Finally Mix spirit lire ii ni n geucinl, mid Mm dlirer (II t ClllllUllltieH beglUI n spirit (if good ntaure I rlviilry to see which could get tho Imxt 'nets iiml iinixt of tin in, to Mm at I on 1 1 on ef outside people. . In thin endeavor Kugcim Iiiih In. en one uf tlm fiiiiiiiiiint, iiml It ilni'H nut MCCIII Inclined to stop it cit ti 1 1 ii I k tj nf publicity. Tin' iiiiih nf (hut enter prising city surprised the people nf this cntirii coutry hint year I y lalsiug a great, iilvci lining tuml mi'l i ii y i it if a salary of ?."i,ikki iiiiiiiinlly fur u ex pert, t'p to November .'id, there tiinl iii'eii subset ilieil tur the Cuming yeiir i:i,t'.i:i to which will l.e mi. lei 00. Mm tot ul being mule Muni ii ilulhir and Imlr fur every mini, wmi.un uml clnhl in the city iiml t It In will In iimiI In advertising the re iiinrccs mill advan tages of Kugi-iie mi l I -Mie ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 y . Kllgcua 14 determined In ((i liheiui. What other town (if lU.Poil people In Oregon, Wiintiiu'iim or ( 'ul ifurii Ih cini irati li Mils recur i '.' Ttlc 1 1 I f t s 1 1( i r 1 1 c state of Wahiugtiill iiln im tolly alive to iIh dpi urtiiu H leH li'i'l Irl making II Vigorous llll'l cVcleiii it t i c i ll oi t lo attract people. One notu utile instance in Goldeniliilc, long H t-lriy nlil town, lint recent I V It gave all Mm c immunities of the I'm l lli coiiht ii rcuiil lur raising money fur adverti i ig purpose, hy giving 'J fur every mail, woman ninl chil l within theclly llmltn, or H total o. t:t.'K), ami MiU ciium in at Mm lute of !i"i a mliiiitn 111 cnimeiUi'lice of Milrt IlieoMiliiK nf dew pmiple, callid here liy the womlcr fill ntiiry uf Mm iiroiluollvciicnH ()f our hoi, tin price uf liuul evel where in KuiiiK Hheiiil to iinheiinj piIcch; l eiir li'U apple urcliiinU remllly felchlliK from fl.tniii to ii Oil) per hcic iiikI they are worth it ! Huine of tliem (iroiluce In a year tin- price fur which they eel). Ami, HiiiHiiiuch an the really goml ap h laud in limited, and tlm population uf apple unem Ih ciui ntantly increiit-lni;, there never will tio an ovei aliiiniliiuce of Mi if ili'lectalile irtlit produced ; mo that preneiit pricen of fruit ami Inn il will lie maintained ful nil time to comn. All of thin k'un.i to hImiw that thunn who delay, (piililih, aud lluurn are o ; lllK to K"t left uu nil cheap prupoai- Menu. One (f Mm oppni t uu It Inn of cheap In ii 1 1 h of Mum null wiim that olfcrd liy thn OreKun Valley Land ('oliipany, of which thniiaiidn HVallid thelnnelveH, while Mm timid, or Ihnno i too tlow to nele a Kiind MilnK when there In M chance, will live to reiit that they were tint iiinonu Mm fortil liate cniiti act hol-'ern, an we under Htmid an nil no to prenn, that practlc Mlly hII'Mid cont riiectM urn now In tlm tin ii ttit of hniiienrekern. In tulH favured land, thin Ofiulent Ori'Koni ANOTHER LAND DECISION OF LOCAL INTEREST Cascbccr Wins and Lake and Others Lose on Ground of Lack of Proper Diligence Dr. Lytle, Federal i Inspector, Talks of DRY FARMING PROVES WORTH Klatnntli F.'trtiuT Says Sys tem will lc in (tciiera! I'sc TIkic N-xt Year The K In Mint Ii I Iitii Id m.ivm on nip Idly In devcl i,rii"iit wurk ii'iliii; on over t here i liu I iMin-herH In Southern wrcKiin i iiuiiie i in re will lull lii' nlf.i I lii uml urn In em uitfli In K hi unit Ii I cull II I, V lo provide for the rullloiidl uml In lui l ii in work pl.i innd iu-t ; j(iir Thin, In pl ic of t In- diet, thutj illfnlfil Ik I he Kfi'iilfHl ci oi How ruin- i e.i In t he K iaiuutli count rv . I. I'.. ViHIII, M ho lull, ii hiiv rillicll I neiir Klniunth I- nllM.Htiiti il Unit '"I'lii-; ('iiuipbi'll SvMteiu" u' dry hin t furiii- lliii, found mo iftci't mil in iiIhIiiC Home j rl'iipn I'lml n( the Kiukv liu ill ii I in iim. j Iiiih liei'ii tried hy him w ith mi ti'hh 1 1 1 nil I he punt hciimoII lllul ill lie Uciu rally lined m-xt ,ear lit Soul hern Uivumi. Twen'y I'.iiMhelx lo 'he Acre III Hie cloillHl ii, at I eel out III ,iin,HM-il l.llllev II lid c U 1 1 1 V il t d il Oder the i) rv li'iifiteKtiiulH r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Myi-te.ii i i niMi ii an avenme of '.'(I IcmhelMto the iut".'" nhl Mr, Voiii't; li ncri'M Ni l riii lii Imr. lev did ecelleu Iv w ltlloiit I he Old of M drop of wnter from Irrluut l"ii. 'The experiment wan wn idled with a no tl deal of Intercut hy other ranch, em in'iir me and I lhPk in inv o t In-Ill will ir.V the Ciiluplicll !tein tile couiiiur HeaHlltl." Oi.r Luke count v furmetM nhouM t InvcMllcale the C'lllllplH'll iin tliod of dry furini;iir, which Iiiih proved ho Miiivi'-ffiil wlierever hit n nloced. I 'ceil Itciiiirtcil ixl A k'i'iitlemiin from ('rook county w hone name Iiiih rncaped iih, report i. that the reccent riiinn and duiup hiiowh have nliirted nu the K'hxh in niicIi Hue Mhupe that it is thought fiuiililiu of inline ntnek will tie uiiliec vnnary, and the Hume report reachen im from the Warner mid ('atlow val leyn. Thin is aurily eiiciniriik'inu tu .he ntnekmen. Aunt her (IccImIoii from the (ieueriil Laud Olllce, nliiillur to llmt in t he c i Me of AtiMi'l, Luke nud .IoIiiimoii IIUUlllMt, Canidieer, which WUH pllll IIhIiciI Ian week, reached the Luke View Land Ollice Monday. Thin hint iIi-cImIoIi in I he cane of Kd Lake, Ariel I,. Pi, ore ami .Icmm- (',. AiihcI inlnnt Will In tn II. Caniliii r. the land In con tioverny lielnuc the ihiiiIummI quarter Of HCClloll 'Hi, towiinhlp .'!.'! MOUth, ranne 1 1 cant . The IiiihIm were retor- d to the puhllc do nun Muldect tu Meltleilient SepteililM r N, I1MI", lint not open to entry tiiiill octoin r ', J'.kis, IniVlliK lu-eii teluiorarll wlthdniwii for forcf t ry purpoMi'M. Allot tie- ap- pllcailtM alleged Hit I li'llii'Iit nt the name time and their ImproveiueiitM w ere U aci lea liy theMiiue. However, I (1iMelnir nude I he lltnl application, which iV ax allow id li.V t he locn I olliie. The other iiillcaiitM weie irranted a hcuiinir, the name t akin,; place .la nil ur ! l'.ius, and xiiliMiiieiit ly the h nil! III i in Ih f ' i in I lii favor of ( 'iifil.i r and ! i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I that liiMi-ntrv re- j lll.'l I h III I lie I and that llie Mil I i-eq Ueli I ' II (iplicn I iolin lie rejected. Which ileilrt- j Ion t he t 'mum i no I oiler Mini aiiiM. ' T he ' iiiiiii- .ionerM liiuiinn ore pi iic lea ll.v i he na uu' an iu ihe'oninr I eaxe, he holdllie; that il. Mm h imm-s j I he liurdeti of pi oof in Upon the coii- lel mil h t o hIu i W Mel t leiiu nl Mot on ly prior in di fciuleiit 'm eni r.v, Imt alno prior to hln et t lenient . and linvin flllli i tonhoW nucll pllorltV tile CUHi He iiI.ii IioIiIm that t he failed to prove thiir l ipialdlcHt Ioiim an liuiueHteadi'in, which j In It lieier H.'i r.V proceed I lie; lii Milch I I'ilHI M i A I t he liearinu' Aliwd failed to a p ipr.ir, and the ('oiiiiiiinnloner huldn t hat the iippllcatlon of Ariel L. I'onri', althoiii!h rejected, in nlllM llor to that j ol Lake, U-cailwe t he lal ler made hln ) linproveineiitM on IiiihIm other than I iIiumi in cm trnverMy, hln entry cov- eiini; t he Moot Ii halt of the (pinner Wool and Sheep IioIiIm Mint he Im pracflcallv down ami out In lioih ciiMiM. In the firMt ciimc II wiim mIiovvii that he did Hot reach t he nnrt Invent ipiarter, the land In cmitinvi rny, until Home twenty iiiln iiIcm after the other a ppllcn n t m had effected Hid Mi'llieiil, he liuv llitf ni-M led up ai four forth-M Iu a ntrliiii and en tered upon the Innd at the extreme eiiMtern lioundary. Am to the Hi-coin) cane Lane Im nnaln out Im-ciiim of the fact that li If linprov eiiientn are on lunilM other than ihone In controver MC, an revioinly Mtuted. T'hin latter lieclnloii In In accordance with the rulliin of the Deparimeut that w here an en i r man denircM lo Hacure l.mdn located lii more thuii one par tli-iilnr quarti r MTti'.n the Improve tueiitM on one will not npplv ti the ol her where t he con ten I Im luiMed the quentiou of the location ( f n i die. on the INTRODUCING A NEW HIND OF FRUIT The "IVnclKTinu", a Cross Hctwtcn the IVath and Dr. W. 11. Lyttle, of rcndh.fop, Ktt ItiMpector of iheep, wmh In toWD Haturdajr on hiitmieHn cununi cted with 111 M fifllci). 1'hn doctor tms completed the round of the Stale and reports all nheep In (food healthy condition. Hut there. in to Ik no let up iu Mm activity oi hinmelf and the nmn under him. In keeping with this policy, local Inspector Hruurlfont has ten dent to the northern fart of the state, atil while away the affair of his olJlee wi I he looked after by Man Mallny. The limited nam her of in Hpectom rendern ijeceMHbrj' this tem porary tdianne. A general move in heinif made by all Mheepmen to kill off the predatory animaln, that coat tho sheep men of Oretfou alone ovar i l.fWi.OXJ a year. : Oiyutea are c-Hpecia' y hnrinful to the wool intcrehtH. and an e!fort will ho made at the coininn aennion of the h'ljihlature to pi oride a nculp bounty : ( these pert. While the endeavor' may or may not be successful. Hheep men are to make a desperate attempt to poiHou them thin winter, though, of coureHH, if a small bounty of il a head were provided for by state law, . the boys and youiiK men, not especi ally interested iu protection the sheep, would Kcl Puny for the bounty. Mr. Lyttle whs very much surprised to learn that there wan no local a.-noci ' ation of wo;il growers oruauized in Lak) county, lie believes such an origan int ion would le helpful fiets, mid Inanmnoh as hut little or none of that particular quality waa Krown in this country, and a most of it was imported from Australia or Argentina, no harm would result to locul growers if the tarilf was taken off wool used for that purpose. Lake county wool la of a superior quality and oea 'nto fabrics fur clothing. OREGON VALLEY CONTRACTS GONE I'henominal Sale Shows Pre vailing Land Hunger Kver' where tin Nectarine iiuinv vayn, and thinks that an elfort should be made at an early date to k'et the sheep men organized into a unit for the common gnod. In speaking of the talk of taritt re duction on wool the gentleman fcaid he thought that the reduction would come uu wools lined in inn king car- The Lxatniner Im authoritatively informed that every contract of the Oregon Valley Land company fr the Military ISoad Oram at Lakevlew l-i taken, and Ktiil the application are n ived by the hundreil I TIiIm undoubtedly la t e tnont ph" notneiial land nnk- ever hn.l on thn American continent. The grant did not pan into present liandn until May 1, and tl.e r-al Hale of eo-:tr;ietH did not begin until .iiir. 1, ami In tlint short period lL'.noO contracts) in f were Hold for acreage tracts of from in to lisio acr" eacti, at a lower price than Mimilar property In private hand can be oii'aincd for here. Iu a word : T'lione who tie-lected to get a lu-a'-re tract of this ricli val ley land for an acre with a town lot ill L'ikeview free, rninned Mome thilijj they will always regret. i -ill lull in controverny and the Molitil I half of I lie adjoining lior Invent qiiar I er. he making hln ImproveluenlM on j t he moiiI heiiMt quarter of the uorl h i vvcHt quarter of Miild Nectlmi .'tii. j Lake'H ponii Ion in Moinewhat peco 1 liar, iiianmiKdi iim the ComininMioner I lie " I'eacherlne", a cross between i the pencil uml t he nectarine, perfected by .1 W. riiillpl. a hort Iciilturi.-t and iiurnerytnan of Acnnipo. Cailifornia. of whicli -',NMI trecM w ill be distribu ted by a well -known uurserv com pany of ( 'aliforuia next Hpring. TIiIh Hume company lias retained all right to t he nevv produL't for the Pacific ConMt SlateH, while Missouri people li'ive -ecured the right in that hcc lion of the country. I'hlllippi waa a iiiiiuImt of vearn getting the trull to an Ideal stage w ith Inviting appearance. The fruit Is lii in and of a tine color and llavor. 1 lance Saturday the Hand. night. Music by Murk W. MuHgrave, formerly of Gold Kim, has ntarted u milling paper Ht lCenu. Energetio Men are Making the Desert Bloom as the Rose OREGON APPLES FOR ROYALTY making a Novel Christmas Gift to Europe Crowned Heads Tlm Portland Journal may. and tuny "mo of dry frinlii, on hundreda of wot.be h Bhada off Id color In its poll- Htloa ,)f thHB Umia from (le(trt iuto tics it depends on ones vlew-polut : graiu fields will mean thousands of tint It la duiiiir unoi! work In boost- uew tiomea. and hundreds of thoua Inn r.ir .vum i,ur f Orni,,.. b.,h ... ' u'l8 of dollara worth auuually of new .. . . . " . iproductB Theae will give business niai way acia a Boou example lor , to the railroads, aud iu a few years other to follow. It has copied liber- large proportions of that hitherto ally from the facta presented hy the desert or at best grazing country will Kxamlner as tn this part of the state, I he changed into active, Industrl mi, and Is especially favorable to all uieu-j prosperous farming coiumunites. This tlou of eastern Oregon. will be one great and veiy valuable (u a reoeut artiold It says the bar-' aud gratifying feature of the new era vest la the region of which llend Is of development in Oregon. a centra, point naa Deeti a very satis factory one, aud w hat It says of lfeud j will apply equally well to Lakevlew. It says In i s editorial columns: A few years ago all that region waa re gard oil as practically a desert,, the ' grass beiug about gone. "What has, been growu on this desert?" asks the lioud llullelin. "It would be easier I to answer the question: "What has. not beeu g-oivn?' " And it mentions ' wheat, barley, outs, timothy, clover Ol'CLIOn IS .Ink -...I .. Ifolf.. u..... nll.lo n 1 grain us high us 00 bushels au acre, I nue field of outs yielding 811 buhelsl au auro, with .11 bushels or barley an acre, on unitriuated laud; aud alfalfa Mild clover yielding two and a half and three toil au acre at on cuttiug. liesldes, that laud raised good crops of all kluda of vegetables potatoes. turnips, rutabagas, carrots, parsulps, beets, ouiotis, lettuce., radishes, peas, cabbages, spinach, cauliflower, rhu barb, celery, egg plant, kail, salsify, squash unci bocd corn. Hoot crops produce a wonderful yield and sugar beets show a very high per cent of sugar; also tomatoes, cucumbers, buuus, watermelons, cantaloupes, etc., have been raised successfully. At the Keduioud fair one niau bad 140 varie ties of vegetables and 13 kh ds of grain, besides grasses, all growu with in a tulle aud a half of lieud. That region will also produce hardy berries aud fruits. All this is but a beginning up there. What bas been doue on hundreds of acres can be doue on thousands in central Oregon ; aud with a success Oregon Wool-Grow er's Association Has A Proffabe Meeting The General Land Department After The Land Sharks Washington, Dec. L Hegiuning appraised valuation. Where the gov- December 1 unreserved nublic timner "nnieut's appraisal is considered too December I, unreserved public timner bi)?D the land can be reappraised at lauds entered under the timber and the expense of the applicant stone act i;;u;t be paid for under its In no iostauce will timber laud be . .... . ' i appraisea vuuie aau w in uo longer oe sold for at a tlat rate of 22.50 per acre. Secretary Uarfleld to day promulgated a regulation to this effect, basing it upon the language of the law, which says that limber land tbid be sold "for minimum price of 82.50 per acre." CiarOeld holds that if fj.50 is the minimum price, a greater amount can legally oe charged tor valuable timber lauds. L'uder the new regulations a rerson by legislation, desiring to make a timber entry must ' carrying out I IOtirly in the summer a few isolated I cased Aere found in snnrhmitttiirii tlou convention closed lust week Willi Oregou aud a few lu western Oregon, Tho Oregon Woolgrowers" assucia- I'ortland.Or., Nov, IK), l!KW. Tri'iiieudoiiH lntercMt Ih inuiilfcHtcd throughout Oregon, Washington and Hrltlsh Columbia In tho great fruit gathering which will convene in Port land under the auspices of tho .S'tatu Horticultural Society and Nortliwent fruit (.rower AhhocIiiMoii Dec. 1st to 4th. The t wenty premium boxes of apples purchased y the Portland Commercial Club will ko five boxes each to King Ldwurd of England, Knlaer Willieliu of Mcrinany, Czar Nicholas; of HushIu. aud President 1'alllcreM of France, after being ex hibited in Mary's hIiow windows In New York. The Paclllc Northwest la koIdu to carry off linpoi'taut prl ecs al the National Horticultural CongecHH In Council ItluffH, Iowa, Dec. 14th to lUth, If united etlort counts for anything. a banquet by the business uieu cf Ileppner to the association. Tho con vention has been a most successful one aud of great beuellt to the wool growers ol the state. Coyote bounty law. sheen shooting, forest reserve. suit supply, co-operntive ware bouses iu eastern markets aud the tarilf werej topics for discussiou during the day. On son e of these, drastic resolutions were adopted. The convention put itself on record as favoring a bounty ou the coyote paid by the state It maybe that the association will pay half of the bounty on the pests killed iu sheep localities. Dr. Lytle, federal inspector, was instructed to refute the statement that coyotes killed the rabbits aud that alfalfa growers were uot in favor of the bunty law. Dr Lytle said that the rabbits of eastern Oregou had beeu doue away with by disease, that the coyote killed more sheep aud thus did more barm than the rabbit by his feeding upon the alfalfa fields. KesulutioDH were adopted in favor ot the reteution of the tarilf schedule as it. now stands ou raw wool, aud to urge every t-enator aud representative from wool producing states to work to that Bill while lu congress. President liurgess aud Secretary P, Smytlie were re-elected, as wni Geo. McNight, vice president. Penuletoo won out over Vale after a right, and the next meeting will be held at Pendleton. but these cured. were promply treated and OPTIONS ON TIMBER LANDS CANCELLED The Options Taken by Al bert Walker on 4o,ooo Acres Thrown Up That Oregou Hocks are free from scabies or other sheep diseases is demousrtuted by the fact that though 11 government luspectors have beeu searching diligently for two weoka, they have so far beeu uuuble to And a siugle case of scab among the sheep of this state Dr. B. W. McClure, head of the bureau of auluial industry iu the uorth-west, who bas beeu directiug the work, says be believes the work of the department two years ago was even more successful lu eradicating the soouruge than supposed. Though the campaign inaugurated a year ago last April was a tuorougu one, the number of diseased sheep lu the state was so lurge tout It did uot seem possible to wipe out practi cally all trace of it in a abort time. During the ptut few months Albert Walker, a prominent rancher In the eastern part of Klamath County, se cured options on about 0,000 acres of timber land In thin section for Kimteru capitaliHts. The average price waa about 91,35 per thousand feet, and the options were for a peri od of sixty (laya. Walker received notice a few days ago to cancel all of the optloriH, as the tlinlM-r wan not wanted till Fall. It Ih practically impossible to cruise timber in this section during tho winter on account of the heavy snowfall, aud It Is thought that for thin reason the buyers have tempo rarily withdrawn irotti the held. The Weyerhansera are etill buying, nut they are paying only approxi mutely ri per thousand, the price va rying with the location. It Is generally expected that there will bo considerable activity lu the timber btisiuess next Spring, as a uuiulicr of largo concerns that have holdings In Southern Oregon have had cruisers at work during the past Slimmer and Fall ou the lands that are still in tho bauds of small owners. le bis application accompany ing it by an affidavit stating that he has been personally upou tho laud and must submit his own estuiute as to the amount cf timber aud its value and value of laud when cleared. These tilings will kive him a prefer ence light to the land. Wihtin uiue mouths the government will attempt to make its owu appraisal aud, when this is doue, the applicant cau have the laud at the Government's price, but his preference right will be forfeited it be tails to make payment within 30 days ;fter the Interior D- , partment completes its appraisal Whenever the gcverumeut fails to, complete appraisal witbiu nine; monbts, the applicant can secure the land by making payment at bis owu i sold for less toao $2.50 per acre. No entrymao can cut timber during the time appraisal a being made, nor be fore he receives a patent from the gov ernment. Last winter Secretary Garfield en deavored to persuade Conrgess to amend the timber aud stone Act so as to provide for the disposal of timber land at appraised value. When Con gress failed to act it was announced that the Secretary would do by regu lation what Congress bad failed to d) To-day's order is tho of that threat. Gar- fle'd'a order is not tehoactive. It does uot effect any eutry heretofore made. Milwaukee Man Here C. A. Seager, of Milwaukee, waa an arrival via Klamath Falls FiiJay. He is interested iu the Oregon Val'.ev Land Company's Innd, au 1 came out to look over the proposition. ll represents a large number of coutract holders, and is eminently satisfied, and will come out here iu the spriug to e-iter into business, and will bring a number of frieuds vith him. SnbcriU' for The Kxamlner and get those magazines, too. Lewis Gerber Ships Out First Car-Loads South Oregon Hogs Making Change In Season A straw bat salesman was bere Mon day. Aud the niau with over-shoes was bere the Fourth of July, One niau freezes iu the winter bo we cau be oool iu the summer and the other man roasts in July so, we cau be warm iu winter. Fuuuy old world, this I The Klauiutb Herald says: Gerber has returned from where be shipped two carloads of bogs for the Sacramento market. He also made a shipment of ten carloads of beef cattle from Mt. Hebrou. , The bogs shipped by Mr. Gerber were driven from the Merrill country to Dorris. Mr. Gerber states that' bis reason for shippiug from Dorris iustead of Mt. Hebrou is because it is less distance to drive from Merrill. to the former place. He predicts that i Lewis 'eea K,ven to tue ntf busiuess on account of the long drives necessary DOrriS to ahinninm nninN 1ml If in nrII.l;,,.j . . ""1 - - o I'lVUlUtDU mat ueu me railroad arrive ut Klamath talis this industry is bound to become oue of the leadiug cues of the county and bids fair to surpass that of cattle raising. The profit is said to be greater while there is very little chance uf loss. W. J, Moore bas purchased the Field's building ou Maiu St., aud is uow fittiug it up for a tenant. with the improvements of the county road Dorris will become the uatural shipping point for the stock of south ern Klauiah. This is practically the first ship- pmeut ot hogs from Klamath county aud it is stated that it is the beginn ing of what is to become oue of the greatest of Klamath Couuty's indus tries. It bas already beeu demon strated tbatthia country cau raise the best pork iu the world not excepting the fwrnous ooru fel pork of Kunas. Those who have engaged lu the bog raisiug busiuess bere have fouud it a most profit ible busiuess aud as the railroad gets closer uiauy of the farm ers are giviug more attention to the busiuess. lo the pust very little attention bas SOIL EXPERT TAKES SAMPLES Dr W. H. Kubu, ofOouuoil U.utrs, Iowa, a soil expert of some promi ueuce has been iu this section severul days taking iu sHtnpes for analysis to some Iowa clieuts interested iu tbe Oregon Valley Laud Co. lunds. The gentleman iuformed tbe Exam iner that, judging from appearance, ail of the samples takeu at random were of the best aud indicated great fertility, though be could uot say defiuitely as tojthu uutil he was able to make a chemical test. He was very much interested and pleased with Jthe country aud pros pects, aud hopes to be a visitor again some time tietx yeur.