n Lake f I vol.. xxx LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, ORWJON, APRIL 22. 11)00. NO. 15 5 ! )3V OLD SETTLER I TESTIFIES AS TO COUNTRY'S WORTH I M Raises the Finest of Fruit--His Trees Now W. A. WHS ill Currier, of Summer Luke town I'llilny. Mr Currier It (mi of ti. oi l timer, who .hiii( wni'ry "P iWH imiM.1 oy a i on hum in IM7fi and hu iiihok m fortune "yiidiciite. who took out permits in tlm slock I.uhIiu-hii He now takes to the water and b large acreage im life easy h.i I lives In H.moy Cultf- i'Hr"y 1,1 11)1,1 ' ,,on" ruin in tlm winter season and Hvcm ' number of mmiiiio tnl up to tlm on hi ranch during t li Mtintciwr. ! prasotit they have dona nothing o Mr. furrier I- a Mrong advocate of I 1'i'prova their l.oi.i inu or to Induce the a lv4iiMgea of Like County. u ! aetUainent. nil iti diversity of lufereats, aud from I It would seem If t hoy urn not trying hnt he has learned abroad ia satisfied ! to Improve their holdings that they tint the next 3 or 4 years will work,""" '1 j Hired loose ami thereby more of a change here than , j ubi e otln.ra to (Jo oiuHIjiiiii. occurred iu all It. previous history. ' mrpri.lug what a lot of While Mr. Ourrler la aal.M-kuiar, tie l'tlence the American people possess U fu'ly alive to fruit growing the agricultural and IOMOlirC6A Of tlltt country, which only awaits the com ing of railroad to grow Into euormoua proportlona. While there U no question ai to the adaption of all sections if the county to fro it growing, aa yet no one baa rated to go into the business on a ooamerclal scale, owing to llmltei or uo market. Two year ago bis trees of every variety were loaded with the floeat quality of fruit, lie iiited all be could, aud Brighton for milea arouud were supplied, an 1 (till bushels of it Ml to the ground, and all he could do area to turn the bogs In and let them eat and destro y to their till. It there hud b ton a local market, oiioh aa la now promised from the immigration he could have made a good thing from his orchard. The gentleman ya that bU apricot tre are now In full lilooni, ami that hi cherry tieea are ready to Moom with prom Ink of the nlggest crop he ever raised. In fact, all of bU orch ard gls promise uow of producing a liHiiuer crop, of a quality that can nut he surpassed by California or auy a here elae. Mr. Currier hm pltuty of water. If needed for irrigation, lie has c,uita a lurga aereage f lauds auitable for fruit produotiou. and luter, when railroad traiuportatton la amnired be ill aubdiride bU rauch into email tr:U aud dtapove of It to fruit grow ern. the ooly tioudle with thu rapid HO AG Ore Growing Richer and More Plentiful With Depth Tbe Ft. llidwell Hold Nugget of tbslDtb inst bas tbia enthusiastic mention of tbe mines 1 utiles south of Lake view : Tbe Unag mining district Is now Id 1 line to defy tbe derogatory statements to tbe calamity bowlers aud to lavita i thorough Investigation of tbe state insula given out by tbe Nugget. Kverr day shows new development. uot new strikes, and a thousand - them, made iu tbe earns property as bas been stated by the unlnlated l ut new aod Mx'teiing d -velopu ec tt ou tba same clai . a .n eptb is ob tained. We made the statement that tbo ore taken fron. the several claims "aod especially tbo Mountain View" rnn in values ranging from f 11 to $30,000 aud at tbe same time stated fiat tbe iily ramaiuiug problem waa quanity, and uow that obstacle baa practically baeu removed as development baa brought to light every indication Known to mining experts as lar aa j permanency can be determined. Tbe 1 average depth obtaiued from tbe aur-! face is oue hundred and fifty feet, ' BOARD OF TRADE All Are Moving Earnestly to Im prove Local At a meeting- of tbo Board of Trade tbe rate question waa thoroughly itlscuatNvi and a delegation waa ap pointed to ro to Klamath Falls to bo preacm at a meeting of the Chum Iyer of Commerce April 1. Tbli dele gation waa in full co operation with both the Hoard of Trade and county ollicers. Klamath (Jounty realizes that this town in the natural gateway for Iak county traftlu and uiet our delo Kation with enthusiasm. The reaulta were vary gratifying, aa they have already commenced repairs an the old road to their comity Hue and Lake county has done the asine. As aoou aa a new road can bo sur veyed, work on the cut-off of ID miles will bo commenced, leaving only a distance of 81 miles to Klamath Kails and the Bout hern I'acilic Hallway On account of prohibitive freight rate from the south on Han Fran- cUco; ahlpmeaU, the merchants of Lakeview aud Lake county were forced to provide Home method of obtaiuinn their goods at smaller rates. 1 hen, too with true Oregon spirit in Bloom, settlement (if the counfry tributary ' ily h any I" the fuel Mint thu allowing u.eir iuhwii w i.e I a . j.i, ., I A ,1 illutii..iuun.l t . mm t tin h ' ''BnTnnnii utj iiiPjiurminnrnj ujr tuo iiinu I Hi the money Hut there may come a change over the aplrit of their dreama eomeduy and then tlie will not be ao fame aa they appear to be uow. A LAKE COUNTY. WOMAN AN ALIEN Mrs. Nora Loat, said to bave been a former reaideot of Lake county, went to Vane uver, U. C, marled an KuKliehmau. and abortly afterward left for Californai, where ber bueband bad a contract to u at work. They were stopped iiy the U. S imiuittra lion otllcera, on the boundary, but eluded them and dually reached their dentinal loo. Ho elated ttr tbey over eacapiiiK the otllcera that in a aplrit of fun tbey wrote them telling them they had eluded their vigilance. Tbia was more than tbe dignity of the guardians of tbe border coull stand, and tbey gve cbaao the pair, finally landing them io the federal jail at Alaneda. The Deptirmtent bolda that Mrs. Loat ex patriated herself iu marrying Loat, and ordered ber )e porta I with her husband. The ICkurniiier baa fulled tu iearu tbe Idetiltv of the lady, other than the above from a press report. MINES beiedoB the mountain side Is fairly houevcomhed witb tuuuela and in every Instance tons of rich ore Is plied ou tba dumps which la cetraiu to be milled this year. Installation of mills Is no longer an uncertainty, at least two and probab-y the third Is fairly ou tbe way to tbe camp, at'er tbe installation of which rich rewarda are bound Io lie reaped. HALL TRIES TO ESCAPE ASYLUM Wilson O. Hall, who became de uiented last, summer over socialistic) problems, and waa Bent to tbe Insane Asylum at Halera from Lakeview, attempted to escape, last Thursday nigbt by tying bis bed blankets into rope. Hut it broke and let blm fall about 10 feeL He sustained injuries so that be could not get uwuv. Two of bis fellows took tbe sauie method aod escaped. Conditions. Lake county bunlueaa men desire to keep within their owi atate the vast amount of trade that bas formerly had to go to Ban Francisco on account of there belug no freighting roads to tbe est. With the' asHlatance of Tortland and Klamath Falls Lake county should be able to patrouine her own. They're coming, Mother Oregon, by thousands now a score, aud yet this year, old Oregon, tnere.ll be as many more And next year, mighty Oregou, their number will Increase; aud for years to come, rich Oregon, the tide will uever oease. They'll like you well, great Oregon ; vou offer them Buoceas; witb htalu and wealb, fair Oregon, their etiorts you will bless. Ooiue to the best state, Ore gon, notnaseegere, munous strong There's room for yon in Oregon ; she's waited for - you long. Dome spread out over Oregon : its great resources use, and you 11 ne'er regret that Ore gon for a new home you did choose. The Examiner would correspondent at eaoh this county. like a tegular postottloe In S M4 LL A SUCCESS What a Hustler Can Do in Oregon On A Farm of Limited Acreage Tb Portland Journal j. doing J"i man's aeri i''e in hoonting for every iurtlm of (Iregiiu, nud such effort could be emulated for the good of all by STne of it i!'intmporaries. It editorial page uIoam with Oregon KtidijrHHtnent. bright and optimlHtio, and is an argeeable change from the pHHnimiMllc. und fault finding so con spicious In tbe pagei of Its only con temporary Iu the state. in Its ianue of the 14 tb inet It cites what can be done on a small farm as Ii.Uowm: A ('iiluiiiliia county tn.n tells in tbe I'aeltlc. lionie-tcB'i a story that rhould lie of interest t'i many of the immigrant h'iiiieH"ekTs who are duubtful whether a comfortable living can be ma la for a sinall fa'iiily bv geuerel faming on a tract of from 15 to 40 acres, lie says that "it has lieru abundantly demonstrated that ralulng poultry, onions, berries, etc . will make a good living for a family on a uiia'l frni. if situated near a good market" and being near the Columbia river is such a location. He then tells what he did on a '20 acre farm In one year as follows: On March I he bad six Jersey rows. Id bead of young cattle for beef in the fall. 1H shoats and id bens. To avoid buying much mill feed be raised one acre of kale, a verv callable fodder, one and a bslf acrei of cairots and half ai acre of rugar beets, turnips and sweet corn. The carrots furnished feed for a small toam, tbo kale and I OUR OREGON The good oi l air of "Heidelberg" bas been transformed into an Oregon booster song that is very popular lit smokers and dinner given under the auspices of the com mericial organiza tions of the Mute It is as follows: (Air "Heidelberg.") Hetter ti'un riches or worldly wealth, Is life i , a ciii.ie trait's royal, Teeiumu with hHpjiiiei, hope and health. And warm-d by a cun benign; Sweeter itisn p.df that is won by stealth, l-i bunding with citizens royal; So come, let us drink On toat wi Here's to the dearth, us cling, but first let th a brimming stelu. state that knows no CHEAP Soon There Will In the United States Tb Examiner has held all tbe tirce that the cheap lands ot tbis section now beiug placed under irrigati iu by the Oregou Valley Land Co., are bouud tu increat" enormously Iu value iu t not distant future, and we still stand by the statement that this 110 land will ret be worth 1200, eveu more per acre. In this matter we bave tbe history of the development of other sections as a criteriou, ami which is ably set forth In the Portland Journal of tbe 14lh, as follows : Receutly tbe Journal alluded to tbe great results that would soou appear In consequence of Irrigation, fruit raising aud iutensive farming in Umatilla county. And that exagger ation was not indulged lo is Indicated by these statements nf tbe Peudleton East Oregou lan: Up in the Mil ton country a 1200 acre ranoh baa just been sold for 185,- 000. A fsw years ago that ranch waa probably valued at about one tenth this price. Down la the West end of the county Umatil'a project land that we selliug fur So per acre a few months ago U uow going at $125 an aore and upward. Nearly all tbe pioperty of tbe West end has more than doubled in value during the past year and the develop ment baa only commenced. Some improved land near Hermistoo is HOMESTEADS The New Regulations not Force at Local Office Mauy iutjuiries are beiug received at the Lakeview Land Otlloe concern ing tbe new acre homestead law. recently passed by Congress. As yet tbe oilicials have received no instruc tions relative thereto, but the) have iiaAii advised bv the Commissioner that uv anulicatlons under tbe ant ; must be rejeuted and tbe parties noti- tied that they will gain uo rights by tbe OIug of such applications or by1 FA RMS corn furnished fodder for the cows, and nunc of all theHe product with a patch of a'ticbokes rained the pigs so that a few sacks of barley ground at borne, fattened tbein for market. He sol I htief, pork, veal, pota les, garden truck, apples, plums, cherries, cream, milk, butter, poullrr and eggs to the amount of over $Uwyj. though there were seven persons in the family, "all with very good appetites and not very frugal In the use of poultr) and eggs, but er. cream and milk." Next year he will bave '.V) acres more in cultiva tion, and will raise propottionally more products, but this story shows what a firnily can do on only 20 acres of laud such as can be nought in Columbia county for fr.m t30 to myi)l an acre Hpiilf.a f hia mnrt nf farm. Ing. instead or exhausting tbe soil, makes it richer, under good manage- mitnuoo. men, every year. This Is no fairy story. Any farmer can do tbe same. if they work lotelli gently. With 8'JOOO or rUKX) a man with a family of children growing up can get a piece of land and all other essentisls for a start, can keep even at l-'axf the first year, can make there after perhaps flCXX) a year, as tb:s man did, cau get mora laud if he chooses, and within ten years cau give all bis children a snia'l farm o." tbeir own to start life witb. It takes work of course, and some pri'atlou, t-ut gold is ant to be picked directly and with out labor off buabjs In Oregon any more tban aowybere else. It is, bow ever, more easily obtained from tbe soil, by labor and thrift, tban in almost any otuer part of tbe country. Here's to tbe hopes that rise; Here's to ber eons, the bert ou earth, Here's to ber erasing eklrs: Here's to ber past so gloriou.-, Here's to her future preat, ' Here's to ber ever victorious. Here's to our own dear state. ' Oh. Oregon, dear Oregon. The state we love so well. Where summer snows and beauteous i rose Deck mountain, bill and dell; i Where shimmering sbeeu aud ever green Blend into leav'n above; The thought of you, so old, ao new, E'er fills our hearts witb love; Tbe thought of you, so staunch, so true. E'er tills our hearts with love. LAMPS be None Left now held at $100 per acre. W itbin a few years thousand dollar an acre laud will be common in that section. Over the Blue Mounaius in the f iraud Ronde valley a similar trans formation aud access of values of thousands ot acres of land will take place wben an irrigation project uow being worked is carried through. Land now worth 150 an aore will be increas ed In value ten fold. In the Powder river valley many thouands of acres, till recently practically desert, are now finely producing grain and alfalfa farms, and many of them will later b put to better uses. In tbe great Malheur valley large areas will iu tbe not distant future be irrigated, with like results. Up in southern Oregon, both east and west of tbe mountains, in Klamah and lake. and in Douglas. Jackson and Josephine counties, lands now sustaining say 100,000, people can be made to sustain 1,000,000 and tbe lauds will be increased in value in prpoition. And even im the Will amette valley irrigation can be made tbe means of an enormous increase of values, of production, of popoulation. or wealth. Geo. Wiogfleld, tbe Nevada million aire, once a barefoot bov of Lake view, now at 30 a man ot mtlilons. bas just completed arrangements for a private wire from New York to GoldtJeld, Nevada. N. F. Heath Monday. was in from Reno In appeal fiotn the rejection thereof. Uutil tbe lists designating the lands which are subject to eutry under the act are received at the land otiioe will entries be aooepted, and as to whether notice ot the selections will be made public through advertising tbe asme the land omce otnoials are not advised. FKED P. CRONEMILLER, Receiver, SOME NEW gie e? view OF 77S SECTON Satisfied that There are Plenty of Opportunities Here La.cview, Oregon, April 17, 10. (jeutlemen: As eome qf tbe people who bae come to look over yonr lauds and country, we feel that we oe tit to be many interested people, who cannot, for various reasona, make the trip themselves, m write-uo of what we have seen. ' Ic the brst place, we donbt if the people of Lkeview aud Lake County realize the general interest io you and yours over the entire country. l he people or lue Miuaie eni, par ticularly, are mieresieo ana are co lo "id io your couniry in great numbers i 1 1! i year. i ou uave a woii'jer hi country, good lauds, good water and fine climate; but your one itupor'aut thing that is lacking, and it will be a severe oue, is lack of accomodations for these people when tbey do come to s b your towu aud county. This, you will find to be a very set ions proposition wben immirgation actully starts. This la hardly a beginning. Through I be summer months you will bave hundreds and een thous ands of visitors, in fact, to sum it up, you will bave a maximum immigra tion aud you bave only minimum accommcf attune. We do not piesuce to advise you in regard to this but we are alive to the many tenets you will receive by having accommodations for these people wben tbey come We bave examined carefully, your valley, even taken spades and dug down to a great depth to determiue the actual depth of tbe soil and we find it more tban satisfactory from an j agricultural view point. Your water is far above tbe average and your-cli-rate floe, and witb all these advantages yuu should be able to i greatly increase tbe population of! your county. As soon as outside people know the value of your country, as soon as they have seen these places as we have seen tbem, it will b hard to keep tbem away. If, you should go into a community in ; the East or Middle West and tell peo- pie tost an acreage of this character existed without being over-run ' with people, you e ould simply not be believed. It Is bard to realize. Some of us have gone practically over tbe entire racitx iscrtnweai ana we can therefore see rue Bavantagea you bave. Ot course you bave diaw- l -1. II' I mnan country that didn't have, but yours can be easily overcome. lransporta tion is vour greatest one and it will j probably take time to gel tbe one you1 want, but it is absurd to thins tnat it , will not come. Wben it does yon will find realty values far in excess of what it a now, for then its values will be determined by actual1 demonstration. Now in closing, to nut friends who sent us here we will say that we are more tban satisfied and we have test ed it thorouch'V. Tbe soil of the valley is a rioh allu SETTLERS WIN Supreme Court Decides The Warner Land Controversy Salem Statesman. U: Holding the land was dry argicultural laud, un appropriated, ocsurveyed and vacant. suitable for settlement and cultivation and not been selected or listed by the same aa swamp land or by tbe secre tary of tbe interior, when settled upon aa homestead claims, in November. 1887, tbe supreme court yesterday morning in a separate opinion written by Justice Slater decided that the oases of J. L. Morrow. W. II. Cooper, John H. Greene. Jerry Harrington. O. L. Fnskett an S. Oixon against the Warner Valley Stook oompany in favor of the settlers and perpetually enjoined the stook oompany from fur ther proceedings in ejectment. In awarding title to tbe settlers, involv ing about 1500 acres of valuable land. situated in Warner Valley, Lake county, tbe supreme court reverses tbe decree entered by Former Circuit Judge II. L. Benson, of tbe district in which the cross bill in equity filed by tbe several defendant settlers was dismissed. Tbia contest bas been In progress between tbe settlers and the stock oompany for tbe last five years, and has been carried through appeals ' to the United States Department of tbe Interior, the State 1-and Board, tbe state courts, and will uow probably be appealed to tbe United SUtea supreme court by the stock compny. The supreme court holds that all the settlers are entitled to tbe land as homestead, with tbe exception ot J. A. Morrow, embraoed in the case of J. L. Morrow and Cooper, wbo oooupies four tots in section 33, amounting to 151 aores, in which case the majority of the members of tbe supreme court bold mat the reoords did not show final proof ot settlerent. and Juaioe King dissents from this finding, holding that the fact of J. A. Morrow having the receiver's flual receipt iu bis possess ion is sufficient evideuoe that ha had complied witb all tbe requirements ot COMERS vial loam with a cap of from eighteen to tweutyfour iuches of decomposed vegetable matter. Any farmer knows the value of such a formation for agricultural pnposes. Tbe game 'n this county has not been in any way overestimated, la xhort, it is a sportman's paradise. Wild duck, geese, swan. deer, autelnpe, and fish are plentiful. We had beeu told of the remarkable timber in the county and confess we did not believe it until we got into tbe timber, aud some ' f the trees it took three of us to reach around and tbey were np in the air too. This, it is true, is a little larger tbau the average, but the averge is exception ally large. The only way we are dissatisfied with tbis couotry is that tbe people are so tborouhgly satisfied that tbey wont sell out tbeir business anl we therefore cannot remain. Tbis year bids fair to be a banner crop aud if it is, all that is necessary to convince any intelligent man la a look at tbis country io tbe right season. Respectfully, MOSE HARTLEY C. A. TAYLOR Harvard, Neb. C. E 8HORT, Fort Collins, Co'o. SAGEBRUSH GRUB BING Klamath Herald, 14: J- F. Adams, who is in tbe city from Merril, thinks be bas one of the best sagebrush grubbing machines in the country. Mr. Adams recently purchased one of the Steel patent machines and has been operating it for about two weeks. Mr. Adams uses six horses on the machine aod says he can grub from Sve to seven acres a day and leave it clean nf brash. Tbe brash is cut off at tbe roots about three to six inches under the ground. The mach ine can be adjusted tocnt at different Witb tbe small brush three - ' - inches is abont riebt and for the "Jf" in a pulverized condition and could be planted ingrain withont farther plow ing. Tbe loose brush is turned over by chains connected with tbe mach ine and as soon as tbe dirt dries from the roots, can be raked up witb the ordinary rake. Mr. Adams will grab about six hun dred acres tbis year. He waa late In receiving his machine, but he can do a good deal of work this fall. Then tbe brush will quickly dry and can be burned without hauling it from tbe til. the homestead act, and that he also ia entitled to tbe land. The Warner Valley Stock Company claimed title to the land by direct meaue conveyance from the state aa swamp laud, granted to it by tbe aot of congress of March 12. 1800, and tbe settlers contested tbe company's claim, alleging right of title to tbe land by aettlemet and filing of pre emption claims in November, 1887. The company 'a applications to pur chase we.e made under tbe provisons of the act ot October 26. 1870, of tbis state, providing for selection and sale of swamp and overflowed land, but the supreme court finds that the land was not swamp or overflowed ' land within tbe meaning aud intent of congress, and that tbe company's applications to purchase from the state were void. Tbe prinoipal opin ion In the case, which was written by Justloe Slater, is very elaborate and comprehensive in detail aud ouvera 27 type written pages, while tbe dlssent iog opinion of Justice King covers eight pages. NEW TIKI TO HOMESTEADS WASHINGTON, April 9. In a decieon. by the General Laud OIHce to day it was held that in order to en able heirs Qf homestead eutrymen to submit commutation proo s of his entry, they must show both residence on and cultivation- of tjia laud for fourteen months by said entryoiau or the heirs or partly or both. The same rule applies where commutation of proof la submitted by the widow of the tutryman. The Book Trust ia to be doomed In Ohioago, the teaobera to write a new set, aud tbe oiry will publish them for use in tbe schools.