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LAKKVIKW, LA K K COUNTY, ORKfiON, MAY 27.1909, NO. 20 VOL. XXX 4 ALTURAS PAPER HAS PRAISE FOR WORK OFTIIE 0. V. L CO. Sees What Benefits Lake view Will Also Ileip the Entire Tribu tary Country Tim Altiirar, ( iillf, New Era, of Mm l!Kh Hint. hHit till tHiiV'f the effort of the OrrUnn Vfil ly Land Co., to settle, till tt.U country : The fact that AlHiniH Im to be .con ne.-ted w'th Lakevln- by mii huIoiiki tlle lin U now assured. Tim pro luolxrx or thin scheme were hi AKurn. and It ha lint 1hpii given nut e to the arrangement, hut it In assured that the work will tie commenced on thU line w It ti tit the next week, hint thui il.i.i Kill tut tu operation by the ftr iif Aiunst. A regular mil r..u.i grad will be made between this place Hint limine Luke, and largo autumn lilies will eminent with the IjohI on Mm lake. A nimt U mi th way, ami Itn urn-lion will omnim'iu'H im mediately. The construction of the boat will eot til the liolghbol hood of Tim right of way have nil been aecured tu tin- most denirah'a route, mid tho rim.t will be kept In prima condition mi't will be. traveled by nothing hut automobile Wo r In formed ihut m very large force or mini hii I tiMiniM will i put enmp "" t'ltt River thin week. Tli tout ami equipment being already here. tin. is the scheme of the Oregon Valley Lmi 1 Company, aud the object the lino i to ti uimi t the huge tinni er of people that are coming here In Augu to ho present Ht the Oregon Vailey land uratng. 'ttil company huN gigantic scheme working In Lake aud Modoc counties, in which they wllj bring thousand of people tn thin nrt of tho country, and settle them on good Inn ). They liavvi thousand of nore of the finest land that Ibjh out of dior and will ooti have fam ilies ou every ten acre or more. Thy are uow nt work on irrigtation scheme that will put nil of thin land under water. ThV are putting in taw mills to cut their own timber. The machinery for t lelr mill, rock crusher ami road equipment have already iiouo through Aliura, and thin company in now niBiiBtfinif , one of the lnrtfi-.it propoHltloua nub thl couutry hah ever nefii. Thivite ate tl) thliitf that develop a country and it Ino rwuiaiued for th iirHunn Vnller Laud Co., to oooie here and develop our country reap the beuoflU, to which they justly entitled. W have aUo heard It eald. Hruily believe, that by the time dfawinu come off, the N. C. (). have HHHMud Into other handu, and are i , I nd i 1 w''' that rate will be made Tor paaMtnKrC0llutrv urtl vwry enthuaiastlo over that will make It poaitbilo, wlthoiii I f hnt district and declare that long paying the present exorbitant price. It is sate to say that the Oregon Valley Land Compar y know what they are doing, and thnt they would nut go to the expeite tl'fV are now i'i fit ting in this boat nuu auto Hue if they were not sure of better railroad prices. From what we ere now aide to learu. we hail with delight the a ivont, of the Oregon Valley Laud Co. ui.d we wish them all the success they are sure to meet w ith. GOOD FARMERS LOCATING HERE Heager Pros, this week closed up a deal for the J. W. Andersun nlace ou the West Side with llahuer ,V Uoehl, late of Chicago, ho will establish a stage station, and will also establish un orchurd and fruit nursery. They also Hold the M. O. Anderson place to Clareuecj W, Anderson, late of llutte, Montana The purchasers of these places will at once put iu grain aud potatues, and probably will get enough tint of their tirst crop to pay tor theii t m rii: h, and have a bunk account besides. They have discover ed from old timers that such things will grow here, but tho () T. nfore eaid complain: "tirow, of course potatoi'8 will grow, but, who iu h I wants to dig in the ground fur thoniY" They had rather let some one else produce them. A recent arrival tu Lakeview Is Telefred Mlexuer, of Sun Friinclsco, who uurchnsed. a :. acre tract or me Lakeview llevelopmont Co., two miles from town. He is an experienced gardiier, and Intends planting his en tire tract to garden truck aud pota toes. Like many of the other new settler wiio liave located here Mr. Mlexuer is a thinker and a doer. He does not ook at the oouutry a It la now, but looka ahead to Its possibili ties, and therefore bought fund and wlll'at oiica tai'a fcteii to make It pro ductive. In is to such men witb whom tbe future welfure of this county rest. A license to wad was issued last week to Wm. Taylor and Mis Franois Dunn, Loth of Paisley, Oregou. Klamath and Lake view United from Shipping Standpoint A finnt, t Im comlntf of the railroad to Klnmiith I'm 1 1 tho Ooon liny IUr hor ri'iiiHikn: Klnmt:lh I'mIIh U to have a rnl ralrloH't anl u "Kiiilrinil Par" will Im ci-lnhnilfd Mondiiy, June llth. I'roinii'i'iil iiumi fn.m ninny Hi'cllona will tm pri-Hont. Thcrii are lot of the rommonllieH in Orctfon that would tm del lhlrd to hold klmllnr ct-lidiral iiniM In thU coniii'C ti.iti tii S.iiki'vlfw lloanl or Trade in worklnuAith Klnmiith 1'nll toward I hi' cniiMlnicIl n or rnadit whlcn will Kivn Lnkfvlcw It Moire of buflt from the new rallrmid. WANT RINEHART AS LOCAL REGISTER Repulican and Democrat Unite on Watson's Successor I.nUovli'W Or . Mhv 1 nd lea- K. KiiH'tiurl III he 1 tloiiM are that K iiucci'HNor to J. N. WhIhiii, who him rnifii" I H ri'KiHiiT of the l. ikwvli'w Lho I Oitlii Mr Uliidh irt U oiih of t lie mi lint mil 1 it I clii'im of t din county, l-'nur yniirH imo he ttcrvt-d iim county kherllt for mm term, un I him wince ln'i'ii eiiKiiutd In I tie Hiiwmlll ImihIiihuh. He Ih mcII unl lll.-il to till t tit poxl ti'in and him t' imdoi itiMiient if the I ii'inocrat m iih wrll im ot the Kipntj can party, of which he turn alwaya (unci n iniiiiilicr. Mr Klin-hart has ri'hldt'd in Luke county for ninny yeai'H, mid hlii appointmiint, will be Kttuernlly nalihaictory. Kt-ulxter Wat Hon Iihh beitu in poor health for ftcv crnl month. He l now Hcrvin hia nccoiid, term iih reHer. It in not likclv Unit tie wlil leave Lakeview. OIG BOOM ON OP IN TIMNTRY Reno Begins to See What Is Going On Here Iinuo tiaette, 11: The trade iuto Northern Nevada, Northern Calif ornia and Southern Oregon in increaa- ,UK raij and it hat) now become Decennary for the N. C. U. to beitfii iruuniiitf Tore traiue. hlvory train in I to the northern country ia crowded and from all reports concerning that portlou or ttie country, there ia a boom on there at present that prem iums to eel ipso any boom that has oo- cured in the went for many months. Men are euitaued lu mluliitf aa well as in the openiuu up of large tract of agricultural laud. All men arriving from the northern i)Bfrrt lhe Western I'acitio U niuoiug trains there will be several good slzid towna iu existance. They also declared that when the Western Facl tlil goes tirough that portlou of Nev ada now being opened up, tliere wi 1 be a boom that will startle the whole country. BASE BALL GAME IS ML PLAYED The Alturas Boys Carry off the Laurels The game played Suuduy between the Altuias aud Lakeview nines was a very exciting one. Tbe honors wei with our vuitors, tne lauy standing 7 to 5. We never jiiw a more goutlemuuly contest. There was no ill will mani fested on either side, and the decis ion of the umpire were without ex ception accepted without question. The A (turns visitor were gentlemen, aud they promised to come up to the tournament the fourth of July, and whether they wiu or lose will lie cordially welcomed. The following is a roster of the partv: W. L. McOruth, John C. Callahan. A. K. Tussey, M. L. Kerr. James Pnrtin. Chester (Jodfrey, Purge Warner, James Padego, Lenter Arten, F. N. Smith, (1. F. Higley, W. C. DorriH, and o, Collins. Through a mlsuuderstaudug The Kxainiiier lu its last Issue gave the i Alturas base ball eutbusiaats n rather severe jolt, aud we boreby make the. amend honorable. "For they are jolly good rellowa, wb loh we all must allow." ' While returning from Alturas last Tuesday after conveying the base ball team home, Clarence Kiuehart broke the .frout axle of bU auto. Tbe maobloe was left at tbe foot of Sugar Kill and Clarence oame on to town ia the llankins auto. He weut down yesterday with a new axle and re turned iu the evenning witb the car PORTLAND SLEPYJLD TOWN Calmly Snoozing While Her Neighbors are Securing Her Natural Birthright The Portland .lounial is no fool. It doe not leipilre a fhidge-hammer to drive an Idea into it head, w hudi Is so palpably the lamentntile con. lit loll of its i'sti-emi-d conteniporarj'. The Journal very clearly oherves the path, into which the apathy of I' .rtlnd ha been Mill fly pursuing the even tenor of It wa, ntt.ry obliv ion of the fact that I hat path is beset with rivals, who Meek o niaiutaiu trade with Kiistem )r-giti. It tie lieves and iiltlrm vigorously, that si iito pride slioul.l make a streuuou eltort to obtain the trade east of the mountain, but which. Inst. ad. i go ing and will continue to go to Calif urn In and Nevada rivals In the hiird liCKMumld The Journal reci.gii le then- untoward condith us for I'ort land' future welfare, and voices it self in vlgoioiiH Kngl'sli, while it esteemed coute mpot ury Is uttering pla titude atioultho awful l'i luury law, htHtemeiit No. 1 and other thing, nil detrimental to the grafting y,t litl cinns. but which me of Breutest beue fli to the common people! The peri le of KaMtern (Jregon naturally look to Portland for relief from the intolcrahle conditions to ; which thi part of the state bus been ; subjected by ttie llariiinan bunch. Hut, our voice, ca ling out of ttie wilderness, has fallen upon deaf cirg ! Instead of a vigorous campaign that would arouse the hiixineiig meu of that Kleeny Hollow town, by what ia sup posed ti lie the chief mouthpiece of the Pacific Norhwest. are fed upon political bumbuome outing back to the fiiuriau uge ! When the people at lust hecume aroused tn a realizing sense of the condition of Oregon, so far aa co icerna the lailroad question, and took atepa to remedy the evil, then thli great orgau of reaction, blind a the toads recently rudely released in Colorudo from their rocky embrace of a million or more years. THE BOARD OF TRADE MAKES MOVE FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL The Board of Trade bad a very satisfactory meeting Saturday evening-Several letters from men who desire to uudertake to provide this section with electric railroaj transportation were read, but no action tbereou was taken. The question of providing better schools, and for raUing the district to the dignity of the second class were discussed, aud it was unani mously agreed that something should be done iu p-ovidlne a high school buiUiug at ouce. With that end in view several committees were appoint ed, which are to report at the next regular meeting of ttie lioard on the evening ot June 4th. Everyone present confessed the ueed aud importance of schools that SMALL FARMS A PROVEN SUCCESS The Examiner has had repeated aud numerous enquiry as to whether or uot, tbe small 10, 20, 30, or 40 acre tracts are large enough to sustain a man aud his family, lu reply we cau ouly say: given a productive soil such as we have heie. coupled with irriga tiou. both Bssuted. that success will depend altogether ou the man. Conditl ma here surely are certaiuly as good as they are in Illinois, as we have uo distinctive storms to contend with, and with the right aid of sun shine, productive soil aud water as much or little and when you want it, the advantage would seem to be iu favor of the lloldon (Jooao Lake Val ley. ' We make specific mention of Illi nois, because it ia stated lu the newspapers, as au illustration .of ttie value of intensive farming, that C. W. Pottinger, head furuier at Duuuing, where 4,000 pauper, lutuue, aud con sumptive patients ot Cook county are cared for, grew ia. w.i worm oi veg etables and pork upon bis 100 acre farm last year, aud bis busiuess methods have a lessou for every farm er. Sixty three patleuts, most of them Insane, lire with blm, and thirty-two work lu the fields. His entire expeuses weie $0,005, leaving a balauo to tbe farm's credit of K!, 008. There were torty-slx different pro ducts all figured at moderate prices, as, II a bushel for wax beans, bO cents for tomatoes, 70 ceuts for onions, 92 for strawberries, 00 cents for potatoes IS A sets up a yowl that reaches from Dan tu Hernheeha, tliu it was a monstrous Idea, socialistic, and childish, to think ol a utate built or stBte owned, or s'sle operated railroad ; that poor Mr. Harrbnaii must not be spurred to net ion : that he must not lie harried to en ter, pool, patient fellow, and when he gets good and ready he will give r.BH'eru Oregon needed rail roads! So tie will, but not for the benefit of Portland, you poor old innocent ! The Journal, however, sees the real and iilltiirate trend of attaira Bnd says, pointedly and firmly, that utiles Puitlaud awakens from its letlinicy, ami makes nn effort itself to reach this (ireat Inland Kmpire that our future enormous trade which should be made subservient to the relfnre and unbuilding of Portland will be tiken from her and handed as a free gift to Sun Francisco. It well and truly says: "Harriman is now plmning to carry all the traffic of Houthern Idaho. Eastern Oregon and much of Montana direct to Hun Fran- clnco by way of Klamath Falla or that othei branch of the Sacramento river. " which latter means the head waters of the Pitt river at Lakeview! The Journal, with ttie feeling almost born of decpuir, further says : "Oregon and Pottlmid may hope and wait tor Mr. Harriman. If they or ly wait long enough and sit suoine enough they will see their birthright slip au ay. They will seethe great output of products from the irrigated and unirrigated zones of the vaet in land empire diverted to San Fran cisco, and Oregon made in transpor tation a vassal province of Calif ornia. How do Portland and Oregou like the propsect?" .Meanwhile "the greatest paper of the Pacific Coast," aud it twilight pr.:geny. sits supinely, helpless, voice less, vhile a city is being despoiled of its birthright nv a modem buccaneer I Nero also fiddled while home was burning ! should keep pace with the growth of our little city, and such i-eofiment and purpose must result in giving us better school faciiltise. Miss Corlson the bright young editor of the Llosborg, (Kansas) News in commenting upon the state ment of the Atchison Olobe man that men liked to smoke aud litter up the house without let or biuderance, and get tired of making a goddess of their wives, naively asks: "Does a man evei treat a woman like a goddess? A ad does a real woman want to sit on a pedestal w hen a rocker or er soma other place is so much more com fortabley" A 13 year old boy with dogs, treed a big cinnamon bear aud killed him with a rile. 910 a tou for wiutre beets aud 6l ceuts a pound for dressed pork. Tbis farm supplies Dunning with veget ables, potatoes ouly being bought. In UK)7 tbe crops amounted to if 1S,7U!. So much care is given to double cropping that one year Mr. Pottioger got '130 acre aud another year 149 acres of crops from 100 acres of land. All potatoes are followed by other crops the same seasou. A great com panion, crop for potutos is tbe Ford hook squash; they are plauted in the potato Held lu rows 12 feet apart by simply hoeing out two hills of potatos for a hill of squashes. Tbe latter do not iuterfere with the cultivation and after the potatos have made their growth, the squash vines spread out to cover the ground. The Pnrdhook will keep all wiuter. Spinach lettuce, wax beaus and other crops also follow potatos. Likewise pickle grouud grows a crop of Kolrabui, early beano, sluapch or radishes before the cucum bers are plauted. And there are many other combinations The Examiner is not aloue in think ing that railroad transportation of the future of tbis sectiou will treud to ward tbe Ooldeu (Jate, rather thau over the mountaiua to Portland. For Instance tbe Portland Oregouiau of the 4th lust, says: Work has beeu coraaieuoed on tbe line to run from Klamath to Alturas, on tbe Nev ada, California and Oregon. Tbis will also be a feeder tor tne r riano Hue of the' Southern Pacific. the Knocker is an i Undesirable Citi zen in any Country The Harney County Tlmes-Hei-ald, with righteous Indignation takes this shot at ? class of people found every where, and we reiret to say there are tone or two of the gentry In Lake county: "Now and then a settler here is of a elms that continuously "register a kick " !' the sun shines and ttie iCads are dusty the country is going to dry up; if it storm it is too stormy; then if it is warm they say it is too warm for this time of year; the; say they see nothing but wild (age brush 'and with nothing of any greet value growing on it, and where th'-re are good trowing spots they sny it is a favured spot and such ueciiParities are known to the the old settlers only ; that should such crops be raised on all our vast domain it would not no ' be open to settle ment, and all "jolly rot" of this kind. To such men we say "git,'' "skidoo, " tke the next stage and move out; yon are "undesirable citi zens" here aud should go elsenhere. THE HOG CROP BIG JN VALUE American Farmers Rea lize Half a Billion from their Porkers The hog crop of the country, count ing only the hogs sold to packing bouses and not those slaughtered and old to local meat merchants or for borne consumption, nearly equals the cotton crop of the country, amount ing for the year ending February 28 last to i37,7iiO,0OO. To reach the actual cost of tbe meat product there most be added all tbe incidental ex penses, such as slaughtering, pack-' ing. etc. The bogs are mainly elaugbteied aid packed in the West, I the bouses there paying out ?358,000, 000 of tbe total paid to the bog rais ers of tbe country. Tbe total number slaughtered and packed reached about 35,0U0,000 In weight tbe total pro duct of tbe last year was about 950. 000,000 pounds, or about 116 pounds per capita of the population. As most of tbe pork product is used in tbis country, it would seem that we are a poik-eatiog people.. When tbe rork raisers of tbe country can draw from tbe packers about $130,000,000 a year our farners are not doing so badly after all. If all the figures can be obtained, it is possile the value of tbe pork raised each year would reach well up toward S550.000.000 or within a trifle of the value of the cotton crop. RENO MERCHANTS GETTING ALIVE The N. C 0. Is Drawing Business From Them Reno, Nev., May 17. Tbe merchants of Reno claim that they will no longer stand for tbe unfair, excessive and discrimatory freight rates charged by tbe . C O. railroad, and have appealed to tbe Nevada Kairoad Cum mission, through the Keno Commer cial Club for relief. Tbe railroad commissions will not appeal tu the Interstate Commerce Commission or begin action against the N. C. O.. but will endeavor to secure better rates for tbe Reno ship pers by an agreement secured by peaceable negotiations. Negotiations are already beiug carried on with T. F. Dunaway, tbe local lepreseutative of tbs company. Tbe merchauts claim that the mer chants of Portland aud Sucrameuto are invading tbe territoiy iu tbe Lakeview country and tbis trade rightfully belongs to the merchauts of Reno. They believe that they will be able to secure tbis trade after new rntes have been granted by tbe N. C. O. MISS PEARL HALL NOW IN MEXICO The Mexican Herald, published in theCitvof Mexioo.gives the followiug meutiou of Miss Pearl Hall, a lady well known iu Lakeview fiom loug associa tion with the schools of this city, ller many friends here - will be glad to learn of her success iu the Mexi can metropolis: The Herald says: During all or part of the vacattou of the American school, Mlsa Pearl Hall, a welllknowu teacher here will conduct classes at tbe school building on Calle luduetria 95, tbe board of managers having given her permission to use tbe school building but having no responsibility with the work. Arrangements for tbe entrance of pupils should be made 'directly with Mlsa Hall, who will b at the school from 9 Jo 10 o'clock' tba morning, tomorrow and Friday. , Tbe first session ' of. tbe school opeued Monday May 3. EASTERN OREGON BOTTLED UP BY II But Will He be Able to Maintain His Present Hold on this Big Rich Empire? Tbe government iu its merger salt at Portland to show that Harriman had combined rival roads into one contrary to law, also elicited a lo of testimony to tbe effect that be had also bottled up eastern Oregon in restraint of lawful trade. In com menting uoon the question tbe Ore goniau said: If a "water pass is essential, llrrimau has a monopoly on eastern and Central Oregon, iu tbe opinion of Colonel C. E. S. Wood. But two nter grade outlets exiet 'o an area nf labia land comprising 30,-CM-O.0W acres of arable land, of which 20,000,01X1 are in Oregon, aczordiog tu big evidence. Colonel Wood described tbe dis trict as having once tieen tbe bed of an iu-aud sea, which was finally drained down the Malbenr River to the west and down tbe Crooked - and Deschutes rivers to tbe North. Tbe railroad routes afforded by both etreams are controlled by Harriman. Colonel Wood said that there was an available route out of tbe district up tbe Klamath or Pitt to tbe Southern Pacific connection at Klamatb Kalis. ''There are millions of acres of land in Eastern Oregon that could be made bountifully tributary to man," he said. "They lack nothing but trans portation. 1 was through that country in an Indian campaign In 1878, going north into what was then Washington territory, and farther north tban Spokane At that time the only railroads in tbis country were tbe small ilne to Corvallla and a part of tbe Northern Pacific, which baa b?en built north from Kalama so that they coud bold tbeir land grant. "At that time Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon looked mucb tbe same and 1 never supposed it would be anything but Indian country un til tbe end of time. Eastern Oregon is still practically undeveloped, while tbe Palouse country in Washington ia a solid wheat field. "Land in Washington that was once thought to be valueless, baa been turned into good farming lands and the whole country is developed. Tbe railroads did it. Tbe railroad made the Yakima Vialley one of tbe show places of tbe west. Development always follows tbe railroads and Ore gon is just as capable of development as Washington. Tbe railroad ia tbe pioneer the fore runner. M Colonel Wood said farther, that in bi opinion, railroads could be built into Eastern Oregon by routes other than tbe Malheur or Deschutes rivers, but at a much greater expense aud by the overcoming of big engin eering difficulties. CROOK COUNTY SICK OF HARRIMAN Eiguring on Building an Electric Railroad The people of Crook county have lost taitb iu tlarrimau au aie now taking steps to build au electric line from the Dalles on the Coluiibia river to Madras, Prlueville, Red mond aud other points, They are begiuuiug to feel that Uod belpa those wb) help themselves. But as a matter ot fajt steam roads cau not compete iu any way with electric lines, and ouce Easteru Oreyou is thus gridironed with au outlet ou tbe Columbia river the people here cau snap tbeir fingers in the face of llarri uiHu. or Buy other railroad maugate. Horace O'eely, when tbe questiou of specie payments was beiug agitated said: "The way to resume is to re sume." And the way to get railroads is to builJ them yuisevlea. I bat is all there is to it, and the uiau or meu who will give Easteru Oregon electric roads will uot ouly make a fortune but will also open up oue of the fluent aud richest most productive sections of the eutire west. It appears from the itemized state ment of tbe expenditures of the Republican uaMoual committee that more money was speut for advertising and printing thau for campaign speakers. Tbis seems to demonstrate tbe proposition that more value is put on what tbe people read than on what tbey bear. It is deserved appre ciation of tbe mighty power of prin ter's iuk in one form or another, and shows that experience based on tbe entire length and breadth of tbe land demonstrates that those who Beek the widost publicity must iely altogether upon tbe newspapers. Tbe columns of the Examiner begin' to sbow this trutb, but there are 1 others who eau come in, to tbeir advantage. HARR AN NOW