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VOL. XXXI
LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 26, 1910.
NO. 21
CHANGE IN DESERT
LAND FINAL PROOF
Late Department Ruling
Pleases Elntrymeii
FAR EASIER TO MAKE GOOD
Necessary to Irrigate Only One
lllghtli of Claim Claim, liut
Ditches Hunt lie Built
A rectnt decision of tha Cumuli
alon of tha General laud o III no, In
regard to dual proof on daieit
claim, Dot only retaraiis the local
odlolale but aUu prior ruling of the
I)sprtmsut lo audi cane. Tha case
wtl that Ot Ctuirl-a II. Kelley, or
Lake who tiaa a desert claim In eo
tloua 31, 3U and 3!, townahlp VOaoutb,
range IB eet Mr. Kelley appealed
from tha decision of tha regltter and
receiver lu rajeotlng Lla final proof
aud Id reverting tba decision of
tbuae otflclalitba comniisslnuer esys:
Satisfactory tbrea years proof haa
been uiada "un proteat against tba
valdlty of the entry" haa been notad
oo a duplicate of tha claimants notice
of lutanllon to uuka tlual proof by
tbe chief of tha Field Dlvialou, on
Juue.G, IPOll, tha claimant submitted
final proof, aud on June 8, liWJ, you
rejected tha proof tiacauite the claim
ant "had not complied a lib tha
law aa to Irrliiullon" aud an appeal
therefrom was Bled. Final payment
appear to bate linen mada and final
receipt No.' VMl'J appeal to hare
been Issued
Tba final prool testimony shows
that tba aourca of tba claimant water
upply la walla on tba land ; that ba
ha enough water therefrom to pro
parly Irrigate all of tba Irrigable
land to tbe entry, that water baa
been distributed no one forty sod
water and dltobea bate beeo put on
tbe other tbrae forties, but they bare
not been irrigated yet; that tbere la
uo non-irrigable laud in tbe eutry ;
that between SO aud 30 acrea have
been cultivated aud wheat, barley
potatoes, aod alfalfa planted thereon.
Tbe proof alio appara to be aatla
factory in other respects except that
It was not made within the four year
precribed by law, aud there la uotb
log to show the cuiiee of tb delav lu
making it. It ia therefore, preaumed
that you reject tbe proof because it
did not abow that all of the Irrigable
land iu tbe entry had been actually
aaJ properly irrigated, although tbe
letter by wbloh you rejected It aoes
uot appear to be filed with the paper
FOLLOW JILL PARTY
Persons Close to the S. P.
Travel Same Route
5a Id to Ite of No Special Slgnlfl.
cance, and Trip Only of a
Personal Nature
Zera Huow, a well known Portlaud
attorney aud who Iscloeely cuuuected
wltb the llariiotau system, W. li.
Ayer, a Ulultl-inilllouaire of tho same
city, and Curl Kpuhu. a Cleruiau
capitalist, reached Lakeview Sunday
evening from the eaat. They were
traveling iu a Pierce-Arrow driven
by Walter Whitiuer, aud were cover-
lug practically tho mine route
traveled by Louis V, lllli aud paity
ou their recent our of tha Htate.
They left the railroad at Hbtwilko
thence to Bums and t he "P" ruuch
aud ou to Lakeview. From here they
went to Klamath Falls, uud there re
turned to Shaniko going by way of
Crescent aud Bend.
It ia suld that their trip was pure-
ly a personal nature aud of no special
siguifHouuce, but the taot that here
tofore It haa been the practice of the
Harriman people to follow up II 111
or bia ageut with their own represen
tatives, it would appear that they
aUu are anxloua to leuru mote about
this Hoctlou of Oregon.
Uoth Mr. Suow and . Mr Ayor ex
pressed the opinion that thla aectiuu
would aoou have railroad galore, us it
waa ptaotluully oertalu that uot only
11111 but tbe llarrlmau people also
could not afford to louger uegleut, the
great oppoi tuultlea otfered them
here.
I
rclntliirf to tl
decision uf tti
hnltl thll ilem I' ,
only 1 rnulr i '
oiih eluhl. of the limit
iMl I t a recent
rt infill It
eutrytneii would
.riually Irrigate
in their entries.
ami show by tlieii
they are it It i
water to
IfliUHllll- html n I
It hi iIHcIm b Ii.
ami th aster in.
tC III ((lIKl'lll Ml I
HBlll II'IhiIII tf Jl'l l i
U licri'tiv raviT- m
Mini proof that
' a nee of enough
hi laite all of the
r entries, and
. 'ii ooii-triieled
nl to Mm land,
it thereof your
. d tlio tlnel proof
I the t-laluient
will i'iilrtf1 l li.iiwsli mi
vlt allotting ih ilnl lint
elllda
mii limit
nodi proof within llix tour are
sctlhed by law aii'l upon receipt
thereof you wilt he iiuirtd to lue
a II n nl certlflciitn in the absence of
any olfactions tlieruto oil your re
cords lit tho time.
Tax Officials Coming
Asseuor A. J. Fost-r haa receled
word that Menu, Eaton aii'l Gello
way, member of tne Htate Tax Com'
mission, will bo lu Lakeview Hatur
dy. it li preaumed that the pur
pone of their llt In to acquire In
formation a to values of Laae Conn
ty propel tie compared wltb other
ectloua in the Htate. and to acquaint
tbemeelvea wltb condition generally
ao that they can act advisedly in
equalizing tbe aemeul of the
Htate.
The? ladles of the Rebekah Lodge
will give their iihuiiI whtnt party to
morrow (Friday) ntitht.
DAM CONTRACT LET
O. V. L. Co. to Expend
$125,000 on reservoir
E.
5. Uurny Secures Contract
ind Must Complete Work by
May I Next
Tbe Oregon Valley Land Co. have
awardeJ to B. 8. Burny tbe contract
for completing tbe Urewa Valley ref
er voir dam, involving an etpeodi
tur of approxluately H25,0fA).
While tbe coetract cat la for tbe
completion of tbe work by May 1,
1011', yet la order tc do ao It will be
oecetaary to bate practically all of
tha work dooe by the time winter
aeta lo. aud it will be absolutely
necessary to have tbe dam in shape
to hold the flood wateri of aDrln
Thla lour water for irrUatlog pur
pose uext seaaou, ana nnduiiotesiy
a larga number of contract holdora
will evail tbemeelvea of tbe oppor
tunity. Tha dam wbea completed will be
bo feet high, wltb a base of 110 feat
and tbe top 1'2 feet wide. It will be
built of rock entirely, tbe lower part
being faced with ioIIJ masonry,
while tbe upper part will be faced
temporarily wltb lumber, the great
cost of cemeot at thla time thinking
aucb action advitable. Wheu com
pleted the dam will told 0,000 acre
feet of water, which will doubtless
supply all demands for some time to
come.
It la expected that tbe contract for
building the flumes will be let next
week, and work generally throughout
the project will be pushed from uow
ou. The main flume iu Drews Creek
cauyon will be about two miles In
leuglh, it beulg 12 feet wide and 0
feet lu depth. Practically all of the
lumber la now ready, and work well
in band.
Fire Fighters Wrecked
A fire started Suuday afternoon
near the O-V-L Co's sawmill at tbe
lower end of Orews valley. A tele
phone message was sent to tbe Forest
ry olllce stating that the tire was like
ly to spread aud requesting that aid
tie sent. Deputy Supervisor lirowu
at once got busy, uud with several,
assistants (started for the scene ot the
Ore iu U. P. Malloy's auto, with Dau
himself at the wheel. Most excellent
time was tuailo uutil the coiner was
reached where the road leads down
the cottnnwood creek. Tbe machine
was running at u high rate ot speed
aud would have made the turn al
right, but in tikiddiug around one
wheel struck a big etigebrufah root,
which caused the axle to break
square olf and dumped tbe occupauta
out into the road. No oue was hurt
however, and a team was secured aud
the party returned to town, ihe tire
was afterwards extinguished by tbe
ml'l crew1. i
Stable Rates Reduced
After .In mi 1 tho Mammoth Ftt1
Stable will i educe its rates to liorsoa
to liny over night. 7Vente per apan.
Knm-lnl rnMu In IrviuMiM-a if rviita
per head.
POSSIBILITIES OF LAKE
Oregonian Correspondent Gives His
Impression of This Section
LAKEV1EW ITSELF
Products Include Apples, Pears, Prunes, Berries,
Plums, Cherries, Timothy, Red-top, Alfalfa,
Wheat, Oats and Barley
R. O. Calvert, staff correspondent
of The Oraguoian, who accomnaoled
the Hill party on ita recent tour of
tha Htate devoted more space to Lake
Coonty than to aoy other section
visited, lla gave much general in'or
tuatloo gathered from tbe response
to toasts given at tbe baoquet, all of
wt'lcb appeared in tbe last laaue of
tbe Kxaminer, aod also gave bla Im
preatloo of tbi aection aa follons:
"Warner Lake la formal by tbe
dialuage of Warner Valley and Bur
prise Valley tne lattei In California
and haa no outlet. Only tba north
em euj ba tbe alkaline appearance.
Aa one journeys aontbwarl, pros
perous. looking farm aod big stacks
of wild bay are passed along the
stores. A company known a tbe
Warner Valley Irrigation Company Is
now making surveys for an Irrigation
project tbat will water PK), 000 aod
perhaps UOO.000 acres in tbe valley.
Tbe atorage of tba waters of Hooey
Creek and Deep Creek, It is expected,
will lower tbe lake surface and bare
to cultivation an addltloel larga area.
Mialfa, grain, apple and even deli
cate fruit arenow grown with aaooeaa
In tbe valley.
, .'Waroec Valley la approximately
40 mile from Lakeview, from wblcb
It Is divided by timber-covered bills
aod mountains la wbloh are set small
fertile valley aud meadow. Rail
connection between Warner Valley
and Lakeview ia said to be feasibe.'
"A good wagon road now connects
tbe two valleys, winding anioog tbe
pine-clad hill. Tbe Ooose Lake Val
ley, un tbe northeast edge of wblcb
ia locatd Lakeview, ia about 500 feet
higher thau Warner Valley and baa
aualtitude of 4172 feet above sea
ievel.
"lu the matter of commercial re
latione the Oooae Lake Valley ia a
part of California Ita people know
Oregon only In a political way. Aod
tbe Ooose Lake Valley alwaya will
remain tributary to Baa Francisco
and Sacramento until it Is given a
rail connection either with the
Harriman or the Hill Deacbutee rail
road. Alturaa, California, north
wnrd to Lakeview tbe Nevada, Cali
fornia Si Oregon Railroad la uow
building aa exteusinn, hut it is a
narrow gauga line, poorly, equipped
and Cuielesaly maintained and is uot
what tbe Ooose Lake people want in
tbe way of rail transportation. Vet
if this road la given command of the
couutry, the valley and much of Lake
Couuty besides will continue to be
part of California to all purposes
with tbe exoeption of payment ot
state taxes and in tbe framiog of the
Oregon laws.
"Lakeview Itself ia au index of the
possibilities of tbe dlstiict Here is
a town that bas been struggling for
40 years Bgalnst isolation from rail
roads aud has made good. The town
and tbe valley have now reach jd the
stage where they can progress no
further without rail transportation.
Lakeview is a little larger than either
Burns or Priueville. It has solid
blocks of brick Lusluess houses,
waterworks supplied by springs high
iu tbe mountains, electric lights, well
kept business streets nod shaded resi
dence thoroughfares lined with!
Attended Hill Banquet
At tbe Hill hauquet at Klamath
Falls Weduesday uigbt ot lust week
Lakeview was lepresented by W. II.
Shirk. J. N. Watson and O. P. Mal-
loy. They report mat Mr. Ulll a re
marks were along similar Hues made
b him at Lakes lew, aud there seems
to be uo doubt but that bis line will
be extended to tbia part ot tba Htate
u the very uear future.
' Mr. and Mrs W
1 Mr aud Mr8 w-
Miss Anua Jones
Lair Thomsou,
H. Snider and
weut to Paisley
jtbla morning in Mr. Thompsons auto
INDEX OF DISTRICT
modern, handsome homes.
"The Ooose Lake Valley it seven
to etfebt miles wide. The northern
shore of Oooee Lake, a body of water
30 mile long, to-thlrda of wblcb is in
California, is six miles south of tbe
town. In the valley, and particularly
along the abores of tbe lake, are
growing well-kept orchards In wblcb
applea of tbe best varieties aie pro
duced and where peachea are success
fully grown 16 spite of tbe bigb alti
tude. Today there was pointed out
to tba 11 ill party one ranch of 100
acrea which 1 tented for 1000 cash
and upon which the crop front a peacb
orchard of ooe and one-quarter acres
pay tbe annual rental. Alfalfa in
unirrlgated fields is now almost ready
for tbe first cutting. Tbe products of
tbe valley include apples, pears,
prunes, berries, plums, chriiea,
timothy, red-lop, alfalfa, onta and
barley. Borne wheat and bas pro
duced CO basbelato tbe acre and lands
devoted to tbat crop are averaging
in yield 40 bosbels to the acre.
"Tbe first onit of 60,100 acres lo
an irrigation project wblcb will olti
matelr water 90,000 acrea is nearly
completed, and it Is declared feasi
ble to dralaa porUon ot Uooae Lake
ao tbat 80,000 acrea additional land
may be brought under cultivation.
"Tbe district ia not wholly depen
dent on horticulture, , agriculture,
aod stock rataing. Oooee Lake Valley
ia surrounded by mountains carrying
a heavy growth of ploe timr-er. In
the county tbere are 61 timbered
townships, and while an estimate of
tbe stand is nnobtal nahle, it is said
it will run into the bilHoue of feet.
"Tbere are eight townships covered
by lakea, practically all of which can
be drained and cultivated by build
ing storage reservoirs.
"Lakeview bas been looking for
ward to the coming of the railroad
for 2C years aod is now onoe more
strongly boieful for early transporta
tion facilities aa tbe result of tbe
visit of Louis W. Hill. Them bave
been paper roads projected and at
times indications bave been given
that the bouthern Paciflo Intended to
build into tbia territory. Tbe latest
move of tbe Harriman lines in South
eastern Oregon was to survey a line
wbiob begau at Redding, on tbe
Shasta route, extended to the Pitt
Rivei by a water grade to Oooae
Lake, theuce aloog tbe east shjru of
tbe lake and up Crooked Creek to
, Lake Albert aod theuce to a conneo-
a!tluu with the Oregon & Eastern, the
projected east aud west Hue across
tbe state. It is said that a maximum
grade of eight teuths of 1 per cent
was obtained from Reddiug tu Central
Oregon.
"Of late it haa frequently been re
ported tbat the Oregon Trunk would
extend from liend to Lakeview. Tbe
location aa outliued in reports was
oomewhut west of the Harriman sur
vey, but generally speaking followed
the same route, connecting at Hand
with the Hue now under construction.
It is along a large part of this reuts
that Mr. Hill will travel tomorrow."
lu the next issue of the Examiner
will appear au accouut of the trip
uorth troni Lakeview through what is
termed "Tbe most promising fruit
district of Central Oregon."
Decoration Day Program
A most excellent program has beeu
arrauued fur tbe observance of Me
morial Day. Suuday eveuiua at 7 :30
o'clock tha Civil aud Kpani-h war
veteraut will atsemble at tbe city hall
aud proceed lu a body to the M. F..
Church to atteud services conducted
by Rev. U. i. Weutzel. Appropriate
luusio haa beeu arranged for tbe oo
CHsiou and a special invitation ex
tended to all to atteud tbe ser
vices. At 1:30 Monday afternoon the
school children will assemble ard
proceed to the City Hall wbere they
will-be piovided with flowers. Tbe
procession will then be formed and
proceed to the M. E. Cnnrh, wbere j
W. Lair Thompson will deliver an ad-j
nr,::a music and otner exercises will
slso be included In tbe program, after
bicb tbe prooestion will reform and
proceed to tbe cemetery wbere tbe
exercises will be conducted by. the
veteran.
Jt i rieslifcd to bave as many
flower aa possible aud to tbat end
all desiring to donate the name are re
quested to take them to tb City liall
as early h pnsilble Monday morning.
A Cou!d-be Pedestrian
Ross Andersen, Kamatb Falls,
culd uo doubt become famous as a
pedestrian, only tbat he don't want
to Ross has tbe atillitv elrigbt. al
right, but his inclinations leada bim
In other chancels. Tuesday morning
he climbed aboard W. L. Clapp's
auto with tbe intention ot returning
borne, but when the auto reached a
point oear Anderson Oap the cador
aoce went wrong aod it was necesary
to seccre assistance before proceed
ing further, rici started back to tbe
Tatro place, expecting to pbone in
from there to Lakeview, but on
reaching tbere found no pbone, and
also learned tbat it would be neces
sary for bim to carry tbe newa direct
to Lakeview. Expecting to be over
taken by a team in a abort distance,
Roes started out on bis bike. But
it seemed a poor day for travelers
and ba was compelled to walk tbe
entire distance to Lakeview.
S.P.AGENTIS SHOWN
Wanted to Know People
and Country
Surprised at Extent of This Sec-
tion-N. C. O. Extending Line
North From Alturas
J. r. Hixon, agent for the Southern
Faoifis Co . paid Lakeview a visit
tbia weak, with a view ot becoming
aqaalDted with tba cosiness men of
this section-' aa well aa tba o kid try
geaerally. It la, of ooaree, not to be
presumed that Mr. Hixoo's visit was
tbe result of Hill's recent tour of this
section, for it is a well known fact
tbat tbe 8. P. management desires to
be kept in touch with all tba people
and country tributary to Us lines.
While perhaps we may not agree with
tbe building and operating depart
meut of tbat company, yet it if a fact
tbat apparently every effort is put
forth to aere tbe publio well and
faithfully when it cornea to handliog
freight and passengers.
While Mr. Hixon did not state tbe
purposes of bis visit only in general
terms, yet it was easily dlsoerned
tbat be was anxioua to learn all about
tbe country possible not only of
Lakeview and vicinity but also tbe
bole of Ooose Lake Valley, as well
as Surprise and Warner vaueya ana
of this whole section of the state in
general. He was surprised to learn of
he exent of tbe farming landa on tbe
West Bide, aa well as of tbe New Pine
Creek section and the rich lands
along tbe east side of the lake.
While Mr. Hixon disclaimed any
knowledge of tbe work to be per
formed by the N-C-O duriuu tbe cam-
ng year, yet he expressed tbe opin
ion tbat tbe road would be built some
distance out from Alturas tbia sum
mer and a new station established
for tbe winter. A foroe of men end
teams l now at work and the
grale completed for a distance of
some three or four miles this side of
Alturas.
Forest Service Doings
No appropriation for road work
this year has been allowed Supervisor
Ingram, of tbe Fremont National
Forest, It will therefore be neces
sary to delay tbat sort of work for tbe
present, and the plan tbat was worked
out to build a roan over to the bead-
waters" of the Little Cbewaucan will
bave to be abandoned, for the present
at least. It was expected to raise
several hundred dollars by private
subscription to assist iu buildiug tbe
road, as such a road would be of
much convenience to, Le publio as
well as tbe Forest Service.
Several abort telephone lines will
be constructed by tin Cepartuieut
this year, however, one , counectlug
tbe Salt-creek station wltb tbe main
lice betweeu here and Paisley, and
atotber from tbe Forest station to
the same line Tbe former will be
some two miles in .length, while the
later will be ouly about half mile
long.
Rangers Pearl V. Ingram and C.
W. Wesburn are now engaged lu
fenoiug about 60 acres at tbe Rogers
station tor grsziog purposes.
WESTERN PACIFIC
NOW IN THE FIELD
Merchants Order Freight
Over New Route
RATES SAME AS VIA RENO
Considered That New Route Caus
ed Biz Reduction In Rates
Recently Inaugurated
B. F. Nevis, whoie card states
that be is tbe general licetock agent
of the Western Pacific Railway Co .
was in Lakeview a few days since and
succeeded la getting practicality all
of tbe business men of tbis section to
route their freight shipments over
bis road. Tbia action was tsken be
cause of tbe opinloo tbat tbe Western
Paoiflo was tbe cause of tbe big re
duction in rates recently inaugurated
over tbe Soutbera Paoiflc and N. C
O. to Alturas, rather tban aoygiudge
tbat is held against these latter
roads. Such being tbe case it is con
sidered no more than just that tba
oompanv causing a reduction of tha
exborbitant rates bave been in effect
for -these many years should be in a
way rewarded, and bence the action
taken. The rates are tbe same over
both routes, and tbe question of
holding the business will now be one
of eervice Tbs Western Paciflo route
is about 30 m'les longer than by war
of Reno, but tbat fact will probably
not cot any figure In tbe matter of
rates.
While freight trains are now rnn
ing regolarly over tbe Western Pa
ciflo, no announcement aa to wbea
passenger . service would be mud
ljsbed has beeu made. ' "7 V-
The Chautauqua Circle
The Chautauqua Circle finished t he
year's course ot readlDg last Monday
Readings will be resumed October 1.
All those desiring; to read tbe course
are requested to see Mrs. Leslie Sea
ger as tbe required books will be or
dered early In tbe season. Tbe course
for 1910-ltfll will be tbe English
course and will include the following
books: Industrial and Social History
of England, by Edward P. Cheyney
of the University of Penasylvanio;
Social Ideals In England, b.y Vlda D.
Scuader, of Wellesley College; Studies
iu Dickens, especially prepared for
the Chautauqua Course; Mental
Growth and Control, by Nathan Op
perhelm, M. D, of New York articles
iu Chautauqua Magazine.
DIPLOMAS AWARDED
Eighth Grade Examina
tions Are Held
Prof. Burgess Congratulates Pu
pils and Commends Teachers
for Good Work
In tho etate examination for the
j pupils of the eighth grade held in the
j eight grade room of the Lakeview
schools, May 12 and 13 the follow ing
' pupils received their diplomas; Mary
Barry, Willie Storkiuun, Lera Duke,
iAuiv llervford. IMae Greene. Lillle
Schmidt. Kdjrar Clark. Lucile Bailey.
Doilie Blackburu, Ilobart Miller, Carl
Pendleton, 'Hazel Miller, of District
No. 1, aud Nera Varuon, of DIatrljt
No. 3 The remainder of the class who
fell below the required standing in one
or two branches expect to write ugaln
on these branches the 9th and 10th
of June. We believe they will receive
their diplomas at that time.
We desire to congratulate the class
upon the nucct'ful itsue of their ex
amination und to commend them for
hard study and excellent work dur
ing the vear. We desire to conitneud
tho teacher for her devotiou to the
luterests of her pupils, and to thank
SuH'rititendeiit Jackaon aud the
Board of Examiners for the prompt
ness lu 'rendering a report of the result.
J F BURGESS. Prln. Schools.
Owing to the non-arrival of certain
supplies the new telephone aervlae
will not le established as sut-u as ex
pected, Manauer Thrutnn la unable
to state Just wheu the system will be
in operation.