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KAKKVIKW, LA K K COUNTY, OltKUON, .JUNE 2, 1910.
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BUMPER CHOPS IN
ORCHARD DISTRICT
Magnificent Prospects for
Season's Output
QUALITY WILL DE DF BEST
l.arne Section of Country Aloiifc
loose lnkc Promises to lie
Second Hood Klver
Timt portion of Goose Luke Valley
lying betweeu Lekevlaw mihI Davie
Creek ludeed presents beautiful ap
pearand at tin time of year, it U
luipossitde for one nut familiar will)
the oouldlloo to even imeylae what
a woulorft.l stretch of country Mint
la. All Ike way aloug uut ouly i u
the crop of .growing grain aud alfal
fa Held look good aaii the feaideuc
and raiiob buildings preeeul a thrifty
ippesreace, but the many orchard
are beleg cared for la a tnauuur that
shows that the average farner I alive
to hU bent Interests. Orchards
that have scrcely beeu touched ly
a plow or pruulug book al'ice they
were aet out uiauy years ago are now
trimmed Ul lu good slie.e and lire
being carefully cultivated. And this
is the case uot only lu a tew emeu
but true aa to many orct ards all
mIiihv I tin loads. Manv young or
chard Imve been set out during!
the r1 yai, aud all present remark
ably thrifty appearauce.
That auction of the valley kuowo aa
Dana Creek la much larger limn la
generally supposed by those who
have never teen that beauilful valley
there being approximately 00,000
acre of rich tillable soil In It. It l
here that the famoua Brlle orchard
la iuoated. and it prouilaea to make
a record yield tble seasou. Cherries,
peaebea, pears, plums, apricots, ap
ples, etc . will yield abuodautely, and
the quality promisee to be excep
tionally good, although lu some In
ataoces It may be nereieaty to tblo
out the fruit more or leas. Tble la
true of all orchards id that section,
as l the case with those lu the New
Pine Creek sect Ion.
While there are ninny opportunities
for profitable Investments all aloug,
yet geuerully apesklug tha holdings
are not so (urge an to prevent the or
dinary ludivMual from making an in
vestment Jof a few hundred dollars.
However, the DiivJh Creek Orchards
Company Iihs secured about 1C.O0O
acrea of choice land which is now
being sub divided ana will soon be
placed on the market lu 10 and 20
acre tracls. Not only is the tract of
good soil, but it Is favorubly looitad
for irrigating nod draining, drain
age being one of the most essiutial
features in horticulture. There is a
natural reierlvor site on the tract,
and this has now been surveyed Htid
actual construction work will com
mence on it iu a few days.
Two railroad surveys pass through
thetraci. oiih lor the Huothero Fa
COREY IIASWESTERN
Through Line Now Under
His Management
Will Make Trip to Lukeview One
of Pleasure for Incom
ing I'n.ssengcrs
I. M. Corey, ot the Western Stuge
Co., left Friday for KUmnth trulls
to uiaku arrimgumeuts for taking over
that part of the Hue between the
Falls aud Lily, which has heretofore
I me ii run by Lambeit & Cross. Mr.
Corey took pososaiou yesterday and
will eiulp the line with tiew stuck
throughout, '22 head of good lion-es
haviug been seat over for thut pur
pOHe. Mr. Corey expects to make
much better time over the route than
has beeu tho custom heretofore, aud
it is likely thut he will put the pas
aeuger aud mails Into Lakeview iu
about 14 hours runuiug time.
An automobile passenger service
will also be established iu a short
time aud svery effort will be put
forth to give the tiavellng public hll
that is coming to it iu the way of au
comniodatluns iu gettiug iuto the
oouuty. Fast time, comfortable con
veyances aud careful drivevrs are Mr.
I
clllc Coil ptiiiy and the other for the
,v I' o i liiiist ruction work on the
hitter I now In prowrfva, and rail
are now litl I to a point some ''0 miles
distal. I.
It U Ikilv flint nuttag-H will I e
built on several of I bo tracts limn
piollliitfe houiH for I he purchaser
a sunn a lie clone the deal
Coiidii lima exutlng at Da via Cr-'k
rIiow lnl.ily to eceii the most causal
iilioei f r the woudertMl r4i'H to b"
(lit ii I ii ! from sHiiehruiih land. A
fence will dul'ln a Hue meadow or
oii'hmii Iroin appaieutly worthless
bind, the tlllerw re being solely to lr
r'UhtH'ii, On ;oi e hIiIm of the fence
will be t!i KHgehrush and on the ether
grass from 1H lu"hea to two feet lu
he It lit and utipiirkutly redy for the
mower.
There i no doubt lu the miuda it
ninny that the wholu section of coun
try between the east side of Goose
Lake and the foothills will In a few
year be the ru.ua! of itogus ICiver
Valley or In the Hood ltlver cotintiv
In the production of winter apples.
Scrlbcr Found Quilty
JcffiTHiiu W, Horiln-r, chhIiIit of the
Fitrm.TM A InidciH Niilloniil Hank,
of La tiraiidc, which be wns cluirg
imI with wrecking1, was found guilty
on the four Indictmenta covering 40
coiititH, HK'ti'tHt It t in by a Jury In
the Federal Court Friday morning;.
The jury was out !' mlmiU-H anil
took tint one ballot. The Ht;lfl:
charge on which hcribucrwari found
Kiiilt.V were imiiIxmIciih'Ii t, atmt rat'tlou
( the bftnk'H ftimU, iiilHMappllcatlun
of t hr liauk'a fuiulH, making falne en
trlcn In bin ri porta nod niaklng; falw
eutrU'M iu the loink'H bouka. It 1h ro-porn-d
that he will not p'a.l, and
will lii iiln Herding timt' iu tTie (cderal
primm at MNcll iHland I mined lately
atier be Ih M-iiteucud.
SECOND JOMESTEAD
Procedure Necessary to
Procure One
Must Relinquish First Before Sec
ond Application Can lie
Acted Upon
Munh Inquiry Is being made at tho
U. S. laud otlice relative to the new
ruliug iu regaid to seooud homestead
eutriea. The ruling applies only to
spplicstious where it satisfactorily
appears to the Department at Wash
ington that obstacles which could not
have beeu foreseeu, and which
render it impracticable to cultivate
the land, are discovered after the
euny has been made, or where after
entry and through no fault of the
eutryman the laud becomes useless
for agricultural purposes.
The local otlice has no authority
whatever lu the matter, aod when
applications are received tbey are
formatded diiect to the General Land
Otlice, with appropriate recommenda
tion. Eutrymen desiriug to take ad
vantage of the new ruling should
Urst relinquish their orlgiual home
stead, and make application frr the
sncoud, for unties the original home
stead Is relinquished the secoud could
uot be considered beoause of the
first being intact upon the records
of the Laud Olilce. Wheu application
for h secoud homestead under tiis
ruling Is made all facs in cuuuectiou
herewith should be fully act forth,
uot ouly as to why the eurymeu could
uot make good, but also that the laud
tins so beeu deuuded of timber or
damaged iu auy othet way, Aud
tbene fuota should be corroborated by
two witnesses aud all statements
should be made uudtr oath.
New Auto Drive
Mr. aud Mrs. W. Lair Thompsou
and Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Holder,
Bundiiy a'terooon had a very pleasant
ttlp iu the former's automobile.
They went out to the West Hide aud
proceeded south us far as the
"Horse" ranch. With few excep
tions the roada they found In most
exullent shape aud the eutire trip a
most delightful oue. Only lu a very
few places were the roada at all bad
aud theu only for short distances.
The ruads usually followed by the
auto are becoming somewhut com
mon, aud now new places to go are
being sought.
Corey 'a hohbien, and to thut end he
Is doing all possible.
Tb alstauce that Lukeview is from
railroads makes suo!) efforts on the
part of Mr. Corey doubly apprecl
ated, cot only by the traveling public
but by the people of this section gen
erally as well.
GREAT FRUIT DISTRICT
Summer Lake Excels All Other
Sections of Central Oregon
OREGONIAN'S CORRESPONDENT SO STATES
Parmhouscs, Shaded by Tail Cottonwoods, Well
Kept, and Paisley With Its Maple Has
Appearance of Towns of the Hast
K. U.;Callvert, the Oregnulau's staff
corrof pouleiit who accompanied the
Hill party ou its tour of Central Ore
gon, wrjte as follows coticsruiug the
trip from Lakevlew north:
"The Oregou Trunk line now under
construction from Celilo on the
Columbia Klver to the north end of
Klamath Indian reset vatioo, is to l-e
the "backbone" of the Hill system
of railroads lu Oregon Branches are
to be built whureever th traffic will
Justlly them.
"This, In brief la the assurauc
that has glveu the people of Interior
Oregon by Louis W. Hill, president
of the Ureal Northern, who has just
completed his tour of that portiou of
the state.
"With this statement as a buis and
taking aUo into consideration, Mr.
Hill's entbusiastlo comments ou tue
country h has seen, the prediction Is
safe that not only will the east aod
west liue be built through Oreuou but
there will be au extension tu Lake
view, a brau;bora main line through
Frioevllle aod a coutiouauce ot the
work now in progress to Klamath
Fails. Yet it abculd be understood
that the president of the Ureat
Northern has carefully refrained from
making any promises to the commuu
Itlas which he has visited.
"The most promising fruit district
of Central Oregon was traversed 1 a
a portion of the 170 mile jouroey
Monday from Lakeviesr to Crescent.
This district lies iu the Cbewauoan
and Bummer Lake Valleys. The two
valleys are practically one. between
them there i a lo ridge on which
there has been made a segregation of
12,000-acre Carey-act project. Com
bined, the two valleys are nearly 50
miles long, the Chewaucau being tak
en up partly by a reclaimable
marsh and Summer Lake Valley by
the body of water which gives the
valley its name.
"In these two valleys is one of the
oldest settled communities in Oregon
The farmhouses are well kept and
shaded by tall cottonwoods or pop
lar.and practicaly each farm has a
home orchard, in tha northern end
of tbeCbowaucau is the small village
of Paisley, which with its streets
shaded by big maples'aud other trees
And its old buildings has the ap
pearance of a town in one of the East
ern states.
"lu the two VHlleys. although the
altitude ranges moie than IKK) feet
the Uuesl of peaches are produced
and the fruit products includes
grapes, plums aud all kinds of small
fruit. Along the shores of Suoimer
Lake are thousands of wild plum
trees aud for this fruit the settlers
come even from as far as Bums, 120
miles away The fruit products of
the district are uecesBurliy couauined
by the small nearby maikets, and
wheu "nearby" is mentioned in that
part of Central Oregou it includes Sil
ver Lake, i'aisley, Burns aud Beud.
Like the rest of Interior Oregou the
Modoc's Proud Boast
Alturas l'l uinlealcr: i.xchangcH
ure continually finding old people
who remember ccelng llalley's count
on Its former visit to our yUiu.
Each couuty, ulmoHt haa one or more.
Now, Modoc can boast of tivo that
we cu name, with Mul t Henderson,
"biigi" ol Goose Lake," and others to
hear from. These iOi Speucer J.
ilurtt, aged 85; David lloltleu, ajjed
80; W It. Coleman, ayed S"; Grandma
SpuuKling, Hged 1)1; .and Tho. Mo
GiuulH, sged 100. The latter auys
bo was a young; muu iu the old
country when the "mar en mo 'vlth a
tall to it." Now if there Is a county
In California or elmuvhere that cuu
beat this urraj of old people Just trot
them out.
Mrs. Annie C Hough of Paisley is
registered at Hotel Lakevlew
oial;) standby of the farmers is stock.
"In this Ilttle-ueard of district
one might think he was in another
state. lu the northern end of the
Chewaucan Valley the elsewhere in
evitable barbed wire fence disappears j
and beard feuces Hniog roads im
proved for their entire width takes'
its place. Cultivated fields, meadows
oi orchards are on both sides of the
load. tiimiliar conditions prevail
lu the Summer Lake Valley, with the
difference ti at the cultivated land is
a atrip that lies between the high
.diffa of rim rock.
"These are so high that in the
middle o' May the snow still remnins
iu patches while in the valley there
is summer beat Mpringa innumerable
gush nut and irrigate the Melds and
rlud their way iuto Bummer Lake.
These high cliffs have the aame of
Kim Rock Mountain or Winter Ridge
aud it la probably due to their heat
properties that the Bummer Lake
Valley is ao mild in Its climate.
"Summer Lake is more or leas alka
line. On lbs western shore there are
broad, gliiteriug. white stretches of
borax, which could be shipped oat
by the train load without making ao
lui.esiou oo the qoanity of material
there is there. Between this borax
deposit and the eastern shores are
mure farms, the peculiarity of one of
which are indicated by the name
"Ranch of a Thousand Springs."
"The route of the Hill party to-k
the automobiles after leaving Summer
Lake Valley over a high ridge and
down into Silver Lake Valley. If the
Hill line to Lakeview serves the Sum
mer Lake and Chewaucau valleys it
will probably pass well to the east of
Silver Lake because of the topography
of the country and will either swing
oS northwest and back Into the Fort
Ruck couutry or else continue nearly
etraigbt north fiom Summer Lake to
a connection with the east aod west
line.
"The Fort Rock country is a broai
depression enclosed on three sides by
the timber covered bills of the Na
tional Forest. To the southeast it
opens wider and merges into the
Christmas Lake aud High Plaius dis
tricts. Fort Rock is a country of
oewely entered homesteads. The
oldeit settler in the district is said
to have been there ouly two years
but so great baa been the rush lu the
recent Winter that there is a ue
bouse or e.abiu ou nearly every quar
ter ffcctiou. TBo iuducemeut that has
drawn the people is more oue of
knowledge of how siimlar districts
have developed than of ceitaiuties as
to what the district can be made to
produce Necessarily it will be a dry
farmiug community aud careful cul
tivatiou aud scientific methods, on
ly, will briug success. It is a raw
district, but uuwheie in their travels
did the Hill party see a single ex
panse of couutry that provided a view
from the road ot no many farm habitations"
E. M. F.s Arrive
Prouaply tin most pleasiugof oar
its class to reaou Lakeview is the
new E-M-F Thirty, two of which
reaoued Lakeview Thursday eveuiug
last. T. E. Bernard has the agucy
aud Southbtoue Bros., ot the Lake
view Garage, will act as sales ageuts
aud demoustrators. The cars are
equipped with tops aud glass frouta
aud preseut a handsome appxarauce.
Their easy rid lug features are very
uoticable, aud they are geuerally con
sidered to be of the very best cou
structiou. As yet the car that will
suit the wiiuts aud needs of everybody
bus uot beeu built, but for the per
sou ot limited means tha K-M F, iu
the opinion of many, uoue comes near
er meeting all requirements thau auv
other car that has yet reached Lake-
view, The weight of the car is by oo
meaus excessive, aud with gasoliue,
water, tools, etc., ready to go oo the
road weighs vety clo.ely to 2000
pounds
Mr. Bernard a!so baa the agnncy
for the Flauders "20." and will
probably receive in a few weeks a
carload, including several L-M-F.s,
direct from the factory. This ship
ment was due to arrive April I, but
the legel tanle in which the Stude-
baker aud fuel or y people became In
volved delayed the shipment until a
few dars ago.
The E. M. F.'s. n w hold there-
cord for climbing the Rehart hill.
both having exceeded the foimer best
mark by 1G feet.
Memorial Day Observed
Decoration Day was most appro
priately observed io Lakeview, al
though the number of vets, in atten
dance was not as large as expected.
However, the aer7ices at the M. K
ohorch Sunday evening were largely
attended, and the pastor, Rev. G. J.
Weutzell delivered a very interesting
discourse.
Monday afternoon the exercises
took place, aod notwithstanding the
unusual weather conditions there
was a large attendance. W. '.mlr
Thompson delivered a short and 1m
pr!sive address, while the music
was most excellent, a number of ap
propriate songs having been
rendered.
The procession formed at tb Court
House square, beaded by the pupils
of the Public Schools, followed by
tb; veterans, and citizens, all bear
ing dags and flowers After proceed
ing to the church and listening to
the exercises, the procession reformed
and proceeded to the cemetery where
the graver were decoiated with flow
ers.
FOUND GOOD WATER
Supply Struck at Depth
of 75 Feet
C. F. Battling Finds Pluty ol
Water on His Homestead
Near Wagontlre
C. F. Bartliog, who. with severs"
friends, reosntly took op a homestead
at the foot of Wagontire mountain io
the northeastern part of Lake county,
is In town. The lack of water has
been the great bug-a-oo heretofore
with that section of the country, bot
Mr. Bartliog reports having struck
an excellent supply at a depth of 50
feet. The well was bored 10 feet
deeper in order to insure plenty of
water, and now four families and
the stock owned by them are now
supplied by the well and without any
appreciable lowering of the water.
Mr. Battling has a pump in the well
and in addition to furnishing the
above supply coold irrigate a small
tract of land by using power
The settlers have flue gardens
growing, constating of peas onions,
lettuce, potntoes. and all of the
hardier vegetables, as several acres
of wheat, bailey and other grains all
ot which are doing exceptionally well.
Mr. Bartling brought with him a
sample of the water from his well,
and it was most excellent to the taste
leaving not the least taste of salt, al
kali or other miueral wbioh occa
sicaally occurs in some of the wells
on the desert.
No Extension of Time
Several applications for an exten
sion of time in wbioh to submit an
nual proof have recently beeu made
to the local land otlice by desert land
claimants Suob applications are for
warded to the Commissioner of the
Geueral Laud Office tor considera
tion, aud almost iuvariably the ap
plication ia deuied by him. lu the
letter to the register and receiver,
the commissioner says:
"You will advise the eDtiyman that
this office is not authorized to graut
extensions of time in which to make
yearly expenditures and the proofs re
quired by the Desert laud laws, aod
that bis application must, therefore,
be deuied, subject to the right of
repeal within CO days from notice,
tailiug In which the said eutry, here
by held for caucellatiou will be can
celled .without fu.tber notice from
this office."
B. S. Cook and I). M. Smith, of the
well known real estate tlrm ot li. S.
Cook & Co., Portland, were in Lake
view the first of the week Tbey
were making a tour of inspection,
aud were highly pleased with Lake
county.
HARRIHAN SURVEY
MAKES DIG CUT-OFF
East and West Line Saved
100 Miles
AVOIDS MALHEUR CANYON
Gets Almost Straight Road By
Leaving Main Line Near
Jordan Valley
Chief engineer V.'m. Asbtoo of tho
Oiegon Short Line was In Bums sev
eial weeks ago acd C. Stradley.
engineer in charge of field work for
the same line has been here twice ia
the past two weeks, bot neither geo
tlemau would give any intimation of
the purpose of the visit. It developa
now, however, that their trips were
neither accidental or without definite
purpose.
According to the Harney County
News, crews of eogiseers in the em
ploy of the Uarriman system are em
ployed raining lines in the eastern
part of Haroey and western part of
Malheur county, in what is known aa
the Baireo valley and tiey have coma
clear across Malheur coonty from
Gordon valley on a practically
straight Una.
As near as can be learned from tha
movements of the surveyors it is tha
intention of the Uarriman people to
eotet Oregon from the main line ta
the vicinity of Jordan valley, then
cross the Owyhee river aod make aa
straight a shoot as .possible through
Barren valley, striking their old
Craoa Creek survey somewnera near
tha Venator home ranch. It la aaij
tbey have found an easy grada all
tha way and few oorvea. oil by
avoiding th lar a triangle described
by goiob to Ontario aod Vale and
then back south to Malheur canyon
tbey will asve over 100 miles in dis
tance and eliminate all tronblsoma
regarding rights of way through the
canyon.
Their ia only one obstacle of costlj
and troublesome dimensions on the
new route and that is at tha p'aca of
crossing the Owyhee river. At that
point a bridge of a thousand-foot
spaa aod twelve hundrded feet high
at the deepest place will be required,
which will be probably the highest
bridge in the world. The building
of och a bridge will be quits an en
gineering feat, bat the saving of 100
miles of construction and then of
travel, where time and distance wlJl
form an important element in compe
tition, will make such a bridge wall
worth while.
It is not probable that any change
from the old survey wil! be, made in
the line through Harney county from
Venator westward. The adoption of
the new route by the Harriman peo
ple will remove all possible contest in
Malheur cauyon aud will clear the
way for the Bjisa Sc Western to pro
ceed without intervention.
O.V.L. MAN STRICKEN
Heart Failure Attacks K.
V. Martin
Condition Very Serious and He Is
Taken to His Home at
Kansas City
K. W. Maitio, of ithe O. V. L. Co.
who baa been a sufferer from heart
failure for some time past, had a severe
attact Sunday, wniob greatly alarmed
his frieuda for a time. Dr. Daly was
called and soon had bis 'patieut rest
ing easily. However, be advised that
Mr. Martin seek a lower altitude,
aud according Mr Martin left Tues
day tor bis home at Kaunas City, Mo.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Martin
aud Guy Hioe. and the latter will go
with him to Reno and perhaps farther
or uutil the party is met by it. J.
Martiu, who was advised by wire of
his brother's ouuditicn. While his
couditiou was quite serious for a
time, -et it is expected that be will
recover and be able to resume his
residence in Lakeview again before
long. Duiing his stay heis Mr. Mar
tin made numerous friends, all of
woom hope for bis speedy recovery
uud early return.