TWEMY-FIVE LIVES Al
STAKE
Loss of Life and Property Averted
by Display of Heroism.
I. A. Crniicc, ot Fort Klamath, h.is
brought suit agiunst Ikmiel Crotiemiller
to recover £1235. which he claims is due
him for some cattle which were sold bv
Mr. Cronemiller Mr. Cronemiller was
in the city the first of the week. He
states that last fall Mr Crance wanted
him to winter JO cows and IM calves for
him on his ranch which was leased to
Cronemiller. Later he offered to sell
the cattle and they wen- bought and
¡Mid for I a Mr Cronemiller. who sat s lie
lias hi« cheek luaik to prove it b»
i"lu
cattle wire «forward sohl by Mr. Crone
miller Mr Crance now claims that the
cattle were his and lie wants their value
—Klamath Falls Republican
A boy w ho was employed at one of the
mines on Mt. Reuben, while in the pow
der house that contained 1.250 pounds of
dynamite, dropped a lighted candle into
ar. open I m > x of the explosive on Wednes
day evening. Horrified »1 the probable
conse<|tiencvs, the I m »« rushed out of the
magazine, shouting •'fin in the |*ow<lcr
house."
Engineer Fred. Gaedecke ran to the
scene, where he found fire burning in
the sawdust ¡racking aiound an open box
typewrit era.
of dynamite. He tried to put out the blaze
For sale or for relit. New and second
with his bare hands but was unable to do hand Cash or easy installments. Al)
so; then he ran to the engine room, got makes n -¡wired or remodeleti and work
a pail of water, returned ;o tile powder fully guaranteed. If you need a machine,
write us. J. E. Huxley, M2 Fourth St.,
magazine and subdued the Hames which Portland, (Iregon.
by that time were wrapping themselves ■
about the dynamite. When at the en-
Biq Steamer lor Kldmdth Lake.
gine room, he was cautioned not to go
track to the txtwder bouse or he would
The Oregon & California Navigation
•‘be blown to pieces.” "If I don't go Cotn|>aiiv tiled articles of iucor|x»r.«tion
back there and put out that tire every with the Secretary of State at Salem,
man on this mountain will be blown to )ul\ 22. with a capital stock of £25,000.
pieces within a minute,"was his reply. The company has ¡airchased water front
He went, and l»y that act of heroism he along Lake Ewauna and will erect suit- '
doubtless saved the life or averted the able buildings, docks, warehouses, etc.,
maiming of every man at the mine, and necessary for transaction of it* businc»*
the destruction of thousands of dollars* The incro,H>rators are Major Charles E.
worth of properly. There are good men Worden. G. W. White president of the
for every emergency. Gaedecke was first National Bank, and Wm. S Worden
tried and found not wanting.—Glendale the personnel of which assures the pro
News.
jcxrt success. A large new steamer will
lie built with accommodations for both
Tourists Vlsitioq Crater lake.
pHssangers and freight, the plans con-
W. F. Arant. Superintendent of Crater templating cabins for«- ami aft. dinning
Lake National Park, was in this city, room, stale rooms, etc., heated by »team
Friday. He says that he has had a crew anil lighted by electricity . Work has al
at work improving the old roads, and ready la-gun on the new dock at the foot of
would start work completing the new I Pine street, with IfiO feet frontage on the
road through the ¡»ark to the Lake, th“ lake. The contract for the piling has
first of the week. This piece of road I been let and men began on* the ro.'k
is five miles long, two of which are work Tuesday. Lumber is being put on
already built, the remaining three miles the ground for a two story building.
will be complete«! this fall. The old The first story w ill lie used for offices and
road went nearly straight up the mount warehouses and the second story for
ain and was almost impassable, but on passengers. A boathouse will also lie
the new road, which is very little, if ljuilt for row l>oats —Klamath Falls Re-
any longer, a ten per cent grade is the ublican.
steepest incline. This will make it a
WEATHER REPORT TOR JULY
very easy drive from the fort.
Mr. Arant stated that considerable
work had to lie done repairing bridges, Weather Observer Britt Makes His Re<u
• lar Report For last Month and finds
as he found that big log stringers, nearly
Some Lnusuallv Hot Davs.
2 fe< t in diameter, used in some of the
bridges, had Izeen broken by the weight
of the snow during the winter. In some
Following is tile rejiort of t*. S. Volnti-
places the snow was over 21) feet deep, teer Weather Observer E. Britt, for Jack
and after the rains, when this becomes sonville, for month of July Latitude
saturated with water, the weight is 42 deg IM min west; longitude 123 deg 5
something immense. The snows are min north.
fast melting, and the roads are getting
in pretty fair shape. Large numt>ers of DATE MAXI* MINI- PltEC’F- CHARACTER OF
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tourists are now going to and coming
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A Bank For Gold Hill.
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Gold Hill, after a number of years of
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comparative inactively, has the last year
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made a fine growth and the town is now-
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capitalists of that ¡dace organized the
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tion were filed with the secretary of state
at Salem by R. H. Moore, J. L. Hammer-
Temperature—mean max. 80.0(1; mean
sly and C. F. Young. Work will be
min. 53J5O; mean 70.00. Max. 102 on 20
commenced at once oti a brick building
and 31; milt. 44, on 10 24; greatest r-itige
in which the bank will be located and
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it is expected to have the bank ojkii for
Precipitation—Total for month, .02
business by October 1st.
inches. Greatest in 24 hours, .44 inches
Hop Pickers Wanted
on 8th.
300 hop pickers wanted. Apply to
Thunderstorms on the 8th, I I th and
John I’. Ranzan, Jr. Grants I’ass Oregon. 20th.
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