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Official Newspaper ol Klamath County and Leading Journal of the Interior Oregon Country. KLAMATH REPUBLICAN KLAMATH FALLS, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 8, 1906 VOL. X THE 5AVV MILLS PREPARE TO MEET DEMAND FOR LUMBER PENDLETON CITI ZEN HERI A NEW BANK FOR MERRILL COLORADO’S REPRESENTATIVE _ Th« Largest Circulation and la the Best Medium for Reaching a Prosperous and Trading Public NO. 49 THE CLEAR LAKE PROJECT HAY BE TAKEN UP SOON W. II. Diiidinger is Seek F. E. Knox Sees Great Pos April i It Will Open Its Engineer Lippincott Favors Immédiate Commence Extensive Improvements Have Been Made By the Ing u Business sibilities for Klamath Doors Ready For Local Mills—Will Be Ready in ment of Work Thereon And will Location. Basin. Business. Six Weeks. So Recommend. * I»a«t year's handicap « mi btlihjing op I I «ration« will, ill «11 probability he r«» m<»ve<I this year, il the plans o( (’. 8. and II. H Moore and Ackley Hr«»t her« are const) tn mated ( «nd «11 indication» point in that direction. To day, il the necoaaary lumber c«»md bo procured, many more building", b<ith liiiNiiirw- and resident, would ’ r in •’ • ’-«a o4 erection, l»ul the tiiipreeadeiiuM demand ol U«t year used up |»r*c11c*11> all the aurplu« •lock, an<l the inability <d the Moore'» and Ackley« to carry mi operati >n dur |ng the winter I ian hdt matter« iu a worse condition than they were last tall. During the interim, however, im provements and addition« were made l»y Mwri. Ackley, and Mr»«»«. Moore have their new null well on toward« com pie lion. Ackley lira*. Mill. Th« capacity ol tin« plant will I»« the «•me •« la*l year 10000 feel per day. Alteration« and improvement» have I mmo made in the tulil •»» a« to reduce t > a minimum the cost of production and prevent the |N>Rnibilily of «hut d<»wi«« • nd delay«. In course of erection i< « dry kiln, which in La Ily needed. The tail her lit. tile river, un-i these, W illi capacity of the kiln ia 1 >»«> fret even Ackley Brothers plant, ought to turn (our day«. Later in the y* ar it i« the out suffieieiit material t-> meet tiie de- Intention of Moor* tckl«y 1» inrreaiu» inan-ls of this coming summer. L. A Crane ol St. Johns, is the mill thia, in ord«r to anticipate the demand which will undoubtedly l»c made Oil wright and it is mostly under his dire« lion Hint the work of installation and (hem for their finished pr>h!u<t. Thia flrm has not a fo il of lumber on systematizing is Iwing done. The re hand an I if they were ready to run sults are a credit to his ability ami ex now, the entire capa ity <»f their plant l-crience. would I m » u»cd up daily. Rumor fins it tliat the Weyerhaeuser It will probably six ack. liefere I. uiii I kt Company Ims In-rn negotiating they wiU I*«* ready to Ix-glii operations, I >r the pur- base of this mill This In but they are putting (orili every <-fl«*rt «leiiinl by Mr. Moore, who declined to jxMMuble to expedite the work ol Im- Im li.t.-a virwi-d on the subject. It 1» to proving their plant, and hope to l»v able be hu|x'<l that bamu Rumor is. in this to «tart al an «*arlier date. instance, correct, f-ir It would I m - the I he Moore Mill. - nlc.mg wi-Uge that might laml the lo On tlie « »util mi I” of Lake |*w tuna 1« cation -if tile luini-’iir«' -aw mill lunb-iii- located the new mill being erected by plated by tins cor|xiralivii on the sin-re- C’. 8. and K S. N»i*<»re I’he inu-»l tnod* ol lake Ewanna. rrn «nd up-to-date ma*' uner I i « n l»een 11re-|s-«-tivi- < I the many advantages installed, and when it in in opsoniion accrediteil to other sit«*s, rto better *>ti<- will have a capacity ul X*kkX> l«>«-t |»er can I-e touir-l any wheie tlmn on I-ake <lsy. Ewauoa, arid if tlm Weyerbaanser Com• Thw mill will I m « run bv a 12’> li-.r».« panv secure lire Mixire pro|n-rty it will Amr. stiwni vtigiii« an l It»*» 1,.,,-.- pow result in bringing forcibly tn their at er tubular Iw.ilrr. I hi. i. supnl<*mt*rtt<«<l teiitmn the adaptability for «rt W mill saw l>y a twin vnginr f<M«<| f.r tlu< ,»w <-*r pil-posee of tins bx-nlity, In th** great riser ami a steam iiijgrr. With th. -<• ■ h !:.-ni- |."W b-.in.ng f-rr a < < trealer two ilrvirrs tlir I >ga « an be tsk.-n fr in Klamath I alls, one thing should I have n the .li.lrs, plarr.f <>n tho <■imago, car. plac.i forcniiMt in the Held of action g rind back sill (urth to tlir .aw, ami namely, the Im-alion of the Wevt’f. turneii w.th "it th-« I .-a ..( tun ■ or tin« haenscr mill in close prvaitniiy to this tiw-il a«l«Jitionnl lal->r. city. W. H. Iifof Pendleton arrived in the city Maturday evening, an<l in mak* The branch of the Klamath County mg a <|uiet invcutigation an to the ud- Bank which is to l«e established in Mer \antHg«.*R of Klamath Fall« uh a plore for rill will ojH-n its doots lor business on o|>entng up a nt4M*k of boot« mid »tioo«. . April 1, all arrangements having lieen 11« ha« jii«l »old out Li« bu«incr« in complete«! and the IIMarsarv supply of Pendleton. printed inattur, books and fixtures hav “When 1 reached Portland and let it ing lx-en aecured. It has met with the lie known that I wu« «eeking a location l.earty co-operation from the people of I hr« rd only one thing on «II »ide«—‘go I that section and will" begin buaines. to Klamath I*all«/ and here I am. J I with a clientele that practically includes have not fully decided a*« to ju»t uhat I every depositor of that section. mu going to do yet, hut I am convinced of one thing: Klamath Falla, and in FARMERS’ INSTITUTE fact the w hole county ha« a great future. The government irrigation, alone, in Hutlicient to insure the ¡^rmanency of To Be Held at Bonanza, Merrill and thia place, and th«, ex|Mtnditure of |4,- Klamath I alls. 600,000 by the government will, of itaelf, mak«’ g’jod time» for wveral year«. Mr. O. A. Stearns received the follow Added to thiM in the money to la? ex« ponded on improvement«, building«, ing letter from James Withycombe, i President of the Agricultural College, etc., by settlor«. 80 it in eaay to that time« will I n * g<xxl, the town grow which ezplains itself : Corvallis, Or., Feb. 27, 1BO5. and the entire county improve»” Mr. Ü. A. Stearns, Kia math Falls, Oregon. A VOICE FROH OHIO My Jh-ar Sir:—Have your letter of the 23d and in reply beg to eav that we will “I am well enough satisfied with what! arrange to hold n Farmers’ Institute at i have wen during the pa-l month to' Bonanza on April 4tb, Merrill on April put my money into Klamath county 5th and Klamath Falls on April 6lh. real i-xiate, ami have, consequently pur* j We woul-1 like to have tills matter • liBM-d a farm," »ai l F. < ’liver, of Manx-1 workiil up as well as possible among fiel-l, Ohio. "Of course, irrigation ial the farmers so as to have a go-xi attend «omi*w hat I ew to me," he coatiunod, ance to discuss all pha-es of agriculture "but I can readily »<•<• its many advant- in which they are interested. We will <-gi-», for under such a plan a farmer ia take up the matter of general agricult evrtain of a full crop. Br ing umle- gov- ure, dairvmg ami the control of fruit eminent control it means a square deal peata, and would like to have, in the to everyone, and nt a minimum coat. nay of local assistance, aome j-apers Ohio is a g-wwl state, and there are from some of your su- cesaful agricultur many opportunities there, but 1*11 ists on practical subjecta in agriculture, cliooee Kin math county for mine, ami if also pa|wrs trom some of your leading I had my wish I would have every farm women on topics |xrt*ining to the er in tin* niiddte west do likewise.” home, etc, Will take up the matter re Mr. Oliver hue invested quite extens garding programmes later. ively in farm property, ami it is not un Again thanking yon for your interest likely that through his influence many in tliis work I beg to remain, of Ins friends will do likewise. This is Cordially yours, the pro|x-r spirit, lor there is plenty of J ames Wmn'COMBK. rrx in lierr- lor new-comers. He is of the »tripe that Irrlievea when lie has a good thing it ought to tn- ¡ro-’el along. F. E. Knox of Fruita, Colorado, is one of the substantial citizens who has cast bis lot in Klamath county ami mveate-1 in a ranch. Mr. Knox ia at present lo cated iri ths city, but be contemplates moving to his property in the near future. “I am perfectly satisfied with condi tions here,” said Mr. Knog to the Re- ri mi . k »x. “Coming as 1 do from estate where irrigation has l>ea n practiced for years, I am in a position to more fully grasp the possibilities of this section than the average person who is not fa miliar with this kind of fanning. To my mind, when the government com pletes its plans, the most complete and cheapest irrigation system on the con tinent will l«e here. The opportunities for the farmer are almost unlimited, and I lielieve that as soon as those living east learn what you have here, they will begin to investigate, and once investi gating it means their coming.’’ The regular monthly meeting of the I P*“ whk <•>« *•>’ <4 szee.. lan-la la iho Low- Board of Directors of ths Wstsr Vs»rs I *1VX‘^s I, »«• saaer^ mtesrttoClsas Association was held in the offices ol the , tok« «ubocrlbrd io th« Miamaib Watar U»srs AMoelailrm. soSlcmt to pay for thoSoot association in the Baldwin building, o< constructlas-aid nsum ; and that mo« <4 Saturday. J. B. Lippincott Supervising tko acreage now unsubscribed will soon bo under contract with the tswx.latk>a. Engineer ol ths Reclamation Service That thrrs Is poMtlvs asouranSe that Klam was present, and went thoroughly over ath county will have rcllruad connection with dan rraaciscu dnrine th* preaani year, than the plans, present and prospective, and obviating th« «zluliis «bp-non to tho basin- ez plained to the directors the statuu of alas of worh upon tho L'pnar pmjset. Th at the owners of land under the Upper affairs at present. Little of importance transpired. The profecl ar« sharing In the «xperus of main taining the Klamath Waler Users Amoelallo«. principal topic under discussion was the That, therefore, w-r urgently r*--{'Mat yon to proposition to have work on the Clear seriously consider the Clenr Labe system with Ijike end of the project commenced at a vlaw of recoin tur nd lug immediate coa- once, if possible, or as soon as the en mencement ol the worh of construction. After the meeting Mr. Lippincott was gineers could arrange the plans for thia l>art of the project. Mr. Lippincott as seen by a representative of ths K ki « vb - sured the directors thst he was in ucan , and said : “Conditions have so changed that im hearty accord with tits idea, and woald mediate operations < m > the Clear Laks do all he could to carry out the plan. Pursuant to thia, Secretary Apple end of the project is practicable. I pro gate was instructed to prepare a peti pose to recommend to the Consulting tion to the consulting board of engi Board of Engineers that this part ol the IOWA GETS IN LINE neers, and have it circulated for the project he taken up at once and I ahall signatures of the land owners under tbs endeavor to have them paaa fovorabiy Clear Lake reservoir. The following is on it. If they do, then prompt action Last week a deal was closed which the petition which Mr. Applegate has will be taken, looking toward the com transferred to B. Kerr ten lots in the mencement of work thereon. already sent out: north end of town, Perhaps no more "Our plans have so far progressed To the Conraltinc Board o( Engineers. C. S. enthusiaatic individual can lie found in B 8., Klamath Project. thst in the near future we will advertise the county than Mr. Kerr, and with all Gem lemenWe. the onderalsned. owners for bids for another section of the main new-comers evincing the same push, of land under the Clear Lake Reservoir, Klam canal. This section will probably be ath Project, respectfully represent: Klamath Falls is bound to grow. equal in extent to the first section. Fol That, using the low estlmste of (3)00 per “With government irrigation, hun sere as the yearly value ol crops that will be lowing closely on this will be the letting dred. of thousands of acres of the finest produced, with Irrigation, upon the SO,000 of the third section.’’ limber on the coast tributary to the acres under the Clear Lake system, each year’s Mr. Lippincott left Wednesday after town, unlimited water for all purposes, delay In completing the sys em moans a loaa noon for Frisco. On Tuesday Law Clerk of (1.201,000 magnificent climate and beautiful That, as shown by the figures set opposite to ' E. H. Beery left for Washington with scenery, is it any wonder that I antici our signatures hereto, a large portion of the the final papers ol the Klamath Canal pate a great future for this section and :ands under the said system Is held by resi Company and the abstract of the Adams this particular locality. You may think dent owners In tracts of ISO acres or less: and property, for presentation to the Attor that the number ol holdings la exeesa ol the me over sanguine, but I’m not. Yon ■arm unit rscom mended for lands In private ney General’s office. will have one of the largest cities in the ownership. Is comparatlvely smell. | Articles of incorporation for the Asso state, and io a few years you’ll see I’m I That, with the present and future demania right. The Klamath country has a I for lands under the entire project by persons ciation have been tiled in the state of great future—greater than one dare im qualified to perfect a water right, there Is no California, and most of the land under agine. The time is not far distant when danger that the acreage, under the Clear Lake the Klamath project situated in that things will so shape themselves that ■ysiem. on the market will Interfere or con- ■ state has been signed up. you w ill have to “sit up and take no tice,’’ and instead of an obscure town, von w ill have a city of national reputa Rich Klamath Country Announcement. tion. 1 am here tn stay, and 1 intend to bring a. many of my friends here as will follow uiy advice." G«o. R. Hum of Klamath Falls, Or., I, J. O. Hamaker, residing at Bonanza accompanied by his wife, was a visitor Klamath County, Oregon, hereby an . to the trade in -Sacramento, Cal., and nounce my candidacy for the office of Chief Engineer Griffiths and his corps •San Francisco during the past month. County Judge. If I am nominated and of axaixtants have moved to the city and BY C. V. AGIN. Mr. Hurn reports that business has elected I will, during my term of office, will immediately liegin the running of BY “OPTIMIST.” been quite good in the Klamath country serve the best interest of the county at the permanent survey from here to a — and that with the completion of twe large, in a careful and economical, non Happy Hugh Clopton. It is a girl Mrs. Herbert Arant of Pine Grove was railroads, both of which are straining partisan manner, regarding ths county this lime, and Hugh is left to cut wcxxl point about ten miles distant, to which out al Dairy one day last week visiting every nerve to be first in thia rich sec funds as the purse of the whole county they have already made the final survey. ami make tires. Buch la life, Hugh. with her mother, Mrs. Burgdorf. tion of country, he expects to see busi and not as the fund of any particular I it other words there was born to Mr. A buggy with a broken tongue and ness even much better. With the com locality more than another. I will keep ami Mrs. II. I.. Chipton, iu tiie town of i single-tree might be seen standing by pletion of these rood» a large fertile sec regular office hours from 8 o’clock a. m. Bonanza, on the morning of February the road-side on the road from Bonanza tion of the country, which has hereto to 12 m., and from 1 p. tn. until 4 p. m., SOCIAL BUBNT3 DUMING PHST W12E-K. 28, HMM. a tlm« girl baby. Mother ami to Dairy last week. Everything indi fore been difficult of access, will be each day, and will devote my time and RY BERYL BALLARD An “impromptu imciaP* wn« held at U hitnvy, Peatland Marie McMillan and child ar« getting along tine, but Hugh cated a runaway. opened, and it is expected that there attention to the business of the county, the home of Mr. and Mr«. !.. It Vaden Messrs. <'aniplxdl, William., .'tnith and I iik ) to lx- measured for a new suit of and especially to the revision of the as I The fish are beginning to run up Lost will be considerable activity in agricult sessment roll, as taxation ia the source Miss Kuykendall of Eugene has re la«l Friday evening when »<>11 them In»« Murrav were tin- g'leatx at a little - » nil clothe* as the old ones were too •mall ural lines. — San Francisco Implement river early this year. One day recently of revenue. I believe the rich and poor cently become a teacher of the Klamath pliably and western tyinphrily com hat Saturday evening. The popular for linn. Also, Ixirn to Mr. and M r«. should all pay their pro rata portion of Lined to (urniah the gu< *ia with a m<»Nt and facinntiug game of “500” was in J. \. McCall, in Bonanza, a fine l*at>y County High school. 8he has been August Liskey and Williotn Wood of Record. the taxes, according to then worth and Pine Flat went fishing. As for catching teaching in the brain Normal school at girl on the morning of the Gth inst. enjoyable evening. Light refrexhinentN dulged in. and Mis. Iteaniea was the value. J. O. H amakkb . Go to Mannings for a new pipe. were served after h plea-ant indulgence winner id the that prise. Miss Marie tin last Sumlay aitermmn the hay Drain. Oregon. Both students and any fish they were not successful. They in the game nf “600.” Those pre-ent McMillan and Mr. Campbell succee«led stack ol llolx-rt Bparks, on lus place, teacher appreciate the interest and report having speared the grandfather were Mr. and Mr«. Anderton, M in - cn in drawing the “ilolores prise’’ wlmh t*x>k lire ami bnrne<l nil the hay he ha<i work of the Board towanl securing this of all the fish, but lie was too much for ' Pearl and Marie M< Millan,Whitney mid depicted tile lair ami handsome features lor Ins cattle, amounting to alsnit 75 extra teacher. With her aid every them and got away with their spear, Applegate and Mr--ra. William«, Smith of the winner. Refreshments were tons. This is a hard lick on Bro. Sparks. thing will soon be moving systemati- but as like l-egets like, and this is i spawning season, Mr. Liskey expects ' cally. Murray and ('amp!»e)l. served, after which the guests indulged The lire is supposed to have originated Harry G, Benson has been appointed that next year there will be thousands I At the home of Mrs. II H. Ilargu« in singing, being a fitting climax to an from a little child playing around the of fish in the river with spears sticking Mr. and Mi«. Anderx- n, Mr. and Mr«, the latent professors languages. stacks. itoainea, Mi««r« lULIwin, Ipplv^m*«. evening replete with piemint momenta. out of them. The lioys of the High school have or- We arc informed that on Marell 6, On last Thursday morning a man lead- ‘ ganized an Atheletic club. J. G. Swan some one, with felonious intent, went to I the ranch of L. Gerber and act fire to was elected Manager and Jesse Sie ing a horse stopped in front of Hotel ' aliout 1UQ tone of hay that Mr. McKen- mens Captain. Were they to continue Yontia at Dairy, knelt down on the ’ Iilree was feeding to his sheep. The practicing as they have leen, undoubted ground, muttered some words and then I traveled on east. No one knew hiui or ' parties nr*« then snpp.wed to have cut ly they will become the cbampious knew w here he was going. Filter in the ' Southern Oregon. th*« telephone wires to prevent the day a coat and scarf was picked up on alarm Ix-ing given. They are sai<l to The students were cheated Ont of an have pulleil a wagon ami set of harness interesting talk Mon-lay morning. A tiie stage road towards Bonanza by Frei . away so that they would not lx« de new recitation program had to lie made Beck. The supposition is that the man stroyed, and then set tire to the hay. and it required almoat two periods to I was of unsound mind and probably wan-. dered off into the hills. This is a terrible state of affairs and the alter conflicts of studies. Quite a number of young people, and guilty parties will surely have to answer The remainder of tho Literary pro Cur Spring and Summer for their lawless deeds seine time. If it gram was rendered Friday afternoon. some old people, too, attended the is not stojipeil we are afraid there will Aftor the many tiresome examinations, spelling mutch at Dairy on Friday even Samples for Shirt Waists, l*c more serious trouble, and |x«rhaps the recitations, music, etc., was very iu- ing. All present had a good time and a- Shu t Waist Suits and Skirts gtxxl deal of practice in spelling. A , loss of life, Iwfore the thing is ended. U resting. vote of the meeting was taken, and it hate arrived. G. K. VanRiper informs us that lie Large Realty Transfer carried unanimously, that Dairy should has sold his interest in the new Fair construct a new school house. The view addition to the tow n of Bonanza to I next match was set for March 15. Every i Lewis Gerber, ami Mr. Gerber will here One of the largest transactions in real one should attend. There is nothing after lie one of the principal owners ami promoters of the new town site or addi estate that has occurred for some time more beneficial than to learn to be a tion. Mr. Gerber ia a live business man was consummated last week when Ab good apeller. Come In and inspect. Dr. Johnson, of Bonanza, had a nar and one of the lx«st posted men ill the ner Weed purchased the property owned county on general recourses and advan by James L. Hanks, comprising 2333 row escape from being quite seriously tages of the same. We gladly welcome acres and located three miles northwest injured in a runaway last Sunday. you, Mr Gerber, as one of our fellow of thia city, on I’pper Klamath lake. While going to Pine Flat to attend a townsmen, and hope you will, “as we The consideration is said to have been patient, the coupling of his buggy gave know you will," succeed beyond your |30,0<X). What disposition Mr. Weed away, the team became frightened and ex|x«etations. for we truly believe that contemplates making of this property ran with the forward gear. The doctor ’ i in a short time Bonanza will lie recog has not been made public, but there is fortunately was only slightly scratched. nized ns one of the best towns in Klam a rumor coupling thia deal with exten The accident happened near the old ath county. Perhaps in the next ten sive sawmill operations. Mr. Weed is Dudkins place. The team ran about half a mile to Dairy, where they were years the population of tho present non-eommital on the subject. The sale of this immense tract brings i caught. I county will demand that the same be divided and fn tiiat event there is no into the limelight one of the pioneer Born—On Sunday, March 4, 1906,to | doubt t hat Bonanza will be the county residents of Klamath county—J. L. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burgdorf, a girl, j Hanks. Ho located on the land just Mother and daughter are doing nicely scat of the new county. sold to Mr. Weed in 1873, and since that at last report. Charles is the proudest Our minister. Rev. Allen, had a slight time added to his original homestead man in Pine Flat. ! ex|x'ricnce in horse-breaking last week until his holdings amounted to tho area while he mid his wife were returning The colt owned by Fred Beck for disposed of last week. In 187(1 he was Fresh Candies and Bon Bons, Stationery. j from Dairy. One of the animals got which he has lx«en advertising for aome elected county treasurer on tho demo . frightened mid commenced to kick, suc time has been found. It is up on the Notions, Cigars and Tobacco cratic ticket; and in 1878 he was the ceeding in alighting astride the buggy reservation in poMeeaion of an Indian. successful candidate of his party for Frenli lerult in Senmon I tongue mid then proceeded to make Godfrey Beck went after the horse but sheriff, to which office he was twice kindling wood of tho said tongue. Mr. as the brand was identical with that of re-elected. Following this he was elect DAILY PAPERS AND MAGAZINES xml Mrs. Allen had to walk to town, a the Indian’s, ha refused to give it up. ed as commissioner, and retired at the ATa/’/j Street near Postoffice distance of |x«rha|>s three miles, arriv- close of his term to private life. Mr. I am informed that Mr. Beck haa taken ! ing home about 8:30 p. in. Hauks is a cousin of Abraham Lincoln. legal steps to secure the animal. SURVEYORS HERE. NOTES FROM BONANZA YONNA ZEPHYRS HIGH SCHOOL NEWS * I pRANKANKENY