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KLAMATH FALLS, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 15, 1909
(KIMA* WILL M,T
TWO ti ro LINEN TO LAKEVIEW
WHY DON'T YOU IM» IT?
I.ak*-vi*-w Is going to have a pleth-
■ru of automobile lines and If the
• i vl* •• la not Just what tho traveler
desires It will not be the fault of the
-■nti-rp! Islng gentlemen who are en
gaging In th*' business. Friday even
ing H i- first automobile arrived here
from Lakeview. It waa what la
known as tho Lambert cur, the pres
--tit stag« contractors. 'I bis car left
n* at morning for tin- county seat of
Laki* and will make tho round trip
every alternate day. Mr. Lambert
I* n »nil the car and will go to
Lakeview for the purpose of arrang
Ing th<> schedule. At Lukcvlow con
section will be made with lhe Al
iliras auto, so that II will bo possible
to travel from tills city to Alturas In
wulve bouts.
The »<•< on<l auto line to enter the
leld 1» one headed by W. L. Clapp
le loft on Haturday for Lakeview,
ini will ulso cover the routo every
>tl er day. It Is quite possible that
■n agreement may be reached be
ween him and the Lambert company
♦ |.<T«»by their <iirs will not leave on
he uinn day. If thia can be done,
li*-n It will afford a dally service be
ween this city and Mkevlew.
Tho plans of the Lambert company
avc not b*en fully matured. It 1»
■isslble that Mr. Cross of Bly will
lace a machine on th« run betweez
lly and luikevicw. In that case th*
nmbert Will operate only betweei
bls city nnd Bly. In that can«, then
his company would give a dally Ser-
-ice.
The Lambert car waa driven by
I’bll Cross. He was accompanied by
H. T MrKnlght, who la to travel on
h*- train between Weed and thin city
ind make arrangements for th<
transportation of luikevlcw pass*-n
Thor« Is In the city to-day from
Silver Lak*- a man who makes a sug
gestion to the merchants of this city
that Is worth a great ileal if they
will only take advantage of It. J. II.
Gowdy Is that Individual. For years
h*< has been purchasing from Med
ford
Many of hla neighbors have
been doing likewise. This year, how
ever. he comes to Klamath Falls for
the purpose of seeing bow well he
-an do, and after a careful compari
son between the prices asked and the
*rlces he has be*-n paying, he found
thut he could purchns«) as cheaply
'iert as an) where else, and at tin
urn*- time save many miles of travel. I
Mr. Gowdy asks the question: Why
lon't the merchants h< re get up anil
«end out price lists to the residents
of Northern l.ak<-? There are many
answers that can be given to his ques
tion. but th« real answer Is that tner-
hanls her® have been sleeping.
Many complaints have been heard
about the mail order houses, and
heir su* * >-ss has been a marvel. The
whole secret of it Is contained In Mr
Gowdy’a Inquiry. These people have
>ecn In the habit of getting price
ists. They are educated to this way
*f doing business. It Is up to the
nerciants of Klamath Falls to fol
low up their advantage and pursue
lie same tactics that have won for
he iiih II order houses their Immense
(rowtb.
Throughout Klamath coanty and
mrroundlng country are hundreds of
'amllies who do tbeir trading by mall.
It Is a cash business. All of It can
h < brought to this city, but In order
o get it some effort will have to be
put forth.
If the merchants will,
•Ither Individually or collectively,
*■ nd out their price lists and go after
ibis find«. It can be diverted to this
city.
During the past three years the
growth In population In laike and
Klamath counties has been phenom-
•nal. but It would seem that the mer
chants have either ignored this fact
or have been caught napping. Con
ditions are rapidly changing here.
Modern methods have to be adopted,
nnd every business will have to ad
vertise, advertise, advertise! Klam-
nth Falls has newspapers of which it
has reason to feel proud, but it would
seem that the business men look on
them as if they were a charity. They
feel that their advertising does not
pay, and that money Invested In it is
thrown away. The real facts are.
however, that the newspapers bring
lo the merchants ten dollars for every
one the merchants pay to the news
papers. They are ever on the alert
to bring business to the city; some
merchants are ever on the alert to
send their printing away from the
town. They won't advertise, and yet
they demand from the publications a
service equal to that produced where
adequate support is given.
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NO. 16
V 4FTZ4.I It H SI < < EHHOR
EM.INFER S< III BERT ARRIVES. IRE HARNEY BASIN REGION IN
IS l\ 1 HE CITY.
OREGON.
First Auto Arrived Here ls»»t Fri .1. II. G om «I/ Makes a Valuable Nug-
I** Tak*-n to the I'pjs-r loikc by u
day—Daily Nervi*« Muy Bo
g-stloii to Klamatli Falls Mcr-
( oui*-» for (Io- l*ur|M*M- of Getting In
Delegation of Prominent Bu-*i-
Geological Survey's Recently Pub
I <d<>ie I llolablrd, III« I’.-r-
Established.
r hunts.
Tom b With Affairs.
iM-M Men.
lished lt*-|H>rt on Water Re
tonal lleprcar-ulatlvr.
Hl.; Hl RE Till« MIM.MER.
g li. Harriman la coming to
path cointy thia year. I know
UBi .bout II,” waa th«» way Col-
| Holablrd put to met the per-
LPt rumor that the Itallroad Wlx-
I intended I" come hero for aev-
months this fall. When told that
,tary It'd »tart«*«l on account of
amount of activity around Fell
(toy. be «Id:
work that la being done nt
lean B«y *'"* Odeaaa la simply
I which 1 deem ti**<'«’»«ry. I am
ling a f*» <hangea then- nnd go
abend on tho theory that Mr
Tim*« la not going to b« here thia
r When 1«<*( hero be told me
be Intended to spend thia sum
In Europe I believe be baa cat
out that part of bln prog tarn atid
ium<- that he Intenda to carry out
other part also.”
haCo|<>nrl was In tho name happ
M of mind with which ba la al
I bleaa'-d He la aa optimistic a
r over lhe futuro of Klamatl.
ntjr, particularly the northern
I, which h<- still malntalna will
ante at noted na Yellowatone O
«nite
One of th*- matter» attended to I*
i. llolablrd waa the shipping t*
llcan Ha» of th*- Chin* ■***• nampu
to peculiar craft waa presented t*
D by th* president of th«’ l'a- . r
It la o
III 8t*-aml>o«t company
Ik . .... I ami rani«* dirwt fron
linn
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Diluiti AN I 1'K IMION.
In a Union
SALEM. Ore .July 11
Mty local option caae in which mi ,
d»r of th*- County Court declaring
at county dry aa tho outcome of a
tai option election Inal June, la al
rhed. Aaao* late Jualh o M* III Id*
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"I donut suppose that it will luaks
iy great did* reuco whether thirsty
uMbt of Union county get their
pplierf al licensed saloons, aa they
ivn tw«u wont to do these many
tor» or ar*- compelled to adopt th*-
iconviulout
methods frequently
latticed In the »•» called dry' coun
M. but t! . prlii* Iple ln**<H*d h*i*
I inr-ruaching.”
Julius lloesch, a brewer, had al-
•i**d that tin- petition Initiating local
ptiurr pi---•■••dings In Union county
l»t aprlng wan Insufficient, that th*-
Mice* of the election were Iliad*-
site and that they wore not posted
rcording to law; that ovldeuce wan
Produced to show that only three
voces had been posted In Kamels
llstrict, when the law aaya five
houhl be posted.
The Supreme Court waa divided on
b« decision rendered to-day. Chief
ustlcr Moore wrote an opinion, in
'hleh he holds that the not leva of
lection Uere sufficient. This opinion
i concurti-d In by Justices McBride
«d Eakla
A dissenting opinion Is
rltti-n by Justice Slater, concurred
I# by Justice King Justin McBride
ialivi a pointed view of the matter.
If the failure to post a notice In
Kamels precinct disfranchises more
1*000 VOtCIs 111 Union coun’ J.
PM«'Justice McBride, "then a like
k*llurs in the smallest precinct In the
J»i'- would disfranchise every voter
1» the commonwealth If a special
plsctlon for the entire State should
|hs iwiii-d up<jn gome measure or of-
Hr.,"
Justice McBride holds that a sub-
[•tantlal compliance Is all thut Is nec-
*MRry unless there Is some probabil
ity that u trifling failure, apparently
n*(llglble, has, In fail, changed the
NWIt.
Justice Slater, on the other hand,
funteiids that In former cases the
Oregon 8uprenie Court has held that
In special elections a strict compll-
*n< •' with all statutory requirements
*• tntkdatory. Two Oregon cases are
k e*l •<’ support this view. Justice
King holds with Justice Hlator. The
*‘"urt stood th/ee to two for uphold-
nK the sufficiency of tho proceedings.
•'HATKlt LAKE CASK IN
HITHEME COURT AUGt ST 1.
The transcript of evldenco In the
rR|er Lake road case has been filed
n lhe Supreme Court nnd on Thurs-
evening Clarence Ream«*» went
0 Portland, where he will put in
W° d«)«' work with Judge Fenton
n Preparing lhe brief which will be
'e<l on Monday. It la expected that
cage will bo argued before tho
"Pienm Court about Auguat 1.
tors.
It Is the Intention of the auto peo-
>b- to make the run between the two
-Ith-s In seven hours.
BlsININS COMS s HEBE.
The trade which han been going to
Medford in the past from the Silver
l^iki* country is now coming to this
city, due to two reasons. Prices In
both places are equal, and the trip
from Silver Lake to this city and re
turn can be made In nine days, as
against twenty days to Medford. Also
.t great saving In time and money can
be obtained by the merchants of that
country In shipping via Klamath
Falls us against via Shaniko. The
rate from Portland to Silver Lake via
Shaniko and team Is 13.42, taking
thirty days to make the round trip,
as against 13.22 from Portland via
thia city to Silver lutkc, requiring
only twelve days to make tho round
trip.
J. H. Gowdy, one of the leading
ranchers of the Sliver Lake country,
who is now visiting Sheriff Barnes,
with hla family, Is the authority for
the above statement. Mr. Gowdy has
Just purchased bls summer supplies
here and will return In the fall for
his winter stock. He states that the
desert country around Sliver Lake is
settling up very rapidly, and this fall
a great quantity of freight will go
Into that country In the shape of well-
boring outfits, barbed wire, machin
ery, supplies, etc., as we)) as wool
shipments out, and this trade could
be secured for Klamath Falls. He
suggests that the merchants here
send Into that country their printed
circulars showing prides, etc.
As to lhe condition of the roads
between here and Silver Lake, he re
ports that between this city and Lone
Pine they are In good condition, but
from Lone Pine to Chican something
should be done at once In order to
get this business. The Forestry De
partment Is willing to put on three
men to assist on this work through
the reserve. The people on tho Silver
Luke end of the line are willing to at
tend to their part, and It Is up to
this county to fix tho road from Lone
Pine to Chican. Thlk will doubtless
bo done.
Mr. Gowdy, In connection with
Zed Harris and Meo Megloy, will
erect a sawmill at Thompson Flat.
LEAVEH ROGl'E HIVER
VALLEY FOR KLAMATH.
Emmitt llu-eson Hees the Future of
Klanuitli County and Comes
Here.
Again the far-famed Rogue River
valley must yield up a feather from
Its cap and pass It over to Klamath,
for the latter has captured one of Its
best and most substantial citizens
Emmitt Beeson is to leave there and
make Klamath his home. He was one
of the visitors to Klamath Falls dur
ing the Railroad day celebration and
he returned here again a few days
ago. this time with the determination
of purchasing property nnd remain
ing permanently. He has purchased
lhe Kirkendall ranch, which Is con
sidered one of the best eighties In
the Basin. It was formerly owned by
It. E. Cantrall, and he always consid
ered it the best piece In all of his
holdings
In addition to this, Mr. Beeson has
bought property in the city, in all in
vesting upwards of |20,000. He was
born and raised In the Rogue River
valley, his father, Wilbur Beeson,
having been one of tho pioneers of
that, section. Mr. Beeson believes
that the time has come for the real
farmer to emigrate from that section.
The value of property is so high that
it will not pay for wheat or hay, and
must be put into fruit, and this crop
Is too uncertain to Jiistlfy the invest
ment.
County Clerk
DeLap.
Sheriff
Barnes, ex-Mayor Stilts, Harry Stilts
and Phillip Stilts, a brother recently
from Nebraska, took a little Ashing
Jaunt to Lost river Wednesday. All
the party except John furnished the
Dan and John Griffith and J. G.
necessaries, and John furnished the
Instructions how to catch ’em, and Hurt returned Saturday morning to
Friday evening.
they got—tired.
On July 20th, at a meeting of the
A party composed of B. St. Geo.
directors of the Hot Springs and the Bishop, H.H. Dunbar, secretary of
Klamath Development companies, to tho Chamber of Commerce; Geo. T.
be held In Han Francisco, Mr. H. O. Baldwin, vice-president of the Cham
Johnson will be elected president of ber of Commerce; E. B Hal), direc
these corporations, to succeed Mr. tor of the Chamber of Commerce;
A. H. Naftzger. Mr. Johnson arrived Judge Henry L. Benson and Mr. Mad
here Friday evening, and Is busy dox accompanied Mr. Schubert, gov
getting In touch with the affairs of ernment engineer, on a trip up
the companies of which he is to be Wood river Sunday in Mr. Bishp's
the head.
launch Barbara, for (*■»• purpose of
Mr. Naftzger's successor is not an making an inspection of Wood river
entire stranger in this section. For as to its navigability. The party were
years he lias been Identihed with met at Wood river bridge by a dele
the affairs of the McCUiud River rail gation from Fort Klamath, who will
road and lumber interests, and Is a sb ow them over the valley. On the
nun of exceptional ability. He la report of Mr. Schubert will depend
progressive and energetic, and will a great deal as to whether Congress
undoubtedly carry to a successful will make any appropriation for the
conclusion the policies Inaugurated opening np of Wixsl river for naviga
by Mr. Naftzger. He stated that he tion.
did not at this time wish to outline
any course thet would be followed by BRYAN WRITES TAFT ABOUT
him or his assoclat**s, but that he
DIREtT VOTE FOR SENATORS.
and they had sufficient faith In the
future of Klamath Falls and Klam-! Suggest** This I» an Op|*ortiin<- Tim*'
nth county to warrant the statement |
to Submit the Qu**stlon to Con-....
that they believed it would see .
gress.
greater development than any othei I
-Itv between San Francisco and Port
LINCOLN. Neb., July 14.—Wil
land. and that the Hot Springs and ' liam J. Bryan to-day addressed a let
Klamath
Development companies ter to Presid< nt Taft asking him to
would not be found lagging In the allow the p* ople to vote on popular
election of senators. Bryan says:
rear.
Mr. Naftzger will bid adieu to bls
To President Taft: Now that the
hi,st of friends on Monday, the lbth. States are going to vote on the ratiff-
He go*-s to attend the meeting of cation of the amendment speciAcally
the dlr<-ctors at which Mr. Johnson authorizing an income tax. why not
will I m * elected hla succeeaor. it is give th* :n a chance to vote on an
not likely that he will again return amendment providing for the elec
to this city pi lor to his leaving for tion of United States Senators by pop
Europe, although he may posslbly ular vote? in your speech of ac
return for a day on business in : ceptance you said that you were per
which he and bls son. Roy, are in sonally inclined to favor such a
change in the Constitution. Would
terested.
not this be an opportune timeto pre
LIVELY st EVEN NEAR DEPOT.
sent this subject to Congress? Two
constitutional amendments—one au
The liveliest place In the city li thorizing an income tax and the other
the railroad yards. A large force of - providing for the popular election of
men is busy laying the foundation senators—would make your admin
piers for the big freight warehouse- istration memorable and important,
that is to be erected by the railroad j and I pledge you whatever assistance
company, it is proposed to mage it I can render in securing the ratihea-
one of the largest between Portland tion of these amendments. With
and San Francisco, made necessary great respect, 1 am. your truly,
by the immense shipments of freight
W. J. BRYAN.
that arrive here for this and Lake
county.
Arrangements must be MANY INTERESTED IN KI.IMATH.
made for the storage of wool as it ’
arrives for shipment, and this is be
W. H. Dolbeer returned home
ing taken into consideration by the from the Alaska-Yukon exposition
railroad company.
Monday ev(ning. In speaking of the
The trestle that has spanned the Oregon building, he said:
Esplanade has been removed and the
"Without doubt it was one of the
engineers have set the stakes for the features of the fair, both from an
piers for the beautiful arch that is architectural standpoint and accom
to span this roadway. It is under modations. Scattered through the
stood that it Is go*ng to be orna building are . old-fashioned hickory
mental in design, and will greatly chairs for the comfort of visitors,
add to the beauty of the Hot Springs and down in the basement is located
addition.
a Arst-class restaurant with reason
The superstructure for the bridge able prices to all. The exhibits of
that is to span the big canal has ar- - Oregon are easily in the first rank of
rived and as soon as the arch across all the States represented at the fair,
the Esplanade is completed it will be , especially the fruit and the various
put in place. The girders are de-1 timber products. The views from
signed for the heaviest traffic, and is Klamath county and the work of the
«fair indication of the thoroughness . High School are attracting consid
with which the work on this line is erable attention, but as yet our grain
being done.
and vegetable products are not in
The big sheds of the Hydraulic sight, although a movement is on
Stone and Brick company are near foot at the present time to have this
ing completion. These are to be used county make a showing, and if such
In the curing of the pressed stone showing is made, it will doubtless
and brick that is to turned out by bring the same results and honor to
this company. The time is not far us as was obtained in the display
distant when this will practically be made- at the Sacramento irrigation
the only material that will be used in congress recently.”
the construction of buildings in this
Mr. Dolbeer reports that old Klam
city. It is being accepted through ath county is in the minds of a great
out rhe United States as being the many people in the Northwest, and
very best in the cement stone line, when one gets talking the Klamath
and far superior to monolithic or country in that section it takes no
hand-tumped material.
time to draw a crowd around you.
Too lumber for the Roberts & The supply of literature taken along
Hanks warehouse Is being delivered by Mr. Dolbeer and distributed was
on the ground and work on it will snapped up and gone in no time by
begin at once. Many of the other people who were anxious to get de
merchants in the city have pur tails as to Klamath.
chased warehouse sites and are mak
Another feature at the fair that
ing arrangements for the placing of is attracting widespread attention is
structures thereon.
the wax representation of Crater
The Weed Lumber company has a Lake, situated in the Government
force of men at work Alling in about building. It is pronounced perfect
thirteen lots. A All of about two in design and execution and is so
feet is being made. This company striking that one feels as though they
has already erected a large shed for were almost standing on the brink of
its Anlshed lumber and other build this Nature's wonder.
ings will be erected at once. It is
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proposed to carry a large stock of
Capt. J.
Siemens and wife
lumber of all grades. The difficulty
of securing kiln-dried material will took a drive Sunday to the neigh
no longer bet met with In the future borhood of the lower McCormick
If the plans of this company are car place and brought home a large
quantity of mountain lilies. It is the
ried out.
Captain's custom to gather mountain
Mrs. H. F. Schallock went to lily bulbs each fall, and as a conse
Adel Friday, where she will visit quence at his home place on Conger
with friends and relatives for a few avenue he has developed a great
number of very Ane specimens.
days.
source».
Among the arid regions of the
West to which the growing scarcity
of good homestead land and the de
velopment of irrigation and artesian
well sinking have given a new Im
portance one of the latest to be in
vestigated and reported on by the
United States Geological Survey is
the Harney Basin region in South
eastern Oregon. The report on the
geology and water resources of this
region is by Gerald A. Waring, who
prepared a similar report on an ad
jacent region in south-central Ore
gon, published by the Survey in 1908.
In studying these regions special at
tention was paid to the water supply,
both from streams and underground
sources, and to the structural geology
in its relation to artesian conditions.
The region is one of high plateaus
and undrained lake basins, separated
from the moist climate of the coast
by the Cascade range, 200 miles west.
Harney and Malheur lakes occupy
the principal depression, and Steens
mountain, reaching an altitude of
over 9,000 feet, is the dominating
highland.
Grazing has been the important In
dustry since white men Arst came to
the region, the plateaus and valleys
urnishing a cattle range that for
merly was restricted only by the lo
cation of watering places. Of late
years three factors—low prices of
cattle, the introduction of sheep in
large numbers, and the settlement of
the valley land—have caused a de
cided retrenchment in the cattle busi
ness; yet the region will probably al-
vays be mainly a stock-raising coun
try, because of the great area of pla
teaus that are At for little except
grazing.
Increasing acreages of barley,
wheat, oats and rye are raised each
year in the tillable lowlands, but the
remoteness of the region from rail
roads limits the market for farm
products. The soil of the valleys is,
in general, fine-grained, light and
sandy, and where sufficiently free
from alkali it is of fhvorable quality,
the best areas being marked by
abundant growth of sagebrush.
In certain parts of Harney ind Al
vord valleys conditions are favorable
for the development of artesian wa
ter in the valley filings, and there are
a number of fiowing wells, which are
described in detail in this report. A
complete account is also given of nat
ural and developed springs and of
seasonal and yearly variations in Hie
flow of the principal streams. The
storage of the waters of several of
the rivers has teen projected for ir
rigation in Harney valley, but at the
time of the investigation the supply
had been used only in irrigating and
somewhat enlarging the areas of nat
ural meadow lands. It is recognized
that a large supply of underground
water exists in the Harney Basin, and
although conditions are not regarded
as promising for the development of
strong artesian flows, much water can
be developed by pumping short dis
tances, when economic conditions
shall justify this type of irrigation.
Attention is called in the report to
the desirability of preserving the
scanty covering of trees and shrubs
upon the higher areas, in order that
the winter rainfall may be naturally
stored. The injury to this already
scanty protection and the deteriora
tion of the range through overgraz
ing are particularly pointed out.
The report includes a description
of the topography and geologic fea
tures of the region, and is accom
panied by detailed maps. It forms
the Geological Survey’s Water-Supply
Paper 2 31, and may be obtained free
on application to the Director of the
Survey at Washington, D. C.
ANOTHER IRRIGATION PROJECT.
Work has commenced on the irri
gation ditch running from Four Mile
creek on the east side of Mt. Mc
Laughlin (formerly Mt. Pitt) down
into Fish creek, thence on west to
wards Medford, the object being to
put the arid land lying east of Med
ford under irrigation. It is re
ported between one hundred and one
hundred and fifty men will be em
ployed on this project, which is a
private one, and under the charge of
Fred M. Cummings, who has Just
sent in teams for supplies at Ward
& Obenchain's.
H. E. Hanger of Fort Klamath
was registered at the Livermore Fri
day.