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OL. XIV.
KLAMATH FALLS, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 15, 1909
TWO ti ro I.INI.H TO LAKEVIEW
H HY DON'T YOU IM> IT?
Lnk«vlew Is going to have a pleth-
om of automobile lines and If the
i vl< «• 1« not just what tho traveler
doalii" It will not ho the fault of til*
enterprising gentlemen who are en
gaging in tin' business. Friday even
ing tin' brat automobile arrived here
from laiknvlew. It was what is
known aa tho Lambert car, the pros
«nt at ng ii contractors. 'Ibis car left
in st morning for the county »eat ot
l.uki< and will make the round trip
■•very ullrrnutu day. Mr. Lambi-rt
left with tho car and will go to
laikevlow for tho purpose of urrang
Ing thi' »lin'diili'. At Lakeview con
n«-< tIon will be mud« with the Al
turns auto, so that II w 111 be posalbl«'
to travel from this dly to Alturas In
w«lve bouts.
The second auto line to enter the
li-ld li one headed by W. L. Clapp.
1« loft on Huturday for Lakeview,
nd will also cover Die route every
'll «r day. It I n quite possible tha'
n ugr«< incut may be reached be
wiM'ti him and the Lambert company
«hereby their enrs will not leave on
lie same day. If this can be done,
hen It will afford a dally service be
ween this city and 1-akevlew.
The plana of the Lambert company
av«- not bgcn fully matured. It b
iiiulble that Mr. Crow« of Bly will
Im« a machine on the run bctweei
lly and lmk«vl«w. In thut ease th*
timber! will operate only betweci
hl« city and Bly. In that case, then
hl« company would give a daily Ser-
*lce.
The Lumbert car wa« driven by
*hll Crons lie was accompanied by
II. T. McKnlght, who 1« to travel on
he train between Weed and this city
md make arrangement« for th«
transportation uf Lakeview pas«en
gers.
It Is the Intention of the auto peo-
dc to make the run between the two
■Illes In seven hours.
There Is In the city to-day from
Silver Lake u man who make« a sug
gest Ion to the merchants of tbl« city
that 1« worth a gr«ut deal If they
will only take advantage of It. J. H
Gowdy 1« that Individual. For year«
he has been purchasing from Med
ford
Many of his neighbors have
been doing llkewl»«. This year, how
ever, he conic« to Klamath Fall« for
the purpose of seeing how well he
an do, and after a careful compari
son bi twe«n the price« asked and the
■rice« he has been paying, he found
thut he could purchase a« cheaply
here as anywhere else, and at th*
.«me time save many mil«« of travel
Mr. Gowdy ask» the qm-stlon: Why
lon't the merchant« here get up and
««■nd out price lists to the resident«
of Northern latke? There are many
itnawers that can he given to h‘J ques
tion. but th« real answer is that mer-
hantw here huve been sleeping.
Many complaints have been heard
about the mull order hotis«-«, and
heir «ucces« ha« been a marvel. The
whole secret of It 1« contained In Mr
Gowdy'« Inquiry. These people have
teen In the habit of getting price
l«ts They are educated to this way
>f doing business. It 1« lip to the
ih >T c I ant« of Klamath Falls to fol
low up their advantage and pursue
he same tactic« that have won for
he mall order houaea their Immense
growth.
Throughout Klamath county and
«urroundlng country are hundreds of
'amllics who do their trading by mall.
It Is a cash busin«-«». Ail of it can
>« brought to thia city, but in order
io get It some effort will have to be
jut forth. If the merchants will.
•Ither individually or collectively,
«end out their price lists and go after
thia trade, it can be diverted to thi«
city.
During the past thr«*e year« the
growth In population in Lake and
Klamath counties has b«<en phenom-
•nal, but it would seem that the mer
chant« have either Ignored thia fact
or have b«-en caught napping. Con
ditions are rapidly changing here
Modern methods have to be adopted,
and every business will have to ad
vertise, advertise, advertise! Klam
ath Full» has newspapers of which It
has reason to feel proud, but It would
teem 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 in y. The real facts are,
however, that the newspaper« bring
to the merchants ten dollars for every
on«* 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
\ IFTZGER'N HI < < EHHOK
EXt.lM'.EIt H« III liEIlT IRItIVEM. THE HARNEY BASIN REGION IN
Is IN I1IE <*|TV.
ORFXION.
Flrat Auto Arrived Here lai«t Fri J. II. Gowiiy Mukrs a Valualrfc **ug-
Is Taken to tlx- I |>|s-r latke by a
day—Hally Her vice May lt<*
g itliin lo Kh> him I li lull» .Mir-
Di legatiiifi of Prominent Itusl-
Come* for Hie Purpose of Getting In
Gt-ologh-al Survey's Reci-ntly Pulx
Ealaldislic<l.
■ llallt«.
IICNN .M«-n.
Touch With Affairs.
B«tM*d ll«-|M>rt on Wat«-r Re
source«.
■f E 11 Hnrrlman *• coming to
Liih col Uty thia year, I I know
~
gbuut it," waa the way Col
■ Holablid put to real the lier-
L( rumor that the Itallroud Wl»-
flPtaudcd to come here for sev-
IpoDlha thia fall. When told that
lalory «'»• »turted on account of
|(mvuni of activity around Pell
■ Bay. be aald:
L-br work that la being dune at ’
Lan Bay and Odessa la alniply
1 which I deem tmceaaary. I am
|ln( a f''* change« there and go
lahead on the theory that Mr
Liman la not going to be here thia
L When last here ho told no* i
| be Intended to upend thia sum
L is Europe. I believe he tine car '
bout that part of hla proglam atid
Lu me that he Intend« to carry out
[other part alao."
k, Colonel waa in the aatnr happ
Le of mind with which he la nl
L blraacd. He la aa optimistic u
r over the future ot Klamath ,
laty. particularly the northert '
t, which ho «till maintain« wll i
|om<* »» noted aa Yellowstone o
■anil'
Baa of th” madera attended to
[ llolablrd waa the ahlpplna
■Iran Bay of the Chinese aainpnn
Bi peculiar craft waa presented t>
■ by the ptealdent of the i'a'lh I
ill St earn boat company, It la o
u wood, and came direct fron
i
IMl'dlllANI !>>.< IM« >N.
■SAl.EM. ore . July 1 4 —lu a Vnluu
^Kiity local option caae In which ui.
^■dir »1
Count) Court <)<< luting
^Lt count) dry a» the outcome of u
Bbl option election ls»t June. 1« ut
Blsl Associai«* Justice M<llild<
■ I do
Hippo»«- that It w 111 mu Sv
gust dltbn-uco whether thirst)
M um - ui of Union cuunly gut their
Bppn-l al llo-navd saloons. ua they
been wont tu do three many
Kin or ar«- «'impelled to adopt t he
■coaveeient
methode frequently
Mactlcei) In the «o called dry' conn
B». but the principle Involved lieti-
■ iir-rcachlng."
H Jullua Koeach. a brewer, had ul
B**d that the petition Initiating local
Mtkin proceeding« In Union county
Ba iprlng was Insufficient, that the
Motlcv« of the election were Inade-
■uite and that they wore not pouted
Buurdlng tu law; that evidence waa
Btroduced to «how that only three
Boticea had been posted In Knmelu
BlMrltt. when the law aaya five
Mould be poated.
I The Supreme Court waa divided on
Mo decialon rendered to-day. Chief
Buttici- Moore wrote an opinion. In
Blilch he hold« that the notici*« of
Blntlon Vere «efficient. Thia opinion
I" concurred in by Justices McBride
fcti'l Kakis. A dissenting opinion 1«
I'rltten by Justice Slater, concurred
in by Justice King. Justice McBride
a pointed view of the matter.
■ If the failure to post a notice in
PCsBieU precinct disfranchises more
fh»n 3,000 voters In Union county,”
k*>«'Justice McBride, "then a like
failure in the smallest precinct In the
Wile would disfranchise every voter
|ln the commonwealth If a special
|*l«cth>n for the entire Htute should
*’* called upon some measure or of
fe»
Justice McBride holds that a sub-
•Untlai compliance Is all that 1« nec-
unless there 1« some probabil
ity that a trifling failure, apparently
"Eligible, has, In fact, changed the
fniiilt.
Justice Slater, on the other hand,
r,|ntend« that in former cases the
Oregon Supreme Court has held thut
•n special elections a strict compll-
•oco with ail statutory requirements
• niahdatory. Two Oregon cases are
riled to support this view. Justice
Kl"k holds with Justice Slater, The
[°urt "•«»«><! thiee to two for uphold-
nK Ute sufficiency of the proceedings.
BI MNEMN < um : N IIEIIE.
The trade which has been going to
Medford In the past from tho Silver
(jike country is now coming to this
city, du« to two reasons. Prices in
bulb places are equal, and the trip
from Silver Lake to this city and re
turn cun be made In nine days, as
against twenty days to Medford. Also
a great suvlng in time and money can
be obtained by the merchants of that
country In shipping via Klamath
Fall« as against via Shaniko. The
rate from Portland to Sliver Lake via
Shnnlko and team Is *2.42, taking
thirty days to make the round trip,
aa against *2.22 from Portland via
this clt) to Silver laike, requiring
only twelve days to make tho round
trip.
J. II. Gowdy, one of tho leading
ranchers uf the Silver Lake country,
who Is now vbdtlng Sheriff Barnes,
with hl« family. Is the authority for
the above statement. Mr. Gowdy haa
just purchased hi« summer «uppliea
here and will return in tho fall for
his winter stock. He states that the
desert country around Silver 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 outfit«, barbed wire, machin
ery, supplies, etc., a» well a« wool
shipments out. and thia trade could
bo secured for Klamath Falls. He
suggests that the merchants here
send into that country their printed
circulars showing prices, etc.
Aa to the 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 the Sliver
Lake 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 Chlcan. Thlh Will doubtless
be done.
Mr. Gowdy, in connection with
‘HATElt LAKE CAHK IN
Zed Harris and Meo Megley, will
Bl PREME COURT AUGUHT t. erect a sawmill at Thompson Flat.
The transcript of evidence in the
niter Lake road case han been Bled
n tho Supreme Court and on Thurs-
evening Clarence Retimes went
• •’"iiland, where ho will put In
days’ work with Judge Fenton
" Preparing the brief which will be
htd on Monday. It la expected that
''•c cage will be argued before tho
"prenie Court about Auguat 1.
LEAXTX ROGUE RIVER
VALLEY EX>ll KLAMATH.
Elamiti Ib-caon See« the Future of
Klamath County ami Come«
Her«*,
Again the far-famed Rogue River
vnlley must yield up a feather from
Its cap and pass it over to Klamath,
for the latter has captured one of its
beat and most substantial cltixens
Enimitt Beeson Is to leave there and
make Klamath his home. He was one
of the visitors to Klamath Falls dur
ing tho Railroad day celebration and
he returned here again a few days
ago, this time with the determination
of purchasing property and remain
ing permanently. He has purchased
the Kirkendall ranch, which Is con
sidered one of the best eighties in
tho Basin. It was formerly owned by
R. K. Cantrall, and be always consid
ered it the best pleco 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 the 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 justify 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 tho
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 Hprlnga and the i Bishop, R.H. Dunbar, secretary of
Klamath Development companies, to the Chamber of Commerce; Geo. T.
be held In Han Francisco, Mr. B. O ' Baldwin, vice-president of the Cham
Johnson will be elected president of I ber of Commerce; E. B Hall, direc
these corporations, to succeed Mr. tor of the Chamber of Commerce;
A. H. Naftxger. 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
th«- companies of which he is to be Wood river Sunday in Mr. Bishp's
the h«.*ad.
launch Barbara, for t**e purpow of
Mr. Naftzger's successor Is not an making an Inspection of Wooil river
entire st ranger in this section. For as to its navigability. The party were
years h< has been Identlfled with met at Wood river bridge by a dele
the affairs of the McCloud River rail gation from Fort Klamath, who will
road and lumber Interests, and Is a show them over the valley. On the
nan of exceptional ability. He is 1 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 Wood river for naviga
by Mr. Naftzger. He stated that he j tion.
did not at this time wish to outline
any course that would be followed by BltYAN WRITES TAFT ABOI T
him or hla associates, but that he
DIRECT VOTE FOR SENATORS.
and they had sufficient faith In the
future of Klamath Falls and Klam-1 Suggests This Is un Oppoi-t uni- Tim«
ath county to warrant the statement ' to Submit the Question to Con-
that they lu'lleved It would sei
greM.
greater development than any othei I
-It. Iw-tween San Francisco and Port- , LINCOLN. Neb., July 14.—Wil
land, and tint the Hot Springs and liam J. Bryan to-day addressed a let
Klamath
Development companies ter to President Taft asking him to
would not b«- found lagging In the allow the people to vote on popular
election of senators. Bryan says:
rear.
Mr. Naftzger will bld adieu to bis
To Presid'nt Taft: Now that the
host ot friends on Monday, the 1 Hih. States are going to vote on the ratiA-
He go«-s to att« nd the meeting of catlon of the amendment speciAcaliy
the directors at which Mr. Johnson authorizing an income tax. why not
will be elected his successor. It Is give thi :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 possibly ular vote? In your speech of ac
return for a day on business in i ceptance you said that you were per
which he and bis son. Roy, are In sonally inclined to favor such a
change in the Constitution. Would
terested.
not this be an opportune timeto prê
LIVELY st EVES XEAR DEPOT.
tent this subject to Congress? Two
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constitutional amendments—one au
The liveliest place in the city Is thorizing an income tax and the other
the railroad yards. A large force of I 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 1 and I pledge you whatever assistance
company. It is proposed to mage it I can render in securing the ratiAca-
one ot the largest between Portland tion of these amendments. With
and San Francisco, made necessary great respect, I am. your truly.
by the immense shipments of freight
W. J. BRYAN.
that arrive here for this and Lake
county.
Arrangements must be MANA INTERESTED IN KLAMATH.
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 evening. 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 ge'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 Arst 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 timber products. The views from
signed for the heavirat traffic, and is Klamath county and the work of the
Mtfair 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. ThVse 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
thls 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 the 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.
Tao 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 I h attracting widespread attention is
structures thereon.
the wax representation ot 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 flnished lumber and other build this Nature's wonder.
ings will be erected at once. It is
proposed to carry a large stock of
Capt.
Siemens and wife
lumber of all grades. The diAlculty
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. II. F. Schallock went to lily bulbs each fall, and as a conse
Adel Friday, when* she will visit quence at his home place on Conger
with friends and relatives for a few avenue he has developed a great
number ot very Ane specimens.
days.
Among the arid regions of the
West to which tbe growing scarcity
of g«x«d 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-
v> »tlgated 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 laaes 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
■nrnishing 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-
■ idt-d 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 tbe 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
front alkali it is of favorable quality,
the best areas being marked by
abundant growth of sagebrush.
In certain parts ot Harney and 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 oi nat
ural and developed springs and ot
seasonal and yearly variations in the
flow of the principal streams. The
storage of the waters of several of
the rivers has been projected for ir
rigation in Harney valley, but at the
time of the investigation the supply
had been used only in irrigating and
somew hat 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 231, 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-
porteii between one hundred and one
hundred and Alty 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.