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About Klamath republican. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1896-1914 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1909)
t The “Republican »♦ of constructions would be placed on meal mul i s MIX NEBS «il» il» SEAT l LE the visit.” Mr. Shannon added thut he did not Klamath County , Oregon believe Mr. Stevens was In the em Official l,aper of ktaiiuitli County. ploy of Hill or knew anything almut the Deschutes railroad. • i haven't built any railroads or Mias Iva Whitlatch of Menili, the KLAMATH FALLS. AVO. 19. 1909 had anything to do with them since I 'young lady who captured the Menili closed my connection with the New I' Record ' contest trip to the Alnska- Haven road.” was Mr. Stevens' part Yukon-l itclfic exposition nt Seattle, ing sentence. Leaving Portland, he left here this morning, accompanied llclii'ViMs, However, That Centrili <lh' may go to San Francisco, or he may by Ml s Rachel E, \pph"tate, whom gon \\ ill He O|M*ncd I p and \\ ill take the Alaska trip, he say». she »elected as her companion nndet Furuinii Ample Traille. the riiles of the contest. Miss Whit- •’I have no connection with HUI.1 Porter Bros., or any railroad con- ' struct iou scheme whatsoever. I rep- Optimistic I'l-vdi) tie« of Jutlgc Dool resent eastern capitalists who con ! ing I»« garvliug Ktenmth Fall««. template investment in Oregon farm M. T. Dooling, bnperlor Judge of ing and timber lands. Two-thirds of S.in Benito county. Cal. who returned all the money I have iu the world is Friday from a trip to Crystal tied up similar investments. My trip creek, is more than ever impressed through Central Vi . gon was in this with the posaiA 'ities of this sevtion, connection, and uo other.” and es|'««ciaily vv th this city. Iu an When John F. Stevens, engineer of Intel view this afternoon lie stated: national reputation, from Chicago, "This «»untry is blessed with ideal had with these few brief sentences conditions, namely land and water, thus finally cleared away the mystery and it is my belief that your city in surrounding his name, he leaned the next eight years shoukl have a back in his chair in the lobby of the population anywhere from 10.000 to Hotel Portland and resignedly, 15.000, and witbin twenty years a though courteously, prepared to give snug little city of 50.000 |>eople answer Jo various questions an inter should be restiug here among the viewer from The Journal bad in mind foothills. Of course, this statement to ask him. is not based on what you have now, But with this lucid presentation of but upon what could and should be Mr. Stevens' life and plans, queries accomplished. For instance, the l'p- seemed rather futile. But he con per nmrsh should be reclaimed, and MISS IVA WHITLATCH tinued suddenly- and in a confidential cut up into small holdings, immense tone: “Do you know. 1 have no Infor- - saw mill plants will doubtless bo mation about the work being done in erected, all of which will be arteries Deschutes other than 1 have lead in leading to this city and building it the newspapers. But I'll tell you. up. and the last, but uoi least, will be I'm just as interested iu railroad con the great tourist travel which this struction -into the central part of the section is bound to get the benefit of. State as any other investor would be. Southern California bus been built Does any one think that I. or the in up by tourists on account o( the ideal terests I represent, would be justified winter climate tl.ere, and something in going down there and buy Ing 5.Duo should be done whereby this tourist acres of sage brush .land and 5.000 travel would wend its way to this per acres of timber land without the as fect summer clime. The fulfillment surance of transportation facilities? I ot the foregoing possibilities is the ”1 did go on an investigating tour basis for nvy prediction, and also the of interior Oregon, but I did so be fact that this town has within the last cause I had never been there before. few years increased from a straggling village of 4 00 to a imputation now 1 wanted to see what it was like.” "Well, what did you think of it of 3.000. most of which came here on from an investors standpoint?” the a prospect before the assurance of a railroad main line entering this coun- question was promptly put. "Some of it.” responded Mr. Ste- r-' or the completion of the govern- vens. "is very, very good, and some n*l!' work here. This section 1» now is as bad.” assured of both, hence the foregoing "But does the country justify de- prediction. Mateus A. Hall, treasurer of the velopment enterprise and the faith Statts Co., Pasadena. Cal., latch fairly won the honor in compe we have in the returns that will be " ni- made w>en railroads bring the peo- heavy dealers in real estate, stocks tition with a number of handsome . ... and bonds, who nccompanied Mr. and nccompiished rival', n.« the most pls and the money?” "Indeed it does." the engineer an Dooling on his trip, in speaking of IMjpuiar young lady In the county. She “I atn greatly* also deserves credit for her good swered emphatically. “I put my this section, said: judgment on it that there is land surprised in the magnificent area of judgment In selecting as her com which will pay splendidly in return cultivatable land that lies at your panion a native daughter ot the coun for dev .'lopmcnt. Of course there ’ d°or here, It was my idea before ty. one SO accomplished as Ml.-.s Ap are other parts which make no prom-i visiting your section that this coun- plegate, late winner of the annua! Ise at all and look hopeless. Such , try* consisted of nothing but a series scholarship granted by the .iluninl places are to be fonnd almost any of mountain ranges, and instead of association of the State I'nlversity of that I found good land and homes for Oregon, based on her admirable high where.” Mr. Stevens went on to say that he countless numbers. school record. “Klamath Falls has a good future The young ladf ■. V 111 1 nt had neither for the interests he rep resented nor himself made any in tp fore it. but this city is lnr-kln" in least ten days at S. attle tnd will vestments in Oregon properties, nor ¡one very important feature,.and that boom Klamath county, They have did he know of any about to be made is "civic pride.” This city should get made a tareful study of the Klamath In the northern states, he said, and to work at once and have Main street Project and of the great natural re- in Washington, investments had al paved and made presentable, along some s and can ably exploit the ad- ready been made. What he will do with the other improvements you v.irdau » and scenic beauties of the ! about Oregon investments will be de are contemplating, a3 the future pros- Klamath country. I pects of this city warrant it.” termined absolutely by advices from i ‘ the east which he has yet to receive Mrs. J. W. Price entertained the A FIXE GARDEN ladies of the W. C. T. U. In the ves It was reported several weeks ago i try of the Methodist church on Wed that John F. Stevens, famous engi- ' One of the finest little truck gar- nesday afternoon at 3 o’clock. A neer, whose services are continuously | | dens in the county is to be found in engaged by James J. Hill and always this city at the home of H. Newnham. brief program wan given. Tie Rev. in the midst of construction schemes Mr. Newnham has always been an en- J. W. Price read an article. Miss Flora Masten sang a solo, accom as mysterious as they were big. Lad thiisia-t a’• ' tie possibilities of been living incog in Portland getting this section from an agricultural panied by Miss Mae Curnow of Reno, ready to beat Harriman to the pre ' standpoint, and has often demon- Nevada. I serves of central and southern Ore : strated w hat can be done> Each year gon, and meanwhile go on to San i he has added to his garden until Francisco. ¡there Is to be found there the finest “Pooh, ' said Mr. Stevpbs, calmly. ¡jne of vegetables grown anywhere in In answer to a question as Involved ¡he county. Ile I.’ brought to this of- as the statement. “And my only rea- fice sampi s of I potatoes, corn, let- son for secrecy, if you must call ft tuce, beets, parsnips and cabbage that that, is the fact that I’ve been both ¡are magnificent. He naturally feels' ered to death by cnerg tic gleaners of coi-siderable pride in the results of informaiion for the newspapers ever efforts, and he ha» good reason since I was known to have been con- when the county fair is held this nested with the Panama canal. Every j [uj; ]iC. doc.btl ; be at the top time I would come to any place the r,f cioio to it as a prize winner, reporters would look me up, and I A discovery of great interest has told over and over ever.-thing 1 knew about the canal until I got tired of it. been made not long since at Pompefl, I didn’t want to tell any more. But, where the excavation work Is being by the way, people don’t seem to be steadily <arrh -1 on. Voder the a'di nearly so much interested In the Pan deposits there was found an extensive ama canal 33 they were, but it’s just* villa of handtome construction and as Important as ever.” ornamented with very fine frescoes. This last being one bit of informa The villa contained statues and other tion given on a subject which he had works of sculpture both Greek and just stated he wanted nothing more Homan, besides very rich furniture to say about, Mr. Stevens added just which is well ornamented and also tills much about his life in Portland: many vas *s of different kinds. There “Whether I was here under the, were also found coffers filled with name of Sampson, or was not, I have eold and silver money. In the base nothing to say.” : ment are great amphorae which were But this was a s- ’ ect upon which | used for storage purposes, and In the E. B. Shannon, .*’ . Stevens' private*' triclinium the tables were prepared secretary at the t ’ of the engineer's ; for a banquet of thirty persons. An former visit to itland, did have abundance of silverware is one of the something io say. .Mr. Shannon was features of .th«* dteoovery, knd I' i also found in the lobby of the Port-i said to be equal in welkht and artta- land this morning. HIs first state-, tic character to the silverware dls- ment was that he did not know Mr. covered in the villa of Boscorcale and Stevens was In tl.e city. His next now possessed by the Louvre. Some was: of the sliver pieces se<*m to have been "When he was here before he went taken out at a previous epoch, for under rn assumed name, because he there are traces of a clandestine knew that if it became common search which was made at a former knowledge he was here, that all sorts date. J. W. I‘iimile, who ha» been Iu the Klamath lloapltul for »um« iliiy», will be able to leave soon. Lloyd Biaiuienburg and nephew. Edwin Cox. left WediivMilny fur Crater lake nnd the Umpqua country’. C. E. Bindley, wku Him received at the Klamath llo»|iitiil on Monday night, vu» operateti on Tuesday lift > moon. H«> I» doing nicely, Thomas Grubb ami family, who have been living at Kono, lune moved Io till» city Mr. Grubb vili er (er the employ of Giorge It. Hum Chas. Lena returned Tuesday night fu m the huckleberry patch. II* states that huckleberries vili not tie ripe before September lx» Mr Lens Killed a de i and a bear ou hl» ti 1P of the Southern l'ucltle compuuy Mis. Judge Wllllls oiili'lfallied u numb« r of h* t friends very delight fully ut her home Tuesday afternoon. Five hundred was played, Mr», Brun mm winning Ihr Aral prise und Mia. Milione Ihn second, Itefrushiiiciila wen served. The KiieMtn were: Mes- duine» Reame», Jennings, Fisher, Malone, Homy. Ankeny, Henley, Mmlln, W. O Smith, Wind. Holt- kenipor, Obeiichaln, Hull, itemmn, tint. i. Milla, Pierce, Brennan, G. T, Baldwin, Zini Baldwin, G«rber, No land mid Mines M imi Baldwin mid Lulu Htrnw. Judge H. L. Benson left Saturday mortiluK for Coos Bay. E G Kllgor* of Langell valley was I tithe city Tuesday on business. Mi s V. Wilson ot Bly wii » In the city this week, »topping nt the l.lv- ermore. W. P. Rhoades, the furniture muli of Merrill, mid wife were Iu the cltj i Tuesday. Mrs William Sargent, »on daughter left Tuesday for Francisco, where they will Visit stives. * I’. Sorenson nnd Mr. nnd Mrs. . Bennett loft Monday for u trip lo Crater lake mul the li ack I«1 • berry patch. GASOLINE ENGINE J. A. Morri», one of the leading rtlllipl Witter, llltllH the city- Monday, lie took a trip on - .MNkcr, Rt'purutiir, the l’|iper lake and returned home ChopH Eectl, \\ •'dnesday. Ji -< plilnv < ouilty tmc» lime llccn P. 8 it v i* h \\ n gi'» Souici* of Diiuger. Chris Detrick on of Tule Lake </ Rtntn your n<*<»«!•. 1 « Writ« f«»« ' »1 Ah ull'ui | m | m < ns In tli<’ city Tuesday on bitslne s. GRANT8 PASS. Ore, August 14. Ever alnce 1H74, when ElIJa Dnv- Detrlclison’s intention 1» to i II ranch mid move to San Diego Idsou discovered the Junepliino coun I t’ISh I U1IIANKM WIMIIMIIIH k y. i <• c. M 4<’r >. I'Mgli »», county. ty env *1. there has been a temleuiy >4 ‘ »1 >4VA0'>|W*«.Whi**Wl>lFNNip« rt|wrn«lt»M A* Mt • .» I b> M' m k til i*Ol»l I AM». Mill «.OM W. 8. Slough has returned front mt on tie putt of the public to enter t'v x’ till'd trip through the North» st. ihe.vi natural wonders without n Including the fair'at Scuttle; tti-o a guide. Three years after the cavy» M. RICHARDSON s abort journey Into the king'» do were known to be of such inngulttide, UnikJ States Commissioner minions. I’. M. Nick« nun of Kerby, Ore., with Jantea Cole of Men ill was in the th» U'.l.iuncv of other», made a par TIMBER AND HOMESTEAD city Tuesday Mr. Col” came up nfi n tial survey of four floor level» and PI -OF TAKEN lumber with which to erect a new Installed ladder* where needed at rook house to be used In connection many of the lUOlcutt pa»»agoway*. Of -e. H.I k I l ibrai y. with harvesting. Tlieso aven have never b -vn fully A. J Swift. Ib nry Off nba. I er and explored to thin day, and It I» «aid Dan Johnson left Satin day on a that they extend in and through the □ ENSCN Ä. STONE pleffsurc uml hunting tilp combined. iiiountuiu five or six lull«'» from the A TTORNEYS AT LAW Unie ln-i|d" there The patty »ill visit Crater lake mid main entrance, •'!» go ufter bear la the niouiitaius may be found every variety of Blue st ni < rientri Han k be. und. deposit Within the dark caverns «/<<* I runt Hldg. The ticket nnd freight office of the may lie heard tie music of running KL«M- 1 < F-LLS • OREGON Suuth< rn Pacific htis lawn moved to wul. r from an unknown »■mrce. ,\ the not th end <>l the freight depot, stiong breeze tint chill» 1» eondnnt- wt'i.e it will remain until the < >ut- iy in mot Ion. The caves are nltuateil pletlon of tl.e new passenger depot In L’nvo mountain, a peak that vault» I ATTORNEY AND Into th- »kv a distauii* of <1,000 feet, w hich is now being erocted. COUNSELOR AT LAW Mrs. A L. Leavitt, wife of Record and the openiug through which tour- KLAMATH EAl.l >. OREGON er Leavitt, who left for Mono county IX* mn> cut r it round at an eleva ROOMS TAG. MURDOCK RLOG, to visit bls mother <>n account of het tion of 4.000 feet. In isf>7 the cuvci wire withdrawn Ilin. s-i. Las received word that Mrs. Leavitt is Iu a precarious uondltion, from public land» and by late proc- WILL A. LEONARD suffering from un attack of pneu • lamatlon issued by tlio President the monia. This is the third attack of ; mountain and a mile square ha» been DENTIST this dreaded malady which »he has < *t aside a» a public park. There Is n B It h row*Mclhtisc Hulldlng had. and on account of her advanced strong movement on foot »Ince the age grave fear* ate entertained for accidental killing of Frank Elite to her recovery. i have the government prohibit tour DR, C. P. MASON 1>. C. Herrin and wife of Portland ist- and visitors ft am entering the OENTIST a ’ paying this city a visit. Sir. <«»n without ofilc lai guAdc». Il ha» Herrin, who 1» now engaged in the l»ei n suggested that (no government ottu-c in Ameriran tl»«>k A Tru»t Co»- lnsmance business, was formerly u ipp.oprlate money and place Iron paiiy*» Building resident of this section, and 1» ai «o talcs over the opening and Hint they PHONE «14 a native ot this State, having been ' He securely lockid. » (.»MATH FALLS OREGON born near Ashland. He 1» a brother to Wm. F. Herrin, general coun.ie) General C. R Greenleaf, I'. S. A., and wife, cf Berkeley, Cal., arrived J. F. Kimball, who hits ret arm'd in the cli,. Tu<-day. The General from the forest fire which hr.s is un ard *nt sportsman mid la en b i-n raging nouth nnd went of thusiastic over ti e good prospect» in Shake, reports that the fire In that that line which b.e ha« found here ae< lion ii urd r control, and the men We luiw »ouïe desirable lumi The General and his wife left tl>!s he took out with him to fight fire to cxi iiungc for iuiproted prop morning for Crystal creek in cum- will return to-night. Mr. Kimball erly In Klnmntii lùill»—land pan.v with E. R. Reams mid wife and states that the lo<» of timber to the Mrs. Frank Jennings. J. O. Pierce’» companies he represents will not be liuti will be Irrigatili,, but for home on Crystal creek will bo made material, and that the Southern Pa vv tilth witter I» in> yet rcntly. their headquart< rs. cl fie» holdings sufT red the moat, al- Valley Mr Gammon, the genial proprietor thovgh not to uny great extent, as under of the iris Theater, has Hignlfled ills the file xa i changed from its cuttr .«• k hmm« h Faila. let nth n to give matinee perform toward the yellow pine belt. ances at Lis playhouse during th He reports that the bridge near Week < t BaigcJns beginning October Shake was burned, but that it is x <» tdt : i > TDK 4th to assist in entertaining the peo now repaired so wagons may go op r T GOING I P IN ple when they ate not »pending mon l.t but It hardly In condition for aiflo- Ho ey with the enterprising merchant« niobilea to nags over. It was rn- bebin 1 this new move to bring trade ported io Mr. Kimball that an auto to the city. Going a step further, mobile party hud a close call n nr Mr. Gammon ba.« offered to givo on«-! thl« bridge, and several of De male free matinee to work Into whatever! members get their whiskers nnd <». <'. APPI.EG VI'E. program may be arranged for that ■ score* ‘d. The report was not con Fifth Streit, near Main. week If a cm nival or fair lx held. firmed, however. JACMPADES FAIREANK8, MORSE & CO. n C. C. BROWER BUY LOTS NOW FRANK IRA WHITE 4 * / t
