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MAKIXG RAPII» l’ROGREHH return to this reservation and get al PANAMA CANAL FAIR LAND (>\i X LRS MT WIHEI.Ì • 111 . IS I I AT HAN FRANCISCO lotments hav«> as yet been allotted Claim» He Has llcen Simply Operai I understand that then* are some 66 Train« Kxpcct«-d to Run Up the Ik-»- >u Foiiii«latlon for the Ituuior That ■ i n —, Ing Inder th«- Provisions ,»f the chute« liy June. Director» Ih-cidetl Ingoi .Meeting of these. Just how many will comply California Commissioner Announces law Governing His Work Could Not He llehl Not. H. at Closing llaiiquet of A.-Y.-I». with the law so as to get allotment The completion of tile D i - hc I iu I oh here Is uncertain. Nothing thut has occurred In this The following dispatch from Seat- railway Into Madias by next June in The Herald is in receipt of the fol Another matter which will cause county In recent years lias had such Francis« os tie gives us a line ou San lowing letter front Rev. Hiram F. still further delay is th«» completion th«- present hope of th«* Harriman con a good effect III th«’ business and real ambitions for the future in the way White. who is engaged in allotting Ro of surveys on th«- reservation. There struction forces, a ml the prediction ty Interests of thè city und county uh of an ex|iosition for 1915: Indian lands in th«- Klamath reserva- are some seven such pieces. Is mad«1 in tho offices of tho company did the -ei ult of Flhiay's mee'lng ! Speaking at a farewell banquet that trains will be running regularly tlon : One is the remainder of th«- big A of tho stockholders of the Water given at the Washington hotel by the to that point by th«- middle of the Klamath Agency. Oct. 21. 1909. marsh. There was also th«« plattiug Users* usaoclulion. Had there been a executive commissioners' associatin') coming summer. of fractions along the boundary of Editor of Evening Herald: strong faction present opposed to the of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific <>xpo»|- Th«* promise Is not definitely made, Dear Sir—Some time ago an article th«- reservation and along th«- Wil- . tlon in honor of President Chllbetg as unlooked _for obstacles are fre lncr«<uHlng of the capita1 stock of the appeared In the Klamath Falls Re liamson river. and other officers of th«- fair, Colonel quently encountered In railroad work, corporation there is no doubt what- These were ordered by th«« general publican, making some severe «nu- ■i A. Fllcher. executive c«>mmlsHi<m« r but progress so far has been so satia- ever but thut there would have been ments on the work of thé allotting lan«i office last April. In some of th««»«» u big tumble In values, for It would tor California, announce«! that San ’ factory thnt such a time limit for the agent on th«- Klamath reservation. unsurveyed portions, allotments to In have resulted III certain stoppage of Francisco had waited until the dose : completion of that portion of the and in your issue of October 21st you dians have been made. These can- the construction of th«- Klamath pro of th«« local exposition to announce road is now Indicated make some statements that are niin- not be described and patented until ject until such tim«- us the legal re th«« surveys have been approve«! and that it would commemorate the com Th«» completion of tho remaining leading. quirement» had been complied with I sympathize fully with pletion of the Panama canal by hold thirty mll«-s of the railroad to Red I desire» only that your r«»aders may recorded. There wore many who attended th« ing a national exposition. mond. as now projected, will come see the situation, and I am sure that the desire of th«> people of Klamath meeting who were opposed to the III "In accordance with the broaii later in th<> year. If these hopes are if this is s«*en no one will charge me Falls for th«» completitlon of th«< allot crease at th«< start, but when they uh ment and the opening of the reser spirit of the West." said Colonel Fil- fulfilled th«« original time fixed for with delaying the work. certalnod that It entailed no further cher, "San Francisco did not an ¡completion of th«« rullroad through The last paragraph of the act of vation. but the allotment must b? obligations and was simply the meet nounce to the world that she would, May 8, 1906, requires the secretary completed. There is no one wh«. d«»- the D««Hcbutes canyon will have been ing of the demands of legal techni like Seattle, hold an exposition for of the Interior to "have an absolutely sire«. that to be don«» sp««edil.v more shortened from eight months to one calities. changed their voi- and sup the reason that it would in a small «-orrect history of the family relation •htn I—no one who will suffer more , year. As previously outline«! the ported the motion favoring the In by any postponement of that emi measure divert Interest. It is said work was to require nearly ships of the Indians allotu«d." two crease The purpose of this was that the th«n I. I have other interests which that the completion of the canal will years. I The m-cesslty for tho »««curing of inh«-ritance might at once be deter no» imperatively demand my attet«- double the worlds commerce to the i The company has been rushing con- proxies did not dawn on th«- support Orient. mined of any deceased allottee. For tion. struction this fall, however, and now ers of the Incn-us«- until they saw that "If it does this the United States Feeling that your readers have a | this purpose a large family history has a force of 3,300 men In the field. there was not a sufficient number of and a quantity of blanks were fur right to these facts I have gon® into! government should add 81.000,000 In addition, five steam shovel» and stockholders present to pass the them somewhat fully. Sincerely yours. or 12,000,000 to celebrate the event. 800 teams are working. nished. amendment to the by-laws. When ¡San Francisco thinks she should have HIRAM F WHITE. This history required the grand Preparations are being mad«« to use the next meeting Is called to order on the honor. father and grandmother, the unclt-s a steam shovel in the construction of November Sth. It Is safe to predict < LEVER ADVERTISING SCHEME Preliminary plans provide that th«» and aunts, as well as the father and the 800-foot tunnel at Horseshoe that there will be a sufficient num mother, brothers and sisters and chil Klamath Ih-velopnu-nt Company Has United States government shall pro bend. Tho character of the prelim- ber of atian-s represented to muke a vide a cruiser which shall carry a dren of each allottee. It is required Miniature Ranch on DUplay. inary work shows that a stiovel may quorum for the transaction of busi delgation appointed by the president, that the date of each marriage and of | be used to advantage, and one is now ness. the governors of the Western states A novel window display is to b«? each divorce be given, and the datt- -being taken down Mack's canyon to There was u rumor on the street seen at the Klamath Development and the mayors of its great cities, of each birth and death. tu-gin work at the south portal. When thia afternoon to the effect that the and that it shall visit every island This had to be done for each In company's office. A complete minia the shovel Is In operation th«« tunnel board of directors had met and decid and country wash«-d by the Pacific to dian already allotted as well as for ture ranch, all under irrigation, such will go ahead at the rate of thirty to ed that there could be no h-gal meet as may be seen anywhere in Klamath invite the peoplP to participate, If those that I should allot. forty feet a day. ing held on November 8th, rumor You can readily see that this would county, is shown, with ranch house, this is carried out we shall not have Beyond Madras there la some- heavy stating that this action was baaed on be quite a task for 1,600 white peo barn, garden, ditches and fields of to look out for the participation of viaduct work to be done, and this can the advice of the association’s coun- ple, and the task was much greater grain. Just now irrigation is the European countries." be accomplished to best advantage •el, It. 8. Smlth When Mr Smith for that number of Indian people. most important matter before the after rail transportation Is given to was asked as to the truth of the ru- This has been the task which has country, and Mr. Campbell, always ANNIVERSARY AND HAI.UiWE EX that point. mor he said: CELEBRATION occupied much of my time. timely and up to date, shows his ap- Near the mouth of th«- canyon fif "There Is absolutely nothing to It. It was also found that quite a num ; preciation of this in his window. The teen miles of grade have b«M-n prac The directors have held no mt-etlng The local tribe of Red .Men and the ber of the old allotments were irreg real estate men are in a better post- ' tically completed. The grad», how that I know of. Some people have ularly described, i. e., they were de tlon than any to show the glories of members of the Degr««e of Pocahon- ever. has not all been connected up. raised the question as to the legality scribed by metes and bounds to give thts county to the strangers within tas are planning to leave a large red owing to the heavy work in getting of the a«IJourn«-d meeting, but I do the Indian just the land he wanted, the gates, and the Development com- mark on the social calendar of 1909. over the Moody dam. The entire field not believe there are grounds for without regard to legal subdivisions. pany has always been in the lead do- Their anniversary and hallowe en is covered with construction crews to their point I have not looked the The general land office bad refused ijg its best to let the outside world r°ming on nearly the same date has and beyond Madras, with the excep- matter up, but will do so. If the to issue the patents for the descrip know what could be done with Klam- K*ven them an excuse to paint things tion of one point of conflict with tho same rules that govern other bodies the aforesaid color, and they are go tions as given, and I was directed to atL county land. Oregon Trunk line. will govern the meeting of yesterday ing to do it. People who own chick- correct these allotments, These ir then It I h my belief that there can be FLEEING NEGROES CROSS ‘ ens are warned to keep the lock on regular deceptions were on Modoc tariff exports ar«- to receive no doubt as to the legality of the The INTO CALIFORNIA the henhouse door, for a chicken sup- Point, along Williamson river and inoetlnK of November Nth." 17.500 a year oach, with clerks, al- per is one of the things planned, and ---------- toward old Fort Klamath, wher¿ al!« 1 Deputy Sheriff John Schallock re lowances. and the etceteras which go the Indians are noted foragers. the land was sc'h’ly allotted, and i turned Friday night from his hunt for And they aren't "When Dr. Cook sighted land.” where the allotments were quite gen- | That the affair will be a tremen with soft snaps. [the negroes who assaulted and robbed very expert, either, to tell the truth. says a contemporary, "his heart dous success goes without saying, for erally improved. (Clesc Vlandeburg Thursday night. He bulgtsl with emotions." And when this hustling tribe of Red Men have As you can see. to arrange these has been down as far as Dorris, and Everyone seems to know all about Peary sighted the headlines, his vo had nothing but success since it was allotments so as to give each Indian says that he thinks the coons must organized, one year ago the 28th of •’Artist” Earle's affinities, but hut cabulary bulg«>d with invective. the same amount of land an-1 as near- have crossed into California, as there this month. Tickets, including sup anyone ever heard anything about his ly as posible the same land, and yet ' We have all the different kinds of Is no one round Dorris who has per, will cost |1. October 28th la achievement as an artist "* make the allotment a legaj subdivi- heard of them. The only trace is at vegetables now; white and blue cati- the date. sion, »as not an easy task. Erickson & Peterson's Camp No. 2, Suggestions that "Uncle Joo” Can bage, sweet potatoes, carrots and In each case the consent of the In where two negroes came down to get non be sent to the north pole with squash. Fine crisp celery, too The J. T. McCullom of Fresno is in dian must be obtained to any change a drink at about 9 o'clock. Deputy town. He has purchased the Hill prop- inflnite leave of absence are out of .Monarch Mercantile company. and he must sign a relinquishment to Schallock was Just twenty minutes be- ' erty and win make hl8 rea|dence order. From latest reports we gather any portion, however small, taken hind, but was unable to find any here permanently. He expects his that the north pole Is anything but a So far, all tho circumstances have from the allotment as first made. The further trace of them, and believes family here Monday. confirmed and corroborated Cook stand-patter. case was much complicated by the ¡they must have turned back Into the fact that several of the allottees were ¡hills and crossed the line. The sher- • dead, so that relinquishtnents had to iffs of Modoc and Siskiyou counties be obtained from the heirs, with affi I and their deputies are watching for davits that they were the legal heirs. ; them across the line. I have corrected 110 of these old al- lotments. H. F. WHITE EXPLAINS BRIDGEMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED Then at the outset I was instructed to grant exchanges to any allottee whenever it should appear to the "material advantage" to change his allotment, and I have granted some 95 changes, In each case the lieu land must be surveyed, a relinquish- ment obtained and a letter written explaining the reasons and showing how it was to the material advantage While working on the Southern Pacific bridge last Friday, William • I Connor was struck on the head by a heavy sledge hammer. Connor was I standing below the heavy iron girders I with his head up between two of to grant the exchange. I have made 391 allotments, and it must be remembered that these al lotments were not together, but were scattered far and wide over a large reservation, so that to make these al- them. One of the hammer men who was pounding the rivets, missed one stroke, the heavy hammer slipped and struck Connor on the top of the head. He was seriously injured, and immediately taken to Dr. Hamilton's William Connor Struck on the Head by Sledge Hammer. lotmeDts was slow work, and required .office, where be was attended, a great deal of traveling. Dr. Hamilton has bound his head Another matter which Accounts for and intends sending him to Sacra- the delay somewhat is that applicants mento to the hospital, fearing serious for allotment must be placed on the complications, agency roll. The superintendent has entire charge of that. Many of these applicants did not get their cases de cided until recently. The cases of nine which were decided favorably did not reach me until September "A New York trolley car Jumped the track and ran into a saloon,” says the Baltimore News. That Fulton- Hudson jam got on it» nerves, prob- ably. 18th. None of the MoGocs who are per- Step in and get your $15 suits mitted by the act of May 2, 1909, to marked up by the Payne tariff to |25. ' U ELI» hi range , considering Former l*r<'»i<l<'U( <>i Trunt • <'<IIII|«MI>> Gel» I in' > < <«r» lu slutv l’rlMoti A dlHpatch from Hiil«*m glVl-H ttl<- following tilt of news, which may b- termed stai tllng The Judgment mid wntenca of th« lower court In the Rosa case was modified In mi opinion handed down by the Supreme Court this morning by reversing thut part of the sentence directing that IC ohh "be Imprisoned III the county Jail of Multnomah county, Oregon, until such flue la paid, not «-(ceeillng 288.4'26 days III all other respects the judgment I h affirmed. Ilio opinion being wrl ton by Justice Eakin The court wa> unanimous. "The effect of th«- modification is to reduce Roan* Jail sentence. II- will be compelled, however, to serve out n sentence of five years In th«« penitentiary According to the statuì- under whlrh he was convicted Ito»« must pay a fine twice tho amount h«« was found guilty of converting A- the sum was 1288.433. he woul<! have bud to serve that many days In Jail If h«< were unable to pay th«- fine, as tho law provides that persons tine«! must serve one day In Jail for each |2 of th«- flu«- whor th«- One can not bo paid Now that John L. Sullivan has gon» in for chicken raising, he will hav«« to be more careful than ever to alt steady un the water wagon DR. A. A. D e PUY EVE. EAR, NOSE. THROAT With Dr. F M. Whl s. over First National Bank R M RICHARDSON United States Commissioner TIMBER AND HOMESTEAD PROOF TAKEN Office, Third and Main, optwMite City Library. Telephone 301. BENSON A. STONE ATTORNEYS AT LAW ./mrrfrnn fíank and Tru»t Uldg. KLAMATH FALLS - OREGON C. C. BROWER ATTORNEY ANO COUNSELOR AT LAW KLAMATH FA LU, OREGON ROOMS TAB, MURDOCK BLDG WILL A. LEONARD DENTIST Wlthrow-Melhase llulldlng DR. C. P. MASON DENTIST Office in American Rank A Trust Com pany’s Building PHONE 814 KLAMATH FALLS OREGON