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KLAMATH REPUBLICAN.;
KLAMATH FALLS, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 25, 1909
VOL. XIV.
DIRECI I INF
TO CRAI ER
N l EEL
MAKE n AURINI,
Utili HOI TH ER N I’M
ISIABIISII
IIIROUGII RAILS
on
Siri lie Mill (onni-it Willi
(In- I p|M-r laikc anil Automo
bile« nt tlie Isimling.
Willliim Gladstone Hte.-I of Port
land, president of the Crater Lake
company, was In Him Francisco inai
week In consultation * Hi Charles H
Fee, general passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific, for the purpose of
making u traffic arrangement where
by boats can be run i-n Uppei Klam
ath lake to connect with an nutomo-
bile line at Klaniuth Fall* to Crater
lake. Both Steel und Feo stated
that an agreement would bo reached
"We are going to have a ul.'isi
boat and auto line to Crater lake "
declared Hl vol. "A special rate will
b<> made by the Southern Pacific,
This will enable u* to tranarorl |x-<>-
pie to the luke untll such time ns
the Houthern Pacifir build*! to Natron
from Klamath.
When that ’Inc Is
completed wo have the a -iirimco of
tho government that It v III build a
road from Natron to tho lake for
automobile*. We are also preparing
to «hip largo quantities < f c-Murnt
from here, as there I* <A> vllvlit sand
al Crater lake and we will build a
number of cement house i and cot-
< II IN.
Be nd Country Boomiiig—Hill I» Now
Pure liiixiiig Itighl of W ay
.Near Ih-nd
Charlv« Grave« Is in th« city from
bls rain h at Odell lak«1. He 1« hav
ing u store built on'hi* ranch, and 1«
getting ready for the town Hint will
spring up there when the railroad Is
coinplotcd that fur.
Two crews of surveyors are wont
ing In that country, Mr. Grave* say»,
one for the Hill, or Oregon Trunk.
Iln« ami the other crew arc running
a survey for th«- l-ovett, or D<-»<hut<-«,
line.
The lllll survey runs right
• through Mr. Grave«' burn und black
smith «hop. and the other line I* ulso
¡surveyed ucron« hl* ranch. 'The two
MAYOR CALLS OFFICERS
MEETING
ELECTED
XV. I . BARN! S, Till: BOX KING OF
TIIE COAST, (OMEN HERE
Another May Be Erected at .Meadow
' l<ake to I W the llx-iijxr Grati«-
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LEAKING PAPER OF
HOI I II MIN OREGON.
NO. 34
30 MILLION
BOND ISSUE
of Lumber.
MEIIMlW
PAN If
LAKE
IS
LIMBER ( O.M
ORGANIZED
SPICIAI 11 ICI ION OH ICIAIS ORDIR MAL HIM RY Al ONCE
Election Will Be Held D<-< ember 3l*t Payroll of Tlii* ('omfiuny and That of
to Decidi- I I hoi ii (»realer
Mr. Barm-* Will Amount to
Klunuilli Fall*.
A Ixiut $7,h4M> u .Monili.
The mayor called a Npeclai meet-
Ing of the city council Tuesday night
und tlie committee appointed to fix
the polling plans and uppolnl the
Judges und dork* for the coming
el<-< I Ion to be hehl for the purpose of
voting on the qu<-«tlon as to whether
the outlying uddltion« be incorpor
ated with the city or not, gave in
A meeting of the stockholders of
4 he Meadow Lake- Lumber company
was held Tuesday, at which the fol-
: lowing officers were elected: Presi
dent, Frank McCornlck; vice-presi
dent. L. Jacobs; secretary, G. T. Gef-
ty; treasurer, F. T. Higgins.
Mr. Biggin« left yesterday morning
for Portland, where he will purchase
their report.
the machinery for the new mill,
December 31*1 was fixed as the which will be located in the nelgh-
date for the election. Mayor San borhood ut Meadow lake, The equip-
derson and Councilman Wilkins had merit is to be of the most modern
previously made a tour of the addi type, and when completed the mill
tions mid fixed the necessary polling : will be one of the most complete and
places. These were approved by the , up-to-date in this section of the state.
city counc|l.
The Meadow Lake company is the
For the city the officers for the concern that W. F. Barnes has con-
election are as follows:
trailed with for the material for his
First ward: Judges, O. A. Stearns, planing mil) and box factory. . The
II. M. Wilkins, R. S. Moore; clerks, contract is a large one. and insures
F. Armstrong, F. E. Stahlman.
the success of the enterprise from the
Second ward: Judges, J. M. Foun start, especially so as Mr. Barnes is
tain. J. L. Fielder, E. S. Virgil; | one of the substantial box men of the
I clerk«, H. P. Galarneau. Wm. Wag- j coast. The erection of this mill and
Nearly one year ago this paper pre
dicts d that Klamath Falls would be
the center of the box making indus
try of the Pacific Coast, and it would
sec-m that that prediction is in a fair
way to become true, The latest ar
rival In the field ts W. F. Barnes, who
has Just closed a contract with the
Meadow I»*ke Lumber company,
through it* agent, C. P. Gregory,
whereby he agrees to take not l«?ss
than 3,000,000 feet of lumber a
year. The contract carries with it
the usual provisions Incident • to such
transaction«, and in thi« respect is
in no wise different from any other
business transaction of a similar
character.
Wherein lie* the im portance of
BALLINGER AND BORAH PRE
PARING KILL FOR THIS SI M
PROVIDES FOR RECLAMATION
With Borafi Dulling the light, anil
Bac k* «! by Ballinger and Taft,
Bill Will Mutely Pass.
Senator Borah' has submitted to
Secretary Ballinger the outline of a
bill he has prepared authorizing the
Issuance of bonds to facilitate the
construction of government irnga-
tlon projects.
Borah and Ballinger are agreed
that such legislation should author-
Ize bonds aggregating $30,000,ttOO
this transaction is the announcement to be issued by the treasury depart-
that it is Mr. Barnes’ Intention to .. ^.t as needed. These bonds to ba
erect In this city a factory for the paid cut of the reclamation f.in.1. and
purpose of utilizing the output of are not to be a charge upon the fed
the Meadow lake mill. The entrance eral treasury.
of Mr. Barnes into this field carries
As soon as General Lawler of tho
' with it more importance than would Interior
Department returns to
usually follow any other individual Washington he. Ballinger and Borah
connected with the box-making busi- will work out the details of this bill
ness on the coast, He is one of the which will then be presented to con-
ns
their
head-
working with Bend
largest. If not the largest, factors in gress. Both Senator Borah and Sec-
quarters and will probably return to
his line of business in tl\e West. To retary Ballinger are hopeful that
Portland that way.
his genius is due many of the many- i congress will authorize the bond is-
Th«i country round Bend Is bootn-
important inventions that have done | sue.
1 Ing. and farmer« arc pouring in there
so much in late years to raise the
The measure will have the active
i by the hundreds and nettling out on
making of boxes to a plane where support of President Taft, who
the high desert. The Hill company
■ha» already start«-«! purchasing their tier.
the factory to be erected by Mr. cost of manufacture was reduced to a ¡earned on his trip west that it is
right of way south of B«-<id along
I
Third ward: Judge«. B. S. Grigs Barnes will employ sufficient help to minimum and the profits correspond nothing but plain business that all
th«- Dem-hut«-«.
Crews ar«-
busy by, Chas. Woodard. C. P. Gregory; (
■ ¡. 1-. r6n in the n.-iuL boll.,.. .«1 ingly increased. Not so many years of the reclamation works be rushed
grading and working in the Des clerks, Clyde Brandenburg, W. 8. .of $300 a day, which will prove to be ago he started in the business in to completir i. n- the ^»rlleet dale
tag«-«.’’
chute* canyon as fur south ns Mad- Shlve.
a very important item in the success Klaniathon. where bis capital was of possible. With his support. supple
The plan for lrnn*f«-rrhig the i
rns. A* the work 1» almost entirely
The following polling places were ' of the business men of the city and the shoe-string variety. He soon mented by that of Ballinger and
at earner Klamath will proltubiy be
closed out there with a handsome Borah, the prospects for the passage
rock
work,
but
a
few
men
can
be
fixed
In the city:
: the upbuilding of Klamath Falls.
tarried out In the early spring, nego
profit and again entered the field,' of the bill are very bright.
worked
nt
ono
camp,
nnd
*o
camp«
—
First ward: Navigation buildiug,
tiation« to this end having already
I
selling
out the second
time with
have
lx-«
n
established
all
along
tho
UAll.l
’
oAD
WORK
IN
DESCHUTES
near the bridge.
been under con-«deration between
I greatly increased profits, The third
river
but
a
few
mil«-«
apart.
At
the
Second ward: City hall.
the Navigation company and M. R
COLNTY TO PAY EXPENSES
( on*truction, (»railing and Bridge- time he entered the field he became ;
Third ward. Noel building.
Doty of this city, who will probably rate they are now working It seems
Building Being l*u*lied by
such an active competitor of the trust
highly probable that the road will
The people of Klamath county,
The following Judges and clerks
do the work Mr. Doty 1« experienced
Rival
Camp«.
that it purchased his property and through the County Court, have con
be
completed
to
Klamath
Falla
within
i
were
appointed
from
the
various
ad
in this class of work, and If he se
holdings, paying therefor $100.000. tributed $150 to help pay the ex
ditions:
cures the contract, will transfer the two years.
The railroad work in Central Ore-
Both lines are busy, Mr. Graves
For Hot Springs: Judges. C. F. gon seems to be going ahead at the He again enters the field, with the penses which will be incurred by C.
boat intact.
«tales,
and
Intend
working
all
win
Stone, Burt Chliders, XV. F. Faught; greatest possible speed, according to I intention of making his factory here T. Oliver on his trip to Omaha and
With the Klamath on the Upper
ter.
a*
it
seem*
to
bo
their
Intention
clerks. A. B. Cleveland, W. S. Wiley. all reports. A big construction camp, ’greater than»any of its predecessors, the East with the car of exhibits sent
lake and tho Houthern Pacific actlve-
to
complete
the
railway*
at
the
earli-
Fairview: Judges, U. B. Finley. reputed to be Lovett's, which is em and those who know him predict to show the effete Easterners what
ly pushing the publicity end of the
oat
possible
date.
Allen Stansbie, J. E. Godfrey; clerks. ploying all the men and teams avail that it will be known far and wide can be done on Klamath soil and
affair, It will mean that there will
for its size.
what is being done right along.
E. E. Byers and Ed Hayden.
be plenty of bu«lness for all of the
able in that part of the country, has
The factory is to be located near j
NEW TOWN IN ( ROOK COI NIA
Judge Griffith, in making this con
Buena
Vista:
Judges.
F.
R.
Matt,
craft on tho Upper lake water«,
been established within two miles of
A. J. Sangerman, Henry Crumpack Madras recently, and the work of the depot and to start with will be tribution toward the expenses of the
I 50x100 feet. This will be added to trip, said: JCThis money is paid out
Twenty-seven acres of land In the er; clerks, Frank Riggs and Alex
SI lit II toils OX MOV E
grading has already been begun
■ from time to time until it reaches of the advertising fund, and this ex-
center of tho townsit« of Hillman, Nosier.
there.
¡the proportion that Mr. Barnes has hibit has seemed to be a most desir
Cro<
k
county,
was
transferred
yes
Polling places in the various addi
MADRAS. Ore., Nov. 20. The
According to the Madras Pioneer,
| in mind, and as he is a man of big able plan of advertising the county.
terday by the (’rook County invest tions were at the bathhouse. corner
party of railroad engineers under
work has also been commenced on
ideas, it may be expected that the The whole county will receive a bene
ment company to the Oregon Trunk Esplanade' and 8prlng street; Fair-1
Fremont Crane which has been at
the iarg- bridge to be placed across
factory will be in accordance there fit from it, and hence all should
line.
The consideration mentlfined view grocery Btore, corner I'pham
this place surveying permanent loca
Willow creek by the Lovett line,
with.
other valu- and Sargent streets,
share the expense incidental to it."
and
Henry ■ crews at present blasting for bed
tion and setting grade stakes for the in the deed was "$1 and
Mr. Barnes’ coming to this city is
able considerations.’
Front
house,
corner
Crumpacker’s
rock upon which to build abutments
Oregon Trunk line down Willow
the result of nearly three years of la
Hillman is a townsite on the sur mid California avenue, lot 1 block 43
EXCURSION TO THE ORIENT
rrw-k canyon, have completed their
for the bridge. The entire length of
bor on the part of Mr. Gregory, and
vey of the Oregon Trunk iine and lo- Buenn X’ista ndditlon.
work in this vicinity and this morn
the bridge, including approaches, |
The Seattle Commercial Club is
he is to be congratulated on the suc-
rated between Madras and Bend, be
A discussion of the proposed ordi will be over 1.100 feet, with a span
ing moved to tho Deschutes canyon
cess with which he has met. In dis- organizizng an excursion to the
ing about the center of tho Des I nance for the protection of the busi
near Wnrmspring ferry, to continue
of 130 feet. The same line has sev- j
cussing it Monday, Mr. Gregory Orient for business men, their fami
chutes Irrigation and Power com ness men of the city against street
their work In that vicinity.
eral miles of roadbed and a few
lies and connections, to leave Seattle
said:
pany'» segregation. It was called vendors, etc., was had. It was
Porter Bros.’ force of carpenters
milts of gra<1e completed south of,
by the S. S. Minnesota on December
more
than
delighted
with
"I
am
Hillman because tho founders wisheij deemed advisable to have Judge
nre still erecting construction camps
M.-.d.-as
■as. If the rest of the road is as
securing the interest and capital of 22d and return about March 5th,
to combine the names of Hill nnd Drake, the city attorney, look up
the far advanced as is this portion, it
i
for the crews soon to be at work
Mr. Barnes, for I realize that it 1910. The Minnesota will touch at
Harriman, the two systems that arc question and draft some sort of or-
near Madras. Commissary supplies
will be but a few months before the
means more than most of us imag Kobe, Yokohama, Nagasaki. Manila
building Into central Oregon.
dinance regulating such vendors. line is completed as far as Madras.
are arriving dally nnd Indlcatlons
First-class round
ine. This factory will be followed and Hongkong.
"Ono of the conditions of the
This ordinance will bo directed
point to a tremendous amount of
The entire right of way has been
by others, and it will not be long be trip will be $250.00. Space for ex
transfer of this property was that ngainst persons who may come into
rnllroad business at this place within
purchased by the Oregon Trunk line,
fore Klamath Falls will be known hibit on board will be provided.
the Oregon Trunk line build a freight the city and, leasing a building, sell
the next few weeks.
all payments being spot cash. Plans
along
the coast as the center of this Stops will be made of from one to
and passenger station pn It and such out bankrupt stock in competition
are also being made for the construc
industry. There are plans now un three days at all ports, and seventeen
Monday morning, tho 15th, tho switches and sidetracks as would bo with the city merchants.
tion of the steel drawbridge which
der consideration in connection with days at Manila. Applications for full
thermometer at thlH plnco registered necessary," said F. II. Cooper, presi
will be built across the Columbia
the Meadow lake mill to erect a fac- particulars and reservations should
4 below zero. In looking over tho dent of the Investment company.
seaport by cutting a canal to Puget
tory near the mill site. This factory be made to J. M. Shawhan. chairman
%
metrological registers at this place "The property consists of 27.% acres
The car which C. T. Oliver and his Sound.
will be for the purpose of using the of the Publicity Committee, 700 Ell
In
section
16,
township
1,
range
13
for the years 1896, 1897, 1898. 1899
A. G. Duhn.e of Minneapolis, who
competent assistants had arranged so
grades of lumber and con er's Music building, Seattle, Wash.
cheaper
and 1901. 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 east of Willamette meridian. Hill
well left Wednesday for Omaha and has extensive timber holdings in this verting it into boxes and box ve-
nnd 1908 (tho other years being man Is to be on tho lines of both the
the East. The car will go down by country nnd over in Lake county, is . neer.”
W. F. Haskins of San Francisco is
missing), we find that this snap was Oregon Trunk and the Deschutes
way of Sacramento, and let the Call- in the city for a few days. When
in the city as the guest of W. S. Wor
the coldest ever had at tills place nt railroad, and we hope to make it one
that the timber
fornlans know that the people of this seen, he stated
The Horton, Brown, Howard Com den. Messrs. Worden and Haskins
this time of year, the nearest to It of the most Important of the central
section are cnpable of raising grain wasn’t moving much, as eastern pany are now killing 200 beeves are the owners of the Pacific Wash
being in 1898, when it went down to Oregon cities."—Portland Journal.
and vegetables that are really worth money wns too tight to Invest in tim monthly for the laborers on the Ore- board and Woodenware company of
In
zero on tho 8th of November,
ber here at tho prices asked at pres gon Trunk railroad. It is expected the Bay City, one of the largest man
Mrs. Davis is very dangerously 111 while.
the year 1896, on tho 26th and 27th
ent. The lumber industry will be that within another month to have ufacturing concerns of household
The
car
was
somewhat
smaller
nt her hyme back of tho public
of November the thermometer regis
school, and as the family Is almost than wns expected, and so some of one of the greatest of th- Industrie* to butcher nearly double this num utilities in the West.
tered 32 below. Last year tho cold-
Duhme bcr.- Silver Lake Leader.
Mr.
I
destitute, several nre providing for the exhibits were rather crowded, of Southern Oregon.
est weather experienced In this
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Northridge
their maintenance. There nre four yet there was plenty of room for a b<Sloves, vet at present with the al
month was 10 abovo on the 28th.
were
In the city from their home at
Dr.
R.
R.
Hamilton
left
Friday
little girls, the oldest about nine. All sufficient number of specimens of the most exorbitant prices asked for the
Silver Lake Lender.
They left for Dairy, where
Condon.
morning
for
Portland,
from
which
those wishing to aid them should products of this county to show the various claims, very little can be
they
will
visit Mr. Northridge’s fa
city he will’go to San Francisco. He
F. T. Maxwell of Dorris was In the send their contributions to Judge effete East and Middle West what Is done toward tho proper development
expects to be absent about two weeks. ther, the Rev. Northridge.
of the vast resources here.
being done here.
Miller.
city transacting business Tuesday.
crew« nr«- apparently working In har
mony, their lines crossing each other
buck und forth. The lllll men uro
now working near the Indian reser
vation, but the other crew Is «till
1 several mile* behind them.
The men who recently arrived In
town und left for Portland the next
morning were timber cruiser* und,
according to Mr. Grave«, have been
working up around pine mountain
for tho past month or so. No sur-
veyor* so far have left. They are