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About Klamath republican. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1896-1914 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1909)
TO TIIK PIONEERS OF KLAMATH fourth mil« long; the Keen cr< > k not muny a storm-bound und w«ury truv- nisix quite so long, but steeper; iih th« «l<i und ur« cherish«-«) uh among th« DAIRY DIA I.MII'MLX IS far enough down to insure the I growth of n«xt year's crop for the dry iiiiui’ti'i’s used Io say, It “hung over pleasant recollections of G iohc days. Miss Mary Hmyth expects soon to ■ lam! farmer. There Is a foot of water O A H Greeting: TIi« <*dltor mid publish a little”; th« Green Spring summit attend Hi«’ Dairy school b« fore long. I In th'o lake in the south part of the and Htrycbnlno bill. Just bolow Ty-" <r of Dm KImuiitli *'H«publh nil" mid Not much “development** going A BOI QI I T I OR MOI H1.lt 1 valley, which was dry all summer. “Kvonlng lleiiild" coDHcnted Io ulvo hi'» At these places It was necessary on these rainy days, hence few bar- two i ' o I iiiiiiih of ills paper» eiich week ! to unload .'ill wugoiis mid puck on If the county commissioners coul<! W« applaud the soldier, but we do penlngs of public Interest. to llio iiii'inliiti'H of tin. Klamath I'lo j milmnls or curry on th« bucks of In I hear the cuHMlngs they ar«’ getting for George Hmyth got the roof on hit nvor Hoch ty In whleli they ur« Invited | dividuals the entire loud, iih it took not glvo to th« mother th« honor uml not improving th«« roads out this way to dv'it'i lb<> their I n d I v Idiot I < x|i«r four good ito.'ses to pull th« empty respect that she is entitled to. “Un n«’W houHo just before the big rain 1 life woiil'l be a b«ird«n Io them. In IciitfH, Incident» mid mi«<’dot«H r«lni ( wagons up II ichc place». When pt*« k less the Hi rung. Intelligent woman began. Wasn’t he lucky? the spring it was announce«! that line to «nrly days mid fuel» concern unlnuilH u re used, as wa» frequent bears a sufficient number of children, E. W Nortrldg«* nnd wife arrived Ing th<- curly »«It lenient of III« I'oun ly tli« ca >«, no trouble was expet I-! i they were going to exp«md $25,000 »o thut the race may Increase, and today from Mayville, Or«, for a try that ur« not g<*tierully known. j cuccd. on the roads during the summer, but Rev. Nort- It I n trim that it brief hlntory of I When tin* weuthi-r wuh good the not dccreiiHc, unless »he bring» up honeymoon visit with they didn’t; or, If they did. It Is a «m ly H«ttlcni«nt mid ptogr«*»» of thin tank of hauling supplli"«, though ted these children wound In body, soul rldg<* and family. mystery where they put the work. country I h given In u bug« volmn« < n ious mid slow, was not dangerous, uml mind, unless this is true, no bril Henry Htoebsler expects to put In ! Certain It Is that very little in these tith'd * History of Central Oregon”1 but sometimes the curly ruins or liancy of genius, no material prosper a telephone at his bachelor home parts was done, where it was most mul ho fur iih It go«*» Hint litutory 1« Htiows would come and catch th« set quite iic< unit«; but ns It neceuHurlly tler «nt the wrong side of the moun ity, no triumphs of H« lem <- uml Indus near Dairy, as he has bought a share needed. concerns Itself largely with publl« tain, when trouble of u serious und try will avull to save the race from in the valley line.some time since. “Sandlapper,** th«- correspondent record« mid date«, It lacks th« Inter often dmigeroiiH character loisucd, n < ruin und death.** Ho that society Invitations are out to a Thanks of the Express, Is of such an anilable est that athichi'u to a nurnition of many can testify to their sorrow. Hhoulil look upon the woman about giving dinner at the home of Mr. disposition as to be very easily con fncts and Incidents by th« actor» The nrst attempt to better ttie road to become a moth« r with admiration uml Mr» Fred Beck, 'it is also the soled. At least I conclude so by his th«iiiHilvcH The personal mid hu wn< made In the full of 1868, wh«n und envy rat tier than with scorn and birthday anniversary of their daugh man element Is lacking While tli ■ observations respecting the defeat of th» wrlti-r circulated u petition crude outlines of the true history at ■ among the »«tiler» till» side of tho pity. The woman who deserts her ter, Rora. | the proposition to increase the par there, there are many blank page« mountain liking the County Court home ami neglects her children for W I’. Sedge, acting post master at value of the. shares of th«.* Water that can only be hlled by those who the hollow pleasures of the s«>clal Dairy, has received notice »1 his ap- of th«’ county (JackHou) to have ! Users' association at the «ecent meet were tbv r«ul uctors In th« making viewed and Hiirveyed a wagon road world I h unworthy the num« of moth pointment as postmaster at this ing. He writes as if a majority had of history, from a point on th«* slug« road near TI i I h I s what Is wanted of you You th« Songer place by Soda Springs! er. 1 like the diagnosis the old fam plac«. '| jle lend, in blank sent t-> voted against th«.* proposition, and may say that you cannot write u aero»» th« mountains to Brown's ily doctor mud«- of a soc|«*ty woman's him was mlsdir« ct< d. ami bad to be says “the majority’should rule.” The newspaper article; but you can write ranch on the Klamath, thence up th«* sick baby. She had been away from sen I ack for correction i fact was that of the shar«ts voted a letter to a relative or friend and Klamath valley to mid across Link, horn« all day. neglecting her baby, Eddie Flackus, son of Wm. A. I only about one In seven voted against tell what you wish very plainly and river, thence down Lost river und und slu< sent for the old doctor to Flack us, who graduated in «.he the proposition. If It Is a consola IntercHtlngly. And such Is the «•» ¡«round *1'111« luke to the stat« line come and see what was the matter eighth grade la«*, year, is reviewing hciicc of what we want u straight CoiiHlderubl« opposition to th« meal-1 tion to be In as small a majority as It was crying feebly and his studies under the tutelage of Mr. forward narrative of oxperlcnct«a, of lire wus found on the west »id« of til« with it. that, let him not be discouraged. It facts ami Incidents as you knew, mountain, partly caused by a local looked pal«' and sick. The old doctor Jam«-» G. Wight at the Hildebrand really was th«' non-residents who did tlu’in, strulght from the heart, or* feud among the settlers on Emigrant! took It up In his arms. It Immediate school. 1 not vote who defeated the adoption shoulder. If you cannot write them < re«k mid partly by Ashland citizens ly began to root around In his bosom Th« Hmyth sisters. Misses Annie I of the proposition, as a majority of >ourHi-Iv.-H, tell them to a »on. a who were contemplating th« asking with open mouth, ami the old doctor and Mary, are arranging to give a all the stock of the association was daughter, or a friend who will write of c«>ngrcsa to authorize a military them down for you. and send them road to the Klamuth Basin by way of Hoh-mnly hand'll it back to Its moth dancing party in their new house on necessary to adopt It. on They will be very welcome, mid Bead Indian und Buck lake, with a er and said: "I am sorry to tell you, Thanksgiving evening, to which all Some time since a prominent citi If lacking in proper form, can be put . land grunt of six or t«n sections per 1 madam«, I cun do nothing for the their friends are invited. No doubt zen and member of the legal frater In form. mild? However, the urgent needs of child; It is hungry.” It will be a Joyous occasion. nity of Iowa wrote here for informa We want them, fur It 1» of such In the people out here laitHcd tin- court ■ F. M. Bennett, who belongs to Blessed is the home where the dlvldtinl knowledge nnd experience to consent to the survey, upon th«! tion regarding the good and bad fea that true history Is made up. Tell uh condition that a bond of 11,000 be good mother and wife is found. She Wm. A. Flackus* bridge gang, at tures of Klamath county, with a how you came to the country; how first furnished to secure the cost in j Is the richest Jewel ever won by man. work putting in a new bridge near view of coming here in the spring you lived; what your Intention» were event of survey being rejected. The ( Without her nations would fall and Merrill, was called horn«’ Saturday- to make a home on a farm. The gen uh to tanking it your home; wha bond, with F. B. Sprague and tho clvillzailotiH crumble; without her last because of the illness of Mrs. tleman who answered the letter re were your surroundings, your pas writer, was given, nnd In the spring Bennett, who is suffering from pleu cently got one in reply. In which the times. your experiences; who, mid of 1669 W. F. Songer, O. T. Brown charity would lose its sweet nes t, how far uwny were your neighbors, and Samuel Culver were appointed mercy Its temb-rm-ss, and the Chrlc- risy. writer expressed himself gratified at Jack Hueck contemplates building the vast deal of information given your schools; liow you got your sup us viewers, ami 1 think J S Howard tiau religion Itself would perish. plies mid all the incidents and ex as surveyor, and the road was sur- With duty well performed, she re- a residence in Bonanza and removing him, and because of its apparent fair periences of your pioneer life. If you veyed nnd accepted. tlects the wealth, the power and (he to that place for the better education ness and reasonableness, and said he came here before the Modoc war, wo As tile new road, as surveyed, glory «>f the state and nution. She, of his boys. He expects to rent his got a far better idea of what the sunt your opinion of the conduct of mad« some very material changes in with her little ones prattling at her farm. Mr. Rueck has been an im that war nnd of the causes leading country really was like than he had the old emigrant roa«l to overcome up to it. knee. Is the culmination of n-an"" portant factor In the progress of been able to gather from the pictures the steep grades, it was necessary to If these Individual experiences a’re Yonna valley, and he will be very and pamphlets sent him by the real »«cur« funds In some wuy to open It highest ld«-als of |»an'. love an l per given as they can be given, there will sadly missed by the community. up, as there was then no county r«>ad fect happiness -- Medical dentine!. estate agents at the Falls--!-.« whom b« a mass of Interesting material out fund for such work. A subscription Citiz< ns In the* neighborhood of the he had written. This ought to be a of which an Interesting and truthful was Htarted and $600 pledged for the THE MEANEST MAX Hildebrand school house are agitat pointer for the Klamath Falls b«H>m- history of this country can later bo work. The settlers in the Klamath compiled; and while to you those ing th« matter of building a hall for ers. A little candor and frankness lta»ln In Oregon then numbered not Bill Nye had truth well told when thing» may have seemed trivial and mor« than a dozen families, with a he said: "A man may use a wart on dancing and public meeting pur- ! goes a long ways, sometimes. commonplace when they occurred, uoses. A meeting was called for Sat _______________ large number of bachelors. Th« poll they will n«it be so regarded by com the back of his neck fur a collar-but books «if the election In 1870 showed urday last of those who are inter Washington. —Secretary Ballinger ing generations whose Ilves will have but thirty-two voters. Yet of the $600 ton; ride on the back coach of a rail ested in the project. How much was boon cast in more pleasant places and has withdrawn from all form of en »uliHcrlbcil over $100 was by resi road train to save interest on his less strenuous limes. subscribed to the fund I haven't try 3,263 acres of land along the up dents of this county. O. T. Brown and money till the conductor gels We take to ourselves much credit tieorg« Me«»« each subscribing lion heard. per Deschutes river in Oregon. The around; stop his watch at night to for the upbuilding of this country: and others from $5 to $50. On th« Emil Flackus has returned from withdrawals, it is announced, were we arc equally as entitled to the cred other side of th«* mountain but one save wear and tear; leave his "I” or ills tour of discovery, but I have no made «iontingent upon proposed leg it of building our neighboring city of person below Ashland contributed "I” without a dot or cross to save Ashland, for that town owes its <l>. E. Stearns on Wagon creek). Ink; but a man of this sort is a gen report as to the character of his dis- islation to conserve water power sites growth and prosperity very largely to Sam Colver took charge of the work, coverh's. Pending Ills departure he on public lands. tleman ami a scholar compared to the the pioneers of tills side of the moun and for the amount of money ex The land withdrawn is the water fellow who will tako a newspaper sold his home place at the Four-Mile tain When the first settlers came pended did the largest and best work Spring to his brother. Theodore. If way in connection with which charge two or three years an«! when asked to over this able of the mountain Ash «ver accomplished at one time on ' 1 were to guess, it would be that he has been made that in granting rights land was a very small village of less that road. pay for it puts it Into the office and is sorry he didn’t And a new place of way to the Hill and Harriman rail than a hundred people. There was lu 1872 a bill granting $15,000 has It mark«'«! “Refused.” but one small store that of K. II that suited him better first. roads through the Deschutes canyon towards surveying and constructing ilargadlne a grist mill. Hawmill, Th«> rain which has been TaTTTng Ballinger had rendered construction Mr. and Mrs. L. L. L«»ckhart wer«' the Southern Oregon wagon road was mnrldc mill, hotel (Emery’si, nnd a passed by the Oregon legislature. The out hunting In the foothills east of by spells— long spells—for the past of a power plant in the canyon Impos blacksmith and wagon shop. It was funds, however, were to com«’ from tho city Sunday nnd brought back week has soaked the earth to a depth sible. the trail« from tills aide of the moun the sale of swamp and overflowed with them as the result of their sport of fifteen Inches and possibly further, tain that mad« Anhlmid the best town lands, and ns they depended up«,n a In Kofcuc River valley. Let those a number of ducks and several cot but beyon«l that point I haven't in Jack Berry came in on the stage very unpopular and quehtlonabl«> dispute that fact who may. vestigated. In any event, it is danrp tontail rabbits. from Bonanza Monday night. source. It wuh difficult to get money Those who have traveled across on the warrants. The governor ap the mountain between Ashland and pointed ns a commissioner to con tlic Kin mill li Basin at any time dur struct, or supervise the construction ing tin» past twenty years are wont of the work. Silas J. Day of Jackson to declare that It was no wonder tbit ville, George Morse of Llnkvllle and country did not scltm up the roads Judge Mason of Goose lake. George I were so atrocious that no one would Morse at that time was the owner of' willingly go over them the second a toll bridge across Link river, built ] time; and yet, compared with what In 1868 at a cost of $1,500; tills he they once were, they arc now equal «old to the commission for $2,500. to a turnpike. kludge Mason did the survey work Tlic old road, as formerly traveled, was the old emigrant road first trav eled by the Applegate party In 1845 when they came out from the Wil lamette valley, through the Umpqua and Hogue River valleys nnd through thlH and the Goose lake countries to meet a train of friends and neighbor« destined to the white settlements In Hie northern part of the state. It was thought by them to be a shorter nnd safer routo than the northern trail by way of Ft. Hall and down Snake j river. As the objective point of these ent- 1 Igrnnts was westward, and they never anticipated any nttempt to return over the road, their only concern in crossing a mountain range was to find a practicable way up; the going down was easy. Their usual mode of descent wns to remove all their teams except tho wheel oxen (generally a I air well broken to steer and hold hack), chain or tie fast the hind wheels, and fasten n good sited tree by rot»* or chain to serve uh drag, mid down they went. Now between Ashland, or rather between the Soda Springs, and the Kinninth there were three or four such wagon alldes. One of them, at Jonny creek, over one- , 1 ! | I and kept a team of mules and wagon at an expense of six dollars per day for the team, while other exorbitant txp« uses ran the preliminary survey and other costs up to such a sum that It Is generally believed there was not to exceed $10,000 In money actually expended In work. Several changes have since been made by this county and much money spent out of pri vate ns well as public funds, so that th«' road Is much Improved over for mer conditions. No one here regrets that they are no longer obliged to pull their teams over that mountain to obtain their supplies. In those early days tho keepers of road houses wer«* Important citizens, and at times of the year their accom modations wer«' taxed to the utmost. No early pioneer but remembers the hearty cheer and hospltablo board of Mrs. O. T. Brown on the Klamath, of M th . Henry Duncan at Johnson Prairie, of Mrs. Jas.‘Purvis at Jenny creek, and of Mrs. Zenus Howard or Mrs. Will Breedings on Green Spring mountain. Others have com«' since, but theirs wero the pio neer houses of the road, and tin thoughts of their bountiful tables and excellent cooking heartened up There Is a story of an effort to bring out Roosevelt to be governor of New York. It is not likely that he will desire that office. But ho would make a splendid supe rvisor of the road district around the village of Oyster Bay - Oregonian. TOPAZ is th«- birth stone for THIH MONTH. O O :♦ O O O <> O < ‘ EVERY BABY : ORN OltX in the tlic county during th«* month of November and brought to our »tore by ItH pais-nt» will I m * presented with a SOLID GOLD RING. Tliis is a bona fide offer. Bring on tin* hables. -:- B o o o o o o <» <» ,, < « o WINTERS ♦ 3 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BICYCLE S For an up-to-date wheel, ge< a Rambler, on aale at the Gl N (STORE. For aale or reat. Tenta to rent. Guna. We carry a full line of sporting gooda. THE GUN STORE J. B. ( HAMIlMÄ Opposite tbe Amrrtcaa Boari. Pt»i«- avs BUY FARMLANDS NOW And get ground ready for big crop returns next year. Some g««od bargains ran be had in sagebrush land. SWAMP LAND in desirable locations will be higher in price soon. BUY NOW. FRANK IRA WHITE l'apt. O. C. Ap|d«*gate, Office Manjxger Fifth St., Near Main.