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Klamath Falls newspapers,
1899-1909
Ross Sutton, Moray Applegate
welcomed home from war, Aug. 17, 1899, Klamath
Republican.
U.S. government files suit
against Jesse D. Carr Land Co., seeking to stop Carr
from enclosing government land within fence, Klamath
Republican, March 22, 1900, supplement.
Congressman Tongue joins those
voicing support for designation of Crater Lake as a
national park, Klamath Republican, March 29, 1900,
supplement.
Soldiers' bodies exhumed "in
splendid state of preservation" from Fort Warner, to
be shipped to The Presidio," Klamath Republican,
June 14, 1900.
Progress during 1900 reviewed,
Klamath Republican, Jan. 24, 1901, supplement.
Construction of road from
Medford to Pelican Bay raises concern about
competition for trade of Wood River residents,
Klamath Republican, May 16, 1901.
Keno considered as site for
power generation for Klamath Falls area, Klamath
Republican, Aug. 1, 1901.
Thousands visit Crater Lake and
the huckleberry patch, Klamath Republican, Sept. 8,
1901.
C.S. and R.S. Moore acquire
10,503 acres in Klamath County from Oregon Savings
Bank, Klamath Republican, Oct. 10, 1901.
Trial begins for James W.
Brown, one of three men accused in May 31 lynching
of five men at Lookout, Klamath Republican, Dec. 5,
1901.
Judge Baldwin offers newspaper
a tour of "The Fairgrounds," Oct. 16, 1902.
Warner Valley residents seek
ruling from state land board regarding ownership of
their homes, Sept. 10, 1903, Klamath Republican.
Two Indian boys, Pitt River
Charlie and Fred Snider, burned to death in fire at
Bonanza jail, Dec. 3, 1903, Klamath Republican
One thousand sheep clubbed to
death near Silver Lake, Feb. 11, 1904, Klamath
Republican.
Joseph Arthur Bowdoin,
publisher of the Klamath County Star, county's first
newspaper, dies Feb. 14, 1904. Published the Star
from May 10, 1884 until 1889. Obituary appears in
the Feb. 18, 1904, Klamath Republican.
Klamath Falls city officers
elected: Trustees: L.F. Willits, Frank Ward, B. St.
Geo. Bishop, Alex Martin Jr., Geo. B. Hurn;
recorder, C.C. Brower; treasurer, J.W. Siemens.
March 17, 1904, Klamath Republican.
Steamer "Jesse" burns on Upper
Klamath Lake, near Eagle Point, Sept. 22, 1904,
Klamath Republican.
Government considers
construction of irrigation project at south end of
Goose Lake in Modoc County, Oct. 6, 1904, Klamath
Republican.
Oversupply of potatoes in
Klamath County, Oct. 13, 1904, Klamath Republican.
Sen. Charles Fulton speaks at
the Opera House, Oct. 20, 1904, Klamath Republican.
Construction of sugarbeet
processing factory proposed in Klamath Falls, Nov.
17, 1904, Klamath Republican.
People of Klamath County
declare in favor of government irrigation in mass
meeting, Klamath Republican, Dec. 1, 1904, p2.
Klamath Canal Co. makes offer
for selling water for irrigation, in competition
goverment plan for developing reclamation project,
Dec. 22, 1904, Klamath Republican.
Slaughter of waterfowl
protested, Dec. 22, 1904, Klamath Republican.
Klamath Republican posts a
circulation of 367, compared to 321 for the Express.
Jan 12, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Wi-Ne-Ma steamboat launched on
Upper Klamath Lake, Feb. 2, 1905, Klamath
Republican.
Plantings for benefit of
waterfowl proposed by B. St. Geo. Bishop and J.G.
Pierce, Feb. 2, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Controversy over healthfulness
of ice cut from Upper Klamath Lake, Feb. 9, 1905,
Klamath Republican.
Experiment with sugarbeets show
promising results, Feb. 9, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Klamath Canal Co. completes
tunnel on Feb. 8, 1905. Brief on page 4, Feb. 9,
1905, Klamath Republican.
Gold discovered at Quartz
Valley near Bly, March 2, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Midway Telephone and Telegraph
Co. offers 24-hour telephone service. "Two rings for
Central, and you can talk with the world any time
day or night." O.B. Gates, manager. March 2, 1905,
Klamath Republican.
Klamath Water Users Association
incorporated, March 9, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Klamath Falls city officers
elected: Trustees: L.F. Willits, Frank Ward, B. St.
Geo. Bishop, Alex Martin Jr., Fred Shallock;
recorder, C.C. Brower; treasurer, J.W. Siemens.
March 16, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Experimental farm being
established on west side of Klamath River, April 20
Klamath Falls city officers
elected: Trustees: L.F. Willits, Frank Ward, B. St.
Geo. Bishop, Alex Martin Jr., Geo. b. Hurn;
recorder, C.C. Brower; treasurer, J.W. Siemens.
March 17, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Fire destroys Negley & Auble
and the Alturas Plaindealer, damages Grand Hotel, in
Alturas, Calif., April 20, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Interior Secretary Hitchcock
approves Klamath Reclamation Project. Cost estimated
at $4.4 million, May 8, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Sale of lots in White Lake City
advertised, May 18, 1905, Klamath Republican.
City council approves franchise
for streetcar line, June 8, 1905, Klamath
Republican.
Steamboat Klamath under
construction, June 8, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Birth of Whitelake City, June
8, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Rev. Smith encounters
opposition to evangelistic efforts, June 29, 1905,
Klamath Republican.
Baptists announce plans for
$3,000 church building, July 20, 1905, Klamath
Republican.
Steamer Klamath is launched,
Aug. 3, 1905, Klamath Republican.
City Council President Martin
voices opposition to allowing more saloons in
Klamath Falls, Sept. 7, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Town of Clinton platted across
Lost River from Merrill, Sept. 28, 1905, Klamath
Republican.
Nearly quarter-million dollars
spent on buildings in town, Oct. 19, 1905, Klamath
Republican.
Wm. Wilson, Merrill, arrested
after game wardens seize wagon load of ducks at
Laird's Landing, Oct. 26, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Twenty-seven buildings
destroyed by fire in downtown Alturas, Oct. 26,
1905, Klamath Republican.
Gov. Geo. Chamberlain visits
Klamath, Nov. 9, 1905, Klamath Republican.
New power plant to open on Link
river, Nov. 16, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Annexation of Klamath County to
California proposed, Nov. 23, 1905, Klamath
Republican.
S.O. Johnson acquires 10,000
acres of timberland in Klamath County, Nov. 30,
1905, Klamath Republican.
Public library opened at corner
of Main and Second streets by Women's Club, Nov. 30,
1905, Klamath Republican.
Plans made for two brick
buildings in Bonanza, Dec. 7, 1905, Klamath
Republican.
Weyerhaeuser Syndicate buys
timberlands in Klamath County, Dec. 14, 1905,
Klamath Republican.
Sugarbeet analysis shows
positive results, Dec. 21, 1905, Klamath Republican.
Evan Reames announces plans to
retire, Jan. 11, 1906, Klamath Republican
Mason Davis Co. begins work on
Klamath Project, March 15, 1906, Klamath Republican
J.B. Lippincott, supervising
engineer for the Klamath Project, asks city that no
saloons be permitted within four blocks of the
canal, so as to reduce "disorder," April 5, 1906,
Klamath Republican
History of events leading to
Klamath Project recalled (Water Users Association
votes to file corporation papers Feb. 20, 1905,
first official meting held April 1, 1905), April 5,
1906, Klamath Republican
First annual meeting of Klamath
Water Users Association held April 7, 1906, Jerome
P. Churchill, president, April 12, 1906, Klamath
Republican
Tracks for electric railway
being laid, May 31, 1906, Klamath Republican
City Council adopts ordinance
prohibiting livestock from running at large, June 7,
1906, Klamath Republican
City council orders saloons to
close on Sundays, prohibits gambling on Sundays,
July 5, 1906, Klamath Republican
Southern Pacific buys
California-Northeastern Railroad (assuring Klamath
Falls will be on mail line between Portland, San
Francisco), Aug. 23, 1906, Klamath Republican
Steamer Ewauna sinks, Oct. 23,
1906, Klamath Republican
Sugar beets a success, Nov. 8,
1906, Klamath Republican
Shippington townsite planned
beside Klamath Falls, Dec. 13, 1906, Klamath
Republican
Inland Empire Club formed, Alex
Martin Jr., elected president, Dec. 20, 1906,
Klamath Republican
Henry E. Ankeny dies, Dec. 27,
1906, Klamath Republican
Hotel planned for Midland, Dec.
27, 1906, Klamath Republican
Baldwin Hotel only four-story
building in Southern Oregon, Feb. 28, 1907, p1.
Major Worden buys old ME
Church, donates it to city for library, April 18,
1907 Klamath Falls Express, p1.
"Buy a lot in Midland!"
(advertisement), Klamath Republican, April 25, 1907,
p7.
Eagles aerie organized, April
18, 1907 Klamath Falls Express, p1.
Henley townsite to be formed,
halfway between Klamath Falls and Merrill, excellent
site for beet sugar factory, promoted by J.D.
Carroll, May 16, 1907, Klamath Republican
William H. Mills, developer of
the Mills Addition, dies in San Francisco, May 30,
1907, Klamath Republican
Main canal tunnel completed,
May 30, 1907, Klamath Republican
Stella Campbell edges out
Louise Sargent in vote for most popular young lady
in Klamath County, wins trip to Jamestown
Exposition, April 4, 1907, Klamath Republican
Screens ordered to keep fish
from entering main canal, June 13, 1907, Klamath
Republican
Rt. Rev. C.J. O'Reilly speaks
at dedication of Catholic Church, July 4, 1907,
Klamath Republican
First section of main canal
completed under leadership of Archie Mason, dredge
to be moved to Lower Klamath marsh for railroad
work, July 18, 1907, Klamath Republican
Interior Secretary Garfield
visits Klamath Basin, July 25, 1907, Klamath
Republican
E.H. Harriman acquires resort
at Rocky Point, Aug. 15, 29, 1907, Klamath
Republican
Beet sugar factory promoted,
Oct. 31, 1907
Box factory planned for Klamath
Falls, Nov. 21, 1907, Klamath Republican
Mt. Hebron predicted to become
leading city of Butte Valley, Nov. 28, 1907, Klamath
Republican
Tule Lake draining through
natural outlet, Nov. 28, 1907, Klamath Republican
California-Northeastern to end
season's railroad work at Mt. Hebron, Dec. 5, 1907,
Klamath Republican
Civic Federation formed to
ensure enforcement of laws in the city, Dec. 26,
1907, Klamath Republican
Joseph Conger (1831-1908) dies
Feb. 1, 1908. Born in Indiana, came to Oregon in
1853 and to Linkville in 1873. Purchased property on
Conger Avenue, engaged in raising fruit and buying
furs. Died a bachelor. Left more than $70,000 to
county school district, Feb. 1-2, 1908, Evening
Herald
Joseph Conger dies, Feb. 6,
1908 Klamath Falls Express, p4.
McCornack home burns, Feb. 6,
1908 Klamath Falls Express, p4.
Long Lake Lumber Co. mill at
Keno destroyed by fire, March 12, 1908, Klamath
Republican
California Northeastern
Railroad reaches Dorris, April 23, 1908, Klamath
Republican
Steamer Mazama launched on May
4, 1908, May 5, 1908, Evening Herald
Facts about Klamath Project,
May 6, 1908, Evening Herald.
Remnant of Captain Jack's band
of Modoc Indians to return to Oregon, June 4, 1908,
Klamath Republican
Prohibition takes effect in
Klamath County on July 1, 1908 (July 1, 1908,
Evening Herald)
Indians gather at Clear Lake to
gather young birds and eggs for food (July 1, 1908,
Evening Herald)
E.H. Harriman enjoys stay in
summer home at Rocky Point, Aug. 10, 1908, Evening
Herald
First election held among
residents of Klamath Indian Reservation, Aug. 20,
1908, Klamath Republican
President Theodore Roosevelt
sets aside national bird preserve on Lower Klamath
Lake, Aug. 22, 1908, Evening Herald; Aug. 27, 1908,
Klamath Republican
Potatoes hold promise as
profitable cash crop for Klamath Basin, Aug. 27,
1908, Klamath Republican
Construction of Clear Lake dam
authorized by Interior secretary, Aug. 27, 1908,
Klamath Republican
Work on Clear Lake dam begins,
Sept. 3, 1908, Klamath Republican
Fire destroys Pokegama, Sept.
4, 1908, (Klamath Republican, Sept. 10, 1908; Sept.
7, 1908 Evening Herald)
Outlet of Tule Lake to be
subject of government study, Sept. 21, 1908 Evening
Herald
Indian fish runways uncovered
at bottom of Link River, Sept. 22, 1908 Evening
Herald
Sheep numbers in Lake County
down from 300,000 to 100,000 head, says sheepman
Dave Edler, Oct. 8, 1908, Klamath Republican
Estimated 40,000 gallons of
huckleberries picked on Huckleberry Mountain near
Crater Lake, Oct. 20, 1908 Evening Herald; Oct. 22,
1908, Klamath Republican
S.C. Graves buys Bonanza
Bulletin from Bruce Allen, Oct. 24, 1908 Evening
Herald
Jas. Straw supplies city with
locally grown celery, Nov. 19, 1908, Klamath
Republican
Dozen men arrested under city's
option law (prohibition), Nov. 19, 1908, Klamath
Republican
Suckers (mullet) caught by
Indians in Lost River near Bonanza, March 25, 1909,
Klamath Republican
Arbor Day at Public School,
April 9, 1909, Evening Herald.
Half-interest in Altamont Ranch
sold by R.S. Smith to J.D. Carroll (Altamont Dairy
to continue operating), May 6, 1909, Klamath
Republican
First train arrives in Klamath
Falls, on Southern Pacific line, May 27, 1909,
Klamath Republican
Hunting, fishing licenses
required for the first time in Oregon, May 27, 1909,
Klamath Republican
Auto service between Klamath
Falls and Lakeview being planned, July 8, 1909,
Klamath Republican
Edward Henry Harriman dies,
Sept. 16, 1909, Klamath Falls Express
Seventy-five Bohemians arrive
in Klamath County with intentions of settling
lakeshore area near Merrill, Sept. 30, 1909, Klamath
Republican
Trout, salmon being caught in
Link River, Oct. 14, 1909, Klamath Republican
Steamer Lakeview grounded in
Goose Lake with 58 passengers aboard, Sept. 23,
1909, Klamath Falls Express