Later that year, the Oregon legislature was recalled for a special session. The special session began on November 11 and lasted through November 24. Abshier served through that session as well. During the session, he introduced one of the assembly's most important bills. His bill proposed that the Warner Valley be separated from Grant County and be attached to Lake County. The rationale for the change was simple and persuasive. The Warner Valley was from Canyon City (the Grant County seat) while it was only from Lakeview (the Lake County seat). The Oregon legislature agreed and passed the bill, enlarging Lake County by about 20 percent. During the session, he also sponsored a bill to donate 20 acres of state land to the city of Linkville (now Klamath Falls, Oregon) for a cemetery."1885 Special Session (13th): November 11—24", Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide, Oregon State Archives, Salem, Oregon, accessed April 1, 2021."The Legislature", Morning Astorian, Astoria, Oregon, November 13, 1885, p. 3.Shaver, Frederic Ambrose, Illustrated History of Central Oregon Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Crook, Lake, and Klamath Counties, Western History Publishing Company, Spokane, Washington, 1905, pp. 825.
