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i mtnw HAS THE CIRCULATION- PRINTS THE NEWS- REACHES THBi 'ORLE THE EXAMINER IS THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF LAKOOUNTY VOL, XXXV. LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 26, 1914. NO. 13 ... L SALES DATES FIXED sales will cover period fhom may 21 to JULY MARKET REMAINS FIRM Oregon Contrnc(lii Slow Hut Mar ket Remain Firm I Intimat ed That 1!5 lVr Out of Wool Contracted John (1. Ilnko, secretary of the Oregon Woolgrowors' Association. llQA tltiriollllccd the Wool Utiles (I a ten for tho present season. These 1 ut m Jiiivo been ho arranged im not to eon- flll't With (llltOB III Oilier ntlltlS, HO tl ;it tho Eastern O'cgon district imiy have a full representation of buyers. Following ur tin- dittos: May 21. IMIot Itork; M:iy 22. Echo; Muy 23, Pendleton ; June 2, Iloppncr; .tunc 4, Shunlko; Juno fl, linker; Juno S and 1), (tularin itml Vale; June in. Pilot Kock (Second fair; Juno 1 C, Ilillit'H Ferry; Juin 19, Shuiilko (Soiond Sale); Juno 2:1. Condon; Juno 2.1. Ileppncr (Second Sale); Juno !I0, Jot-eih; July 1, Kn trprl.o iiinl Wallowa; July 2, Pain t (S.-f,,, Sal.-i: July 7. li.'inl: July I, Shnnlko (Thlr.l Sal.'). Tim c M k i in I u ii reports it ntiiuhoi of sales of shorn wool In I'm' Vakl inn c.iiintiy ami at tlio Portland Stockyards, hut fuvh that no run trnctlng Iiiiji been d( in t':e n '. wee': In Oregon. Wiifiitug'oit or Wr.il'Tn Idaho nml It In not llk"ly that there ( ulll ho much inoro buslncii In wool iili the i I t- "i'm hark III this H'Moii. At otlnr points In tho wit con f., i., ( . !' r'i'il !?III fairly active III Hplto of idvaneed price asked by grower). Cholro lino wools have boon taken in Mi ntaiia nt 1 7 to 18 cents, whlrll lin aiia n dean cost laid down In tlio cast above current quotation!-' on old wooIm. Considerable wool has boon secured In t hut state ut 1C to 17 rontH Kh ew her prlc.x iiro equal ly firm. In tho trlnnglo hoiiio clips have brought IS rents, with others selling ut 18' to 17'i rontH. Of tho total domestic territory rllp of 1914 wool authorities esti mate thnt 20 to 25 per cent Ih un der contract. Thin ineniiH between 35,000 and 4 0,000 pounds. Some woolinen flguro the amount an high hh 60,000 poundH. ALL ENJOYCONCERT I.AIU.'K ('ltl)WI) ATTKMH'!! M K N i l : I IT A I M I J T S I M A pi i l ess Ma'le P.y )i aiii.at mil Was Very Fvidoiit Subscript Ions Taken for IViml's Support Tho Hand ('oiiceit, idven last Sun lay uftoruoou lu Snldor's tpor;i IIouho wiih well attendod. Tho uh Henco of several ineniberu cnuned by HlcknoHB, made It lmpoKnlhlo to ren der the program iih announced. The boys did exceptionally well and all noticed the proEremi that they have made. W. Lair ThompHon, In lila convinc ing manner nddrosnod the audience m to the needs of a band, citing the cases of saveral of tho larger cities in the Btato levying a tax for tho sup port of such an organization, com menting alno on the fact that the band wan not a money-niaklni? af fair for the boys playing in It, aa th individual members have spent almost $1500 on liiHtrunients, alone. Mr. Thompson was followed by 10. C. Ahlfltrom, who Informed the peo ple that there had boen a committee of throe appointed to obtain sub scriptions for tho maintenance of tht band. The band owns over $300 worth of Instruments and music, all of which have been , paid for with money made by giving dances, and 00 NEVADA WUOLTAKtN OXM' 20 PER CENT OF CHOP IS UNSOLD NOW Price Hnngo From 13 to in Cent KliOHrlntf nd tamlilng Hoh oii lit On Uono Guzotto: Harry W. Curtz, wool buyer of Carson Valley, reports that only about 20 per cent of tho spring clip of wool In Nevada re mains inconttarted. Tho prlc now rutige from 13 to 15 cents, the no called 1'tuh wools from the euHtern part of the state bringing the higher price. Practically nil the old wool Ih Hold and nearly all Im forwarded. Tho quality HiIh spring U excellent and there will bo little. shrinkage throiiKh removal of grfcUHO. Kleeceb are. weljrhlnK a little over hIx pouniln In tomo placeH reach I uk eight pounds. Rhei-p tame nut of tho winter In j fine Hhape and irnny of tho ewo und j wether bulnic In condition for the iiiutton markit. I.aintilni; In In pro gress, it ih reported that tho Ken-1 oral nverape of Kivlnn Ih bet ween 8.r and !' 5 per c ut. Fee. I In roiniiiv up In good Hlii.pt, thert- belnB more hunch rraj.h llia:i In yearn. Tho out look for tlr Hoason Ih i xrollent. JNUfKTKlAI. U'KI.I'AltK COM MIS Slu NAMIvS Kt 1.1 ItH -i;i ic Pnloi i emeiit Will Follow P.e cent Heel-bin of Hupiemo Coiiit All P.usiiKs.es Affected .; rul.'i und regulatiotm whl. !i i Ii.ivo been made by tiio Stale IihIun il'llil Welfare l'oluli:-siou will hence forth be rii:lill e'iforceil, now th..t the S.ipri ino Court lias hold the h-w creating the ConifnlnHloii to be valld,( iceonlli;!? to a 'i an uounoeinent made by Labor ConimlnHioiier Uoff. Five rules have 1 eon promulgated by tho Commission us follows: "Applicable to tho whole state. Kfloctivo from and after October 4, 1913. No girl under the aso of 18 ahull bo employed in any manufac turing or mercantile establishment, millinery, dressmaking or hair dres sing shop, laundry, hotel or restau rant, teiephoiio or telegraph estab lishment or olllco In tho State of Oregon moro than eight hours aud aniJ 2. minutes dining uny one dav or more tht n flf'y (50) hours in any otto week, nor after 6 o'clock P. M. md girls bet-.vien 16 and IS years shall receive nt leu:t one dollar u day' tml- ss t.therwe arranged. Kfurllvo from and alter February 7, Mill.--No person, linn, or cor-j in. ration t-hnll employ any cxporlenc-! ed adult woman In any Industry l:ij 'he tuale of Oregon, paid by tho tiinei -ate of n: incut, at u weekly was. rate of h:s than eight dollars und twenty-live confs (.fS.25) a week; nor any woman more than lifty four hours a week; nor pay l:expei ioncud ailull women workers (those who hnvo not worked u year) employed by tinio rale of piiynient, at a rnto of wnces b'ss th in six dollars (6.00) a week. No perr.un, flrni, or corpor ati)ii owning or conducting any mcr c:vntllo inanufacturlng or laundry es tablishment in the State of Oregon shall employ women workers In such establishment later than the hour of eight thirty (8:30) o'clock P. M. of any duy. This hour of dismissal does not apply to tolephone and tele graph companies, confectionery, es tablUhnients, restaurants and hotels. also from other forms of amuse ment for which they received a small compensation. Out of this money they have also helped to pay a loader's salary. The committee rollcltlng regular monthly subscriptions for tho main tenance of the band had secured about $4 0 up to last evening, and It is believed this amount will be in creased to $76 per month, a sum that is necessary to have in order to give the band anything like the sup port that It deserves. WIN SETTLE It settlers are huyixo medium FAKMINO TltAC.TH O.V THK WKHT K1I)K WILL BENEFIT LAKEVIEW l'uirxirt Town A: I.uikI Cimpuny lie port the Halo of Approximately I OOO Acr to iJate Kany Piiynient Plan C. K. Shaffer and V. L. Snelllng of tho Falrport Town & Lund Co., Tuesday passed through Lakevlew, by auto with three lundseekers on their way to the West Side to Investi gate some properties In that section. Mr. Shaffer Informs tho Examiner thai Ms company has the exclusive handling of tho Hunter - Hewitt Lunils, comprising about 10.000 acp s, nu t-'tlV all of which is on the u .. t ride of this valley. They are hdiliU the. laud In SO and 160 acre tracts, nearly nil buyers so far se-I'-ctlii'? tho CO acre tracts. The land Is being disposed of on a.i :'; payment plan, the purchas er paying down five per cut of the purchase price with from five to thirty jenrs to pay the remainder at livi; per tent interest. Mr. PharTer sa.H his company Is prepared to sell the land with a perpetual water right for Irrigation purposes at prices ranglirt from 6.r to $75 per n, re, pv.rclia ;;,.r to begin paying for water when it is nctuully placed ou the 1. lid. lie reports that lliey have nlready "old 1000 acres of the land nnd ex pert to iHspoto? of the entire 10,000 acres within the next few months. (Continued on Page Kight) 2 YEARS SENTENCE J. C. DODSOX MI ST KF.HVK TF.UM ix pmsox CliurRO to Which lie Pleadml (Juilty is Said to bo Kiiibe..lenient of About flA.OOO Concerning the plea of guilty to a charge of embezzlement from the Highland Cattle Company entered by J. C. Kodson, at Silver City, New Mexico, mention of which was made In tlio Kxaniiner last week, ho took a sentence of two years In prison, ac cording to private communications received ill I.aUeview. He will begin serving tho term at once in the New .';. v.co penitentiary nt Senta Fo. Y;i 5 Highland Oiutlo Company wnu oi . i.vcd last year by F. K. Hiuvi plu U-; r.nd 11. F. Dunberg, of Neva da, and Mr. Podson. It Is said that tins Indictment to which he pleaded guiliy was a charge of embezzlement of about $15,000. o A. II. S. Defeats h. II. S. Tho Uikoview High R-hoo! met their second defeat at the ham'.s of tho Alturaa High School team on M.:rch 21 by a score of 20 to 4 9. The game was Interesting und full of f.inrer and both sides foug'it tho bull from beginning to end. It can safelv bo said that the Alturas boys out pluyed tho Lakevlew team by aoverul points nnd by their tactic of play doubled tho score agulust Lukevlow. The game was well attended aud enjoyed as wus shown by the many cheers and yells. Our boys hope to do better in the future and give bettor i,atlsfuctlon to the public. -o The Ashland Record reports that a grocerymnn of that city recently shipped to Eastern Oregon by par cel post 650 pounds of supplies. This is one of the largest orders to go out through that office, one of S76 pounds having been shipped In February to the same party in the Eastern part of the State. HUNTER LANDS LOWER RATES ON LIVESTOCK southern pacific announces KFWCTIOX IX MVKHTOCK KATKH TO 'FIUSCO FULTON VISITS LAKEVIEW Xew Tariff to Heroine Fffectlve Not lMier Than May 1. WerHte W illi X.-C-O. to Ik-neflt Ioenl Growers A big reduction on livestock ship ments between Goose Lake Valley points and San Francisco over the N.-C.-O.' and Southern Pacific was announced by J. M. Fulton, assistant general freight and passengeragent of the latter system, "on his visit to Lakevlew last week. The rates are to become fTective the earliest date possible, by May 1 at the latest. This action will meet with the hearty approval of stockmen generally, as a matter of course, and while It may not reduce the high cost of living to anr appreciable extent, yet It Is hoped that one result will be to let a little mors money rempln In the pockets of the producer. Tlio new rates are the Fame for Lakevlew, Falrport or New Pine Cre:k, and Willow Ranch, while Da vis Creek hna a shade bettor rate. For horses the new rate from the first three stations wKl be $157 per carload, cattle $130, nnd sheep In double decV ed cars flie.lS. From Pnvis Creek the rates will b', $146, $125 and 161. 10. The old rates from Lakevlew were $1S9.03, $162.15 und $203.06 respectively, with slightly lower rates from the other stations. (Continued on Page Eight) o SUFFRAGE DEFEATED SF.XATK VOTKS 1KIWX AMEND MF..NT 25 TO 31 Uepeul of Fifteenth Ameudnieiit Fx tending Kight of Suffrage tu Negroes Also Defeated The Senate recently voted down by 25 to 34 the Ashurst resolution to provide for a constitutional amend ment extending suffrage to women Two-thirds of the entire vote would have been necessary to pass the mea sure. Preceling this action the Senate defeated by 48 to 19 the amendment instituted by Senator Yardanmn of V.isv.-.sippi proposing rental of the Fiiieonth Amendment, exterdki iiie r'.ght of sul':rar:e to negro, s, and i hen grunt women a vote. I'.eiug in excellent condition to de feat any measures' proposed, t lie Senators next voted down Senator William's amendment granting a vote to white women only by 44 to 21. o Wainliii? to Auto Owners The Governor has Instructed every officer of the state to enforce the following: No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle on public highways unless there Is displayed both front and rear a license number in full view. O.ie hour after sunset there must be two white lights in front lamps and one red light in rear lamp. . London Sales Close The wool sales at London closed the middle of last week with the market firm at 6 to 10 per cent high er than in January. Tho vigorous buying of Amertcans, who purchased more than for some time past, was said to be Instrumental iu the im provement. During the sales the England trade took 83,000 bales, the conti nent 40,000 and American 17,000, and 4000 bales were held over. mi sop DHjio-HOUR LAW (;oVKK.OIl WKST TO IHHl'K KTATKWIDK PKOCLAMATIOX P.uhIiicx and Other Bodies Will be Called l'HD to Olwrv "Go-mI Itoads Day" Portland Telegram: Actual man ual labor with a pick and shovel 1." proposed by the Portland Ad Club on a "Good Koads Day" to be ob served over the entire state. The Club has asked the Governor to is sue a proclamation calling on all business, political, civic, religious bodies und the citizens generally to participate in the event. It will be similar to one seine time ago in Mis souri, when it is estimated that more than 200,000 men gave a full day of work on the roads to the state. It is the belief of the members of the Ad Club that 100,000 men of Oro.Ton !!! be glad to get the oppor tunity to work one day on the roads It Is the plan to have business and civic organizations in each communi ty to co-operate In the arrangements secure the services of the women to serve lunches to the workers and to hold prize tests anions the varlout organizations having corps of work ers in the field. TP.pUBLElNULSTER FIRST IIEPORTS OF CIVIL WAR AUK DWINDLING Trouble Arives Over Refusal of Many ProteMants to Accept Home Rule Situation Unsettled . LRtest reports from the Ulster, Ireland situation indicate that a much easier feeling was created throughout the entire IJritlsh Isles by the reassuring statement given out by Premier Asquith to the effect! that the troops movements had been ordered only as a precautionary mea eiirA for the nrotection of govern ment property, and the chances of a j civil war in Ireland looks more im probable than first reports had it. It is reported that at least 70 per cent cf the officers of the Infantry battilions of regulars quartered in Ulster would refuse to serve In a campaign against the providence. The disturbed situation In North ern Ireland is due to the avowed re fusal of many Protestant residents of Ulster to accept home rule and tc their having armed themselves, threatening to resist by force if IriU rule is thrust upon them. The total population of Ireland Is about 4, 500,000. Approximately 500,000 are Protestants, but not all Protest ants oppose home vule. However, the recent halt in active, preparations to coerce Ulster or ra ther to resist the coersion by Ulster by no means is taken to signify 11, ut the situation is settled. Par liament yet has the home ri.la bill before it and if Aoulth tdia'.l bad: down on tho program and refuse to ,'..-8 the bill this third and linal year his troubles will be many. England has indeed made a sorry ancetacle o herself but there is a further crisis to anticipate if the home rule bill is put upon its passage and there Is no escape from it unless King Cieorge shall dissolve Parliament and thus defer the matter until after another election. Skirmish With Federuls A news dispatch from Eagle Pass, Texas, dated March 23, says Ameri can soldiers and Mexican federals exchanged shots Sunday at McGee crossing on the Klo Grande, in which several federal soldiers were killed. The firing followed the crossing of the river by constitutionalists who were being pursued by federals. The constitutionalists preferred sur rendering to the Americans rather than their foes, but the latter kept up their Pre after their Intended victims had crossed the river. His signals to cease firing Ignored the American Commander ordered his men to return the shots which had a deadly effect., IS OELD III Sll'P.KMK COUKT DECLARES ACTS OP 1013 LEGISLATURE NECESSARY CONDITIONS ARE FACTOR Lake and Multnomah County Rut ing Affirmed in Minimum Wage , nml 10-Hour I-awv ThompHon May Appeal Higher Holding that it is within tho po lice power of the state to make such regulations, the Supreme Court lst week dec'fired const'tutiornl the 10 hour law and the lulninrun. wage lair, passed at fhe last Boston of the Legislature. In an opinion by Justice Bean the Supreme Court affirmed the decree of the Lake County Circuit Court in the ca.se of P. O. Bunting, who was fined for violating the 10-hour law in the employment of George IXam 31 '! ley in the Lakevlew Flour Mills, ttoruey W. L&ir Thompson took appeal to the Supreme Court to make a test rase of the validity of the new law. The defendants were U.i- neTiberB of the State Commis-j:i-!i, and was presented by Dan J. Ms.liike. author of the bill in the Legislature of 1913, assisted by At-t'-- ey General Crawford. Attorney Thompson advises the Examiner ihat he will probably carry the case to do United States Supreme Court, and states tLat the leAghty opinion af the court avoids the principal is sues cf the questioned validity of : law 6et forth in appellant's re ply brief. The Supreme Court, in an opinion " Justice Eaklu. also affirmed the p lion of Circuit Judge Cleeton, of Multnomah County, in dismissing li.e complaint of Frank C. Stettler, a manufacturer of paper boxes . in Portland, that the Industrial Wel fare Commission had no right to fix nine hours a day as the work day of women and S8.64 the minr.num weekly wage. In opinions of both cases it ii ad mitted that new conditions navo arisen which make It necessary for the public health, morals and well being that departures be takon from old-time ruling in such cases, o 1LU I (iOVKKXOIl TELLS NATIOXAL GUARD TO RE PREPARED SnyH Pressure From Other Nations Will Force 'i'hi.i Country tu Act Appiovcs Wilson '1 am confident that war with Mexico is coiyinr. end I urn going to udviso tho national guard of this state to be prepared, for I um sure it can count upon being railed out before long," said Governor Weal after returning to Salem from the Mexican border, which he visited af ter spending several days in Wash ington, D. C. While on tua border, where he made a personal inquiry into conditions, Governor West crossed over into Juarez, Mexico. "Tne day Is not fur distant when the United States will be compelleo to declare war," asserted governor West. "I cannot conceive of any thing happening in the near future that will restore Mexico to a settled condition. With this condition pre vailing and the United States uphold ing the Monroe doctrine, It is only a matter i. time when pressure brought to bear by other nations and by American citizens will become so great that the United States will become forced to take a band." Governor West said he heartily approved the attitude of President Wilson, but thought the President eventually would be forced to send soldiers across the border.