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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1900)
4 N. C. 0. WRECK Cattle Train Goes Over Embank ment at Secret Valley. Twenty Five Cattle Killed, Many Wounded, Cart Wrecked, Track Torn up, and Mail Train Halted at Scene of DiMfter. A cattle train on the N. C. & O. going round the . curve into Secret Valley, 20 miles south of Termo, was wrecked last Monday while en route to Reno. Six care loaded with cattle for the Western Meat Company rolled down theembank ment seventy-five feet, killing 25 head, and crippling many others, wrecking the cars and tearing up the track. There is no telegraph line to the scene of the wreck nearer than Amedee. The north bound mail train Monday could not get past the wreck, and there was no through mail from San Francisco to Lakeview Tuesday night. The cattle were shipped - from Termo bv Nally Willey. Sherlock Buys a Fine Band. Charlie Sherlock was in Klamath county lat week and purchased from I. D. Applegate, at Swan Lake, 2,800 big fat mutton sheep. In the bunch are 1,200 dry ewes, the remainder three and four-year-old wethers. The price paid was $3 all round. Mr. Sherlock made this purchase for himself and leaves this week to receive the stock. He will range two weeks there and then make a slow drive to the railroad at Montague, reaching there after election, when he is sure of selling to advantage, as buy ers will be happy and liberal after Mc Kinley's re-election. Mr. oherlook has made an offer for 1,000 lamb- out of the Applegate band, and will probably get them on his return to Klamath. Sherlock also has a band of sheep on the road to the railroad at Termo to reach there on the 20th inst. In this band are 1,000 lambs which haye already been sold. Forgot to Return. One day last week a man engaged a team and buggy at Stewart's livery stable to go to Warner after his trunk and other articles, and forgot to come back at the appointed time. It was learned afterward that he went to War ner, and from there to Alturas, where he left the team in a stable. Stewart says it was no doubt a mistake all round probably the fellow lost his way and hasn't yet found it., though he is doubtless looking for it diligently in a different direction from Lakeview. Nalley Willey will bring the team up from Alturas to-day. Portland's Carnival. It's the greatest thing that ever hap pened in the Northwest. Portland's big carnival, now in progress, surpasses all her other efforts to entertain. Noth ing like it was ever seen in Oregon. They will have to give Portland another name now ; she's no longer the "Sleepy Town." 'Frisco, with its four-time population, must have another Mid winter Fair to keep up with the North west procession. To-day Oregon's chief city is IT. doose Lake Grain. Threshing in (uxve I.ake vallry has Ix'en about completed. Pernaid A Ed wards housed their machine last Tues day, after a run of twenty-five days and threshing thirty-eight crops. The vield is considered fairly good for the season. Thev threshed about 35.000 bushels about 18,000 of barley, 14,000 wheat and the remainder rye and oats. K. C. Thurston's machine threshed 40,000 bushels of barley and 20,000 of wheat, at a rough estimate. Ac cording to these figures, received from a reliable source, there were alout 30, 000 bushels more urain threshed in this valley the present season than in 1809. C. H. Dunlap and Elmer Ahlstrom returned Tuesday from their week's hunt in the vicinity of Dog Lake. They killed no dogs, but had an enjoyable outing. Best line of gloves in town at Ahl strom Bros. 36-2 Don't loiter on the nay, hut go direct to Tin Monogram and se that big line ol all kinds of gloves just opened. 3tW2 J. Horton, the sign painter, in doing some good work on business places about town. Hon. Arthur Sewall, candidate for vice-president in '9, died near Bath, Me., on September 5th of aoplexy. The recent rain injured the grain somewhat and stopped threshing for a time in the New Pine Creek section. Charlie Graves is still in it in the shoe line for boys and men. Graves cariies a superior article of footwear. You are not in the fachion if vou don't wear the stylish hats sold at The Monogram. Full line of the latest. Ahlstronis can tit you and suit you. 36-2 Call at Field's store for something new in sortsmen's goods bicyrle focket cup, jolished steel ocket latchei, leggings, 22-calibre Sencer rifle?, etc. ALL POWERS TO WITHDRAW Leaving: an International Guard to Protect i the Legations in Peking. The new proposition now among the powers in China is the withdrawal of the forces of all the powers from Peking, leaving an International guard to protect I the legations, which will be allowed to remain at the iuninese capital pending a peace settlement, iiussia now wants to withdraw her troops outside of Peking, out not a great distance irom tnere. Germain refuses to follow the lead of Russia, and declares her troops will remain in China. France will stand by Russia and England will not likelv op pose withdrawal. F Hastings Bros, are in the hills to cut fifty cords of wood. Whorton & Barnes carry everything in the fruit and vegetable line; also, flour and grain. Orders promptly filled and delivered free of charge. 36-2 A meeting of tne Ladies' Aid Society is called at the M. E. Church next Satur day at 2 o'clock. Important business. Mbs. Wm. P. Heryfobd, President. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Messner, Jr., of Warner, are in town this week and are visiting Mrs. Messner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B, Burns, at the end of the Slash. T. A. Crump, superintendent of con struction, was in Lakeview yesterday procuring supplies with which to begin work on the road i ri North Warner to the Harney line. ' Dave Lambert, an old resident of I Lake county, returned to Lakeview last I week after an absence of about ten I years. Mr. Lambert is a brother of rs. D. R. Jones, Sr. Social dnce at ihe Opera House ; Saturday night, September 15th. Ad j mission. 50 cents. I The Vern Hopkins house and lot in Charlton Addition was sold last Mondav through Eva Lewis to Frank Pratt for $350. Thomas Briles, of Davis Creek, was in Lakeview last week with a load of very fine tomatoes, which he readily dis posed of. The Davis Creek section is a prize winner on vegetables. I. Converse had a team' here from New Pine Creek this week with a load of as fine green gage plums as ever hung on a tree. Mr. Converse is compelled to dispose of his fruit to eave it from wasting. How does Lake county com pare with Pipestone County, Minnesota, Mr. Converse? I Mi School Supplies. Go to the Mongram for your school supplies stationery, inks, pens, pencils, etc., complete line. V. CONN, THE PAISLEY MERCHANT.