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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1900)
Pubtlh4 Every Taaraaay BEACH & M'GARREY Maaank RalMInf (One Year, $2.00 TED MS: i SI Months 1.00 I Three Month.'. SO lAa.lt IK V . IKC. . Sarah Bernhardt la to make another "farewell tour" of this country. Sarah's "all ritflit. all right." The German prtfjfcr who proposes to prove that the human race descended from protoplasmic mud instead of from the ape should liave a high chair in Kingdom Come. Aguinaldo is "dead again," Bryan is "dead" (politically), the Cxar of Kuaaia "is dying," the world is "coming to and end" again in 1914. Mckinley is to be '"assassinated" and, we don't feel well ourself. A prominent sheepman reminds ua that the woolgrowera of I-ake county are now cat of debt and pmtpering, and if there is one among them w ho hasn't already prepared for a severe winter, he's a "damphool." Well, soon will the wiseacres be tell- ins us again that "this is the beginning of the 20th centurv," while the other fellow will say "this is the beginning of the second year of the 20 century." The old argument will bob up serenely again. It has lieen suggested that a bill be presented to the next legislature com pelling cattle buyers to brand stock either in their regular brand or a road brand before driving them out to the railroad. This is a matter that should interest all stockmen east of the Cascades. A Lakeview girl, who read considera bly during the "recent unpleasantness," drops us a line asking the editor what a "paianiount issue" really is. The para mount issue, dear Miss, is that which in a girl's life results in a wedding. There is no other paramount issue that any girl need worry her gray matter about. 0REQ0N FOR HOMES. N Ik Paapla at Kama Knew at Oragva't A4 vantafw It Waald b. "All Oft ' With tat araHhefipar Stat. W. II. Kogers, of Sodgewick City, Kansas, Is among the new arrival in Oregon in search of homes. He has TisiteJ several ortions of this state and has foniul that the chances lor the farm er of small means are much letter here than in Kansas. "There are splendid opportunities in Oregon," said Mr. Kogera, "for a man with $500 to $ l.tXW to invest, as he can buy the makings of a line homo with that amount. Land is valuable in Kan sas, and a quarter section cannot l purchased for less than f.'HMK) to $iilKH). 1 have not sold my farms back there yet, but I anticipate no trouble in dia lling of them while limes are as good as they are now. However, gixnl larms can be rented out for cash in Kansas, the rent ranging from f 400 to ."U er quarter section, collectible in Umm pay ments. "Crops have leen very good in Kan sas this year, and prices have U-cn fair, as agriculture is flourishing there, but I don't like the hard Winter nor the hot summers. 1 can staiui me cviti oeticr than I can the heat. 'Oregon shonld U better advertised in the Kasl than it is. If the cote of my part of Kansas knew w hat a paradise you have out heie, they would all be coming out. (iiMxl crops are not the rule every year in Kansas, and so times are not always as properous as now. I think now is a good time to move, while lands are in brisk demand buck there. "Kansas people are in ignorance of Orenon'e fertility and resources. We hear only of Oregon being a state w here it rains six months out of the 12." ik fct Li3 NOTHING NICER p 1 For a I I CHRISTMAS PRESENT Than a pair of good Shoes for Lady or j Gentleman. We have them in any shape or style. See our window dis play for everything in the Shoe Line. Hi Ci ROTHE & COh the leading MERCHANTS Of LAKE COUNT,. PRESENT SYSTEM PRETTY OOOl) j tti'l'lj to iht'Ort'Konlaii on I'urlt) nf Klrrtlon. j " It seems to me that something i should be done in this state that would tend toward a more direct choice of can didates for oHice by the jx'oplo At the present time 1 am not sufficiently in formed upou this subject to indicate what I will or will not support, as a legislator, along this line. From what I have rrad un j STOCK ' NOTES ' " " ' " ' ' j ......MM.nM.f..T,!?,nRlr.. Mr. I-onard of Iavis Creek I art week purchased of S. T. Colviu of 1-uUeyiew, , this subject, it is a j 2'i head of stoc cattle, and drove them ! Governor Koosevelt has disclosed his magnanimity in the case of Mayor Van Wyck. He dof not believe in jumping on to a mau when ho is down. While the facts disclose a bad show ing for the New ork Mavor in the Democratic ice trust, a record that would justify his removal from otlice, Governor Koosevelt refuses to remove him. matter to be approached very cautiously by legislation. Our public service, under the present system of selecting our pub lic servants, has attained a very high standard of excellence in the main all objectors ami reformers to the contrary notw ithstandirg. And, before we take too luiiK a leap ill the opposite direction. I think it would le wiMj to note care fully the ground upon which we are going to land." J. N. Williamson, f-enator for Crook, Klamath, Lake and Wasco. L'liicago has the raw material, not of what liiiht te termed ttie "new Settlement With the Indians. The Commissioner of Indian Affair transmitted to Congress, on the Hid in stant, the treaty recently negotiated with the Klamath Indians, whereby they are to relinquish all claims to cer- celebrated ' tam parts of their reservation as dc- j scribed in the treaty of comprising f21,K24 acres, for whi di the government of the United States is to pay $5.'S2,000. As The Kxamiier understand this mat ter, there was an error made in the first survey of this Indian reservation, said to Davis Creek. We lailed to leuru the price. Creed McKendree, strn kuiau of lily, was here lat Meek intent to purchase some cattle. We understand he billed to purchase here, though olfering good j prjees. j I'eter Peterson of Surprise Valley last ! week purchased 2:OU head of tine yuung I slice l from ticorne Khrhardt, imviutf the going price. The Khrhurdt sheep are exceptionully tine. Chas. A. Punting, the stockman of Western Ijike, was in Lakeview sevrral days last week on husinca. He is feed ing sett-rat hundred head itl entile on pragu5 river, and has planty of hay, so ha is not worrying much alsmt what sort of a w inter may come. Hunting re cently sold 214 head of to wansoii of Sacramento for f7,5ts). The llurns News is informed that a great many sheep w ill lw herded this winter in the desert lying south of Wiigontire Unite. They are now camp- ' ... ,i . , 1 survey not taking in all the lamls al-1 , ., . ,, . ,, I , it j places waiting until Ui fall of snow w ill I lotted to the Indians, ami subsequently . . . . i - n . .111 I' - i 1H.T111H llieill lu imnu iiiuj iiiv iieneii. woman," for the "new woman" is now j " ."" J" " ! Alwill). 1L. lUII1,.r u UM, ,,all re.llv ! rt i iiiuwii i turn . i pn,n i nti i - v II I n .l.i 1.:.... p.. i...6. '.''l!"" , :,)ht., the fact that the settlers had ti'e.l carret fine up to date wiinan. She ban ( 011 ail,l ,liade homes on the lauds really obtained from the courts an injunction ugainnt her husband, forbidding him to ieak to her on the fctteet or even to stand around near her place of abode. This h government by injunction. The holidays are near at hand, and The Kxaminer takes pleasure in annohnc ing that all the. merchant in I-akeview W ho have advertise merits in this paper have the finest holiday attractions in the way of beautiful goods for Christ mas presents that have ever before been seen in Lakeview. Iok over the "ad Vet tHing columns of The Examiner and you will see the names of the houses that are carrying the best goods, and where you will get gisid treatment. belonging to the reservation according to the treaty Is-lween the government and the Indians, and in order to satisfy the latter and repair the error, the gov ernment concluded to buy from the In dians that portion of the lauds ieft out of the reservation by the first survey, thereby perpetuating and making safe the title to the homes of the settlers. The Judges, Assessors and Com missioners of the htate of Oregon, in vouvention a--embled, have made Meveral wise recommendations in ihe changing of existing laws, but the )rosjsition to do away with the poll lax is ap ingenious one-merely transfer ing it to the road tax fund. The bur len of tax will not lie uplifted, or lessen ed, but the "poll tax" will be abolished miuI taken up under another name. However, the dose will probably not jrove so distasteful under the new name. Important Century Data. The Kxaminer Is now publishing from week to week a series of important dales and happenings of the Nineteenth Cen tury, beginning with the year 1K01, "the legislative union established be tween (ireat Britain and Ireland," and ending with the "West Indian hurri cane" in l'.itXi. This important data will Is: concluded in our issue of Jan. 3, HMJl , the end of the twenty-second vol ume of The Kxaminer. It insufficiently important to be preserved by all our readers, and we would suggest that each subscriber take the issues of this paper from December ' Vi to, and including January 'A, paste them together in book form and put tbem away fur future reference. As The Kxaminer is no a cut and pasted in hook form the four issues containing this century data will make a neat Isjok. I will pay a liberal reward for the re covery of any horses branded "77" on left shoulder or stifle, known as A. J. Hunting's brand ; also, one buckskin horse branded on left stifle. 50-lt V. A. 1!imi0, Ply, Oregon. driven up from California. K. II. Lofftus returned last week from Warner. I le has 0 isposed of Inn one t nt I f interest in 1X lambs and 172 tons of hay to his partner Leu Thomas, Kor 7."j!1 Umbs he received f2.i() ier head and for Hi; tons of hay f.j per too. Mr. Iifltus i well pleased with the sale and M r. Thomas is also, us his lamt are extra lino ones, lor lambs at this season, L'.'iO is a first-clans price. A cable to the Sun from London says: llie Morning leader states that the American salesmen in the Hiuithficld meut intti ket have acquired to n largu extent the control of prices, owing to their astute methods and their skillful home backing. There has been no organized opjsisition to them lish dealers, who have long the thumbs of the butchers. ter's cupidity led them into the Americans. The only active lion to the Americans was duo consumers' prejudice in favor of Kng l.sh and Scotch beef. It has' taken twenty years to overcome this prejudice, but new American beef brings the same price as the Knglish and nearly the same as the Scotch, The condition of the market is such that the practice of butchers in palming off American beef hs Knglish will probably soon be revers ed . Lake county stockmen are pretty well prepared for any kind of a winter, and it ought to be an extremely chilly day when they gut left. Christmas Tree Ornaments The Finest Display in Town, both in Ornaments and Goods. Photo Al bums for loose or mounted pictures Dressing Cases, Hanicure Sets, Look Glasses, Toys for the little ones and Dolls, Dolls, Dolls, in endless variety ..Dunlap & Thruston.. m by Kng-J u,",,,r 5 Xvt i. The hit- fT,v the arms of i bWv7I WAS OppOSl- Y'yi. '; to the i mm MS 3 3 W mm S, F, AHLSTROM Manufacturer of the Celebrated RECOGNIZED AS THE BEST BUCCAROO SADDLE IN THE UNITED STATES WACON DUCCY HARNESS, WHIPS, RODES, ETC. 3-