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MISCELLANEOUS
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Modoc orninty will vote on a high
chool proposition.
Attend the school entertainment to
night. You will enjoy it.
The Woodmen are sparing no pains to
make their hall swell affair.
Creamery RuMer at BieNV.
There had been no mail over the Ash
land route (or tvo days up to Tuesday.
Born At Davis Creek, Fehruary 13,
1901, to the wife of E. M. White, a Don
i-? en; aga'ewarc. 1 here ts
won e co;!. parv- with it.
Oeo. II. Ayres A Co.
Asmus Tonningsou has been visiting
in Modoc county during the past week.
Born At Davis Creek, Fehruary 6.
1901, to the wife of B. F. Roy, a daugh
ter. Read the story "Cupid in a game of
Chance" on the 6th aud 7th pages of this
issue.
Watch for a surprise in the tableau
line at .the Woodmen's ball to-morrow
night.
''El Belmont" cigars are the cream of
the Havana crop. Thev are sweet and
delicious. For sale by Ahlsirom Bros. 7tf
A portion of the books for the Lake
view public school library have already
arrived.
Born At Ft. BiJwell, Cal., February
13, HH)1, to the wife of John Penland, a
daughter.
Mrs. Uladys Schlagel is reported seri
tnisiy in tins week. At ttie time ot go
ing to press she is reported better.
ee Avtragnete s liamlsonie spring
anu summer samples ot suitings. finest
ver displayed in J.akeview. 7-2
The Exchange restaurant, heretofore
conducted by Sybil Harber, was closed
to the public last Sunday morning.
.Bert Harber has returned from the
woods, where he has been following the
occupation of logger for the Hawkins &
llinehart mill.
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Altera long siege of the mumps the
people of New Tin Creek are now re
ported to le generally afflicted with the
measles. Certainly our good friends at
the Mate Line should enjoy a surcease
from their troubles after the late epi
demic shall have passed.
A wealthy relative of 8. D. Coulter
recently died in the East, leaving a
valuable estate. It was reported during
JOHN W. flOORIi.
IVath has signaled (or auothor old
pioneer and John W. Moore has answer
ed the summons. At Crescent .City,
Cal', Feb. 15, 1901, John W. Moore, aged
(Ml years, 8 months and 25 days panted
over the dafk river ti solve the mys
teries of the hereafter.
Deceased was born in the state of
Indiana, and was a pioneer of the Pa
citlc Coast, having c rooms I The Plains
by ox team in IKS;'. In that year he
settled in Yreka, Cal., during the great
gold excitement, lie wai a typical
early day miner, full of adventure, loav
the week that Mr. Coulter was in a (air j UI'"K that uidn t pay a fortune
way to become wealthy, as he is one of lo "elrike. il tMi" in ""other locality,
the heirs, but that gentleman says he ! "a ,n ,n y W" no" ,M'ry
fears his chances of becoming a million- ever' c'P on " coast in early
aire are very slim, though he may get a
small whack out of it.
All kinds ot dried fruits at Bieber's.
On the I2Ui day of February, 92 veara
ago, in Hardin county, Kentucky, Abra
ham Lincoln was born in a log cabiu
and of obscure parents. The Aineiican
people continue to honor the memory of
the lamented Lincoln, who at the age of
21 years "could read, write and cipher
to the rule of three," and afterward be
came Preeideut of the United States.
days. He resided in Lakeview from
1875 to !Srt4t and was well known by the
people of that period as an honest, true
hearted gentleman. Pince leaving here
he has visited all the mines on thecoHHt.
The news of a new mining strike was to
him sweet music the elyxir of life, as
it were aud he would hurriedly graii
his gold pan aud pick and strike out for
the uew fields. He was a gold seeker
all his lile the spirit was imbued in
him in early days and uever left him.
In his old age even he was always on
the go, and when the fell stroke of
paralysis came upon him he was delving
a mine he
G. W. Spencer informs us that there
is much high water on the West Side
and that Cottonwood creek and all the ,or the precious metal in
small streams in his neighlorhood were j owned near Crescent City. j
booming last Saturday. L. A. Carrier On the morning of Jan. .list he oh).
reports the same further down the west , attacked by paralysis ; he was removed to j
side and that Drews creek was a raging j Crescent City where the Im-hI medical j
torrent. Down the valley on this aide j "kill was employed un case. Ilisj
J. N. Fitzgerald says the streams were I condition was not considered dangerous,
garment,
quireinrnts.
We have
Now on di spiny a
largo nnJ choice collodion of
Fabrics and Fashion plates, il
lustrating tliu latest spring and
slimmer stylos, and will take
pleasure in submitting tliotn for
your insxctlon. Wo can oto
you priccn on jicrfWt-litting,
mstoin-tailorcd rniit. Skirts,
Jackets and CnpoH that will
iigreoaMy surprise you Our
lino meets the dcmiim! of any
u rue or any taste, as wo make
Hith medium ami liiulu r pi iced
guarantee to ploaso you, no mutter what your ro-
LADIKS' STYLISH SUITS
to ortlor. from $1().(H)
LAKIKS' COATS
& CAPES
to order, from 7..r0
It will Im greatly to your advantage to call on um nt onco arid let um
explain fully how wo can hhvo you money on your spring order.
very high.
Bacon aud lard, both Eastern and Goose
Lake, for sale at the Big Store i. e.,
Geo. H. Ayres A Co. .
For a gentleman's smoke trv a "Rob
ert Mantell" or a ''Zend Bouquet"
Havana cigar. For Bale by Whorton St
Jitxpatrick, only. 7-tf
Mrs. A. Miller, who visited here with
Mrs. J. E. McGarrcy for several months
early in the fall, died at her home in
ftacramento last Friday night.
Word reached Lakeview last Monday
night that Mrs. E. Keller of New Pine
Creek was dangerously ill. She was re
ported better Tuesday, however.
If you miss the Woodman ball tomor
row night, you lose the swell ball and
upper of the season.
Dr. J. S. Dewey and wife will arrive
t Davis Creek in a few days to remain
lor a short time where the Dr. will pur
Hie his vocation of extracting and filling
an o! are.
Last Monday wa opening day of
China New Year. Prince Eli of Lake
view treated all his friends royally, ami
the patrons of his restaurant had a Utile
extra that day.
Xhuras has experienced the coldest
weather for February this season ever
known to the oldest inhabitant. On the
ilh and 10th the mercury registered 13
degrees Itnlinr eero.
Ii4 little child of Mr. arid Mrs. Geo.
"W. Wise of Plush is reported dangerous
ly ill. Joe Jones came iu after Dr.
Kleiner last Monday and the Dr. started
ait once on horseback to attend the child.
Everybody will leouttothe W. 0. W.
Lall tomorrow night.
Fred Bogner, engaged as brewer by
Ayres & Schlagel of the Lakeview Brew
ery, intends to make Lakeview his home,
And will probably remove his family
i-rom.iliiura8 to Lakeview within a few
ruor.ths.
Walter Duke, the Davis Creek land
lord and stockman, spent Sunday in
Lakeview. Mr. Duke will soon give up
he management ol the station at Davis
27eek, anJ, we understand, will engage
extensively in the stock business.
JiVhn Koiish, who several days ago
(raftered a stroke of paralyses, was re
moved to town from Clover Flat last
we?k. The eld gentleman has not been
well ior a long time, and it is feared
that his age will hinder his final recovery.
"liev.C W. Raymond of the Metho
dist church went to Bethel church last
Saturday to perform the ceremony of
baptism -on several recent converts to
liia church. It was the intention to cut
hole in the ice aud perform the cere-
aoutiy in the waters of the lake.
'IThe I'laindeater thinks oil can be
Hound iu Modoc. It Is said there is an
xteneive petroleum belt in Surprise
Valley. Who knows but what Modoc
and Lake may yet become great petro
leum fields? Now that the oil craze is
uppermost, let us find the staff and in
duo! capital to come and cast its filthy
lucre at our feet.
Superintendent McX'aughton is doinir
all in his power to keep up communic
tion and carry the mail9 on the Western
between Ager and Lakeview. Tuesday
two stages arrived from the west bring
ing letter mail and a few papers. Owing
to high water it is only by extreme diffi
culty that we are getting any mail at
all. McXaughton is to be congratulated
on hia good work.
L. N. Chiquette, the com e tent and
respected teacher of the Cogswell Creek
school, concluded his labors in thai dis
trict on February 15th, after a very sue
cessful term. Mr. Chicquette
remaining in this vicinity, and is open
for an engagement at any kind of Ialior
for the present. The Examiner cheer
fully recommends the gentleman to any
one in need of assistance.
at the time, as he was conscious, could !
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ihik, nun nan pariuu use oi nrmsell al
though his entire left side was afli-cted.
However, this condition did not lust long
and he soon answered the call that many
of his brother pioneers have answered
before him.
Deceused leaves a w idow, Mrs. Edna
F. Moore, a daughter Mrs. W. Z Moss,
a sun Attorney W. J. Moore, all of Luke-
view, and A. .Moure, a praclicuu;
attorney residing at Portland, thisstute
A lew months ago hid only sister, Mrs
Elizabeth Lofton, died in Miaslu County,
Cal.
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Buying Horses.
During the past week Henry Weigcrt
The "El Commandunie" ciirar is a
good, honest smoke. There is none
quite so good. For sale only by Post A
King.
intends: ll" low" " ''" ouying Horses lor
Geo. If. Bayley, of South Fork, says the
New Era. The horses are intended for
cavalry purposes, nnd will be sold to the
U. S. Government otlicials, who are
purchasing an immense number of
horses for army use. Mr. Weigert has
purchased aliout W) head thus far, and
will (my all the available animals he
can find. The price paid varies from
A local dramatic company is now re-! f-o to f:i5 er head, according to the
hearsing a comedy drama to be present
ed early in March for the benefit of the
cemetery fund. The play is entitled
"Uncle Josh," and is full of wit, humor
and pathos. It is one of the best yet to
be produced tiefore a Lakeview audience,
and it is the intention of the manage
ment to reproduce the play at Paisley
and New Pine Creek, after having given
it here.
Few are aware that in the date of ad
mission, Uregon 's one ot the oldest
states beyond the Mississippi, entering !
the Union in 1859, says the Alturas j
Plaiodealer. It was the first new state
to have the oIitical honor of naming
the vice-presidential candidate, General
Joseph Lane, for one of the great parties
in the first year of its statehood. Frank
Lane, of Lakeview, is a grandson of the
old General.
An extremely large assortment of gar
den seeds from two different houses for
sale at the Big Store i. e., Geo. 11.
Ayres A Co.
Gunther Bros, have made another im
provement iu the opera house, and
ladies attending entertainments at that
place hereafter will find a neat and com
fortable apartment furnished with mir
ror, comb, brush, washstand and all
conveniences necessary for the arrange
ment of their toilet. These rustling
managers have also given Studley A
Harris, the furniture men, an order for
six dozen comfortable chairs, to be
placed in the hall, and the chairs will
arrive in a few weeks,
size of uie norse ana its broken or un
broken state. He is huving some of the
horses broken to the saddle this week.
When he completes his task of purchas
ing, he will deliver the band of horses
to Mr. Bayley at Amedee, where the
Government inspectors will examine
them. It is understood that Bayley's
agents have already purchased in Modoc
county about COO head of horses in the
past few weeks, most ot the animals
now being at Can by and South Fork.
Rural Mail Delivery.
I'osimasier ilcox lias teen in cor-
resondeiii'e with the Postal Depart
ment at Washington regarding rurul de
livery, with the result that when the
next Star Koiite contract for carrying
the mails in Luke county is let it will !
with the understanding that mail will
be de.ivered by comiietent and care
ful carriers (drivers) at every box along
the mail lines in the county and without
cost to the parties receiving mail. There
w ill he a peualty for any carelessness in
the delivery of mail, and the parties to
whom delivery is made toe expected to
put up boxes and keep the same in re
pair. As il Is now, parties on the mail
lines are compelled to pay carriers for
delivering Uieir mail. Ttie new order,
or rural delivery, will do away with this
tax. The order does not take effect for
about one year, until the present con
tracts expire.
New Pine Creek Roller
P Flouring Mills.'
A. M. SMITH Proprietor.
Umlortht' new management this
mill in now prepared to furnish
customers with the lest of )
and is paying highest price for "rain
Jlour. Bran, Shorts
Corn meal Germea.
Orders promptly filled.
Thin advertisement in changed evert) week Watch it.
Jaw ckrurw
John Aviragnete, the local merchant
tailor, invites the public, aud especially
eood dressers, to call and see his new
spring and summer samples of suitings
and pantaloons. They are beauties. 7 2
Joe Jones, who came in after the Dr.
(or the child of Mr and Mrs. Wise, left
Plush at 3 o'clock Monday morning, and
reached here iu five hours. Mr. Jones
reports high water at and surrounding
Plush. In places one could step out of
the door into twelve inches of water.
The flood was particularly noticeable
about the JJ ranch. He also informs
The Examiner that the people of Plush
and vicinity enjoyed a grand ball on the
evening of Feb. 15th, at Wise hall. It
was the most enjoyable event of the
season. Mr. Jones remained over a few
days.
Bought Race Stock.
Harry RoWts returned from Cali
fornia last week. He left here on the
8th day of lust November, and since that
time has been "seeing the sights" iu
San Francisco and visting Ked Bluff and
other places. After enjoying himself for
the three months or more he returns
looking better than he has in years, and
his many (riends were glad to welcome
him home. While in Kan Francisco
Harry bought at auction a pair of likely
looking and. well-bred colts of racing
stock. Both animals will be two years
old in i he spring. One is a stallion sired
by Key El Santa Anita, dam Blazeway
i, darn of Sonorio) by Blazes. The other
is a gelding sired by Amigo, dam Osada,
by Emperor of Norfolk, He brought
the colts as far as Millville and left them
in care of C. K. Her) ford.
Everybody is talking about our reduction Biiao Halo, and
thoHe red strings :ire tliu latest stylo. Don't fail to come
in before the 1st of March, for that ends tlio Bale ot shoes
at reduced priced. You'll see the shoos in our window.
...Ladies up-to-date Shoes...
THE MONOGRAM
d Not for awhile
With cut prices to clean out
Goods that were bought with
BAD JUDGMENT
But here I stay
All the time with Goods that
will give entire satisfaction.
J. S. FIELD
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On Main Street
Lakeview