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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1901)
Crazy Booms SUCCESS (One Yemr. $2.00 Slx Months. MM) (Three Months, 50 TERMS: What the Oil Boom Has fialtc Count u OSxamlnrv PuMinh4 Every TharwUjr BEACH & M'QARREY Muonlc BulUInf LAkKIIKW, !:;. 1KB. N, IMI. Mrs. Nation is said to be resting up ft Done for Bakersfield, CaliforniaDead as a Door Nail for Years, is Now a Bustling City. That the discovery of oil in many localities in California, Hint the develop metit of that ind'istry, ha created no end of excitement is evidenced by the wonderful amount of tnonej now chang ing hands in that state. Kverylnxly has the "oil crate," and there appears to l no limit to peculation and gambling in Palles (oe industry ns well as the impetus given was made last week, when 20,000 pounds I to business of every description. In bit. Lakeview has a tine water plant. Now, if we can tet water, we will Ih in it. Mr. Bryan will not refuse gold in pay ment for subscriptions to "The Commoner." La Urande, this Mormon church, there at once. state, will build a We shall move up The first sale of wool at The old at 10 cents. "You kin git yo' daily bread by pray ing," says Uncle Mose, "but tie nightly chicken has to be hustled fo" The bill in the Oregon Legislature, providing for registration between June and November elections, has passed. The good Indians of Fall River Mills have signed a pledge to abstain from the use of firewater. Fall River Mills is local option town. The Chinese Court says the Powers' demands are too preposterous, and only two officials will be turned over to the allied armies for butchery. An oil spring near Arbucklc, Colusa county, Cal., was sold last week for $250,000. The oil is lubricating and is said to be worth fS a barrel. China appears to want to take on a few nations just now. It is said that she won't carry out the demands made npon her in return for the last rumpus she kicked op. The Medford Mail has just completed the census of Medford. The new enu meration places the population of that town at 2.10!, a gain of 31S over the late government census. Lillie and Genevieve Lowell advertise in a Redding paper for husbands. What a- lot of ungallant youths old Shasta Airier ir inrestetl Willi, w nianc n uuui eary for these dear girls to ask for leige lords. Despite the efforts of Portland and her Solons, the country is to have a scalp iotinty law to save millions ot dol lars in the next few years to Oregon stockmen. Portland reallv isn't the whole tliinu, after all. Hearst has invited Mr. Kmcer to visit this country, for what nurpose is easily surmised. Hearst's papers, par ticularly the "Examiner," are not happy unless engaged in raising hell somewhere or with souiehody. Willows Journal. Ontario was defeated in its ambition to wrest the county seat of Malheur from Vale, by one vote. Ontario made a gallant fight, for it. is an uphill busi ness to attempt to win a county seat away I'om the town already in power. The Oregon Legislature has adjourned without iving Lakeview or Burns a single graft. We fully expected a branch penitentiary, insane asvluru or Home other institution, and Burtis wanted a high school and flO.OyO in it? stocking. We Miull remember these Solons that we will. A live Lakeview merchant is import ing creamery butter for the accommo dation of hi patrons. Instead of estab lishing a creamery plant here and manu facturing sufficient butter for home con sumption and export Lakeview capital ists would rather buy the article from outside markets. The Common Scold. The Oregonian has made an unwar ranted attack upon Congressman Tongue, nays the Albany Herald. That paper acknowledges that Mr. 'fjngue has made an able representative and has done efficient work for the state, but these thing do not seem to count with the Oregonian. Because Congre liiuin Tongue is a broad-minded statesman, who works for the interest of the entire state, and cannot be used by a little ooterio of Portland politicians the Ore gonian debases itself by making a slanderous attack upon him. The peo ple of Oregon, however, are familiar with the vagaries of the big Portland newspaper and know that its editor is a professional scold. The people, of this district appreciate the faithful services and good work done by Congressman Tonguo and will resent the outragoous and unjust criticism by the Oregonian. speaking of Hakcrstield, Cal., upon his return home to Kansas City after a visit to that oil region, Charles K. Finley said that Bakersfield is the hardest place he ever visited. A room cannot le had in the town. The old Southern Hotel is charging 4 er day for accommodations that formerly cost 75 cents. F.very sort of gambling is running wide open. No white man with any regard for his life would wander about the town after dark. There is more cliMinpagne consumed in Bakersfield in thirty days than Kansas City can use in a year. The postofliee has advanced in nine months from the fourth to the first class and more mail is handled there than in any town in Cali fornia with 50.0(H) inhabitants. The man with a f 100,000 proosition is laughed at there. Everyone talks mill ions! millions! "God shows what he thinks of money by the jieople to whom he gives it," is illustrated in Bakersfield. Men who were receiving $2.50 a day only a few months ago now demand f 10 and $12 for ten hours work. When in 1ax Angeles Mr. Finley in quired for a list of property that might be bought. One tract of twenty acres was offered at $100,000, another of eighty acres at $230,000 and another twenty at $110,000. One year ago the same ground was dear at $2.50 per acre. All con tracts are closed in sixty days, so busi ness is conducted there on practically a cash basis. Of course, the alsive wus Mr. Finley's observation while visiting California, and, doubtless, there is much exaggeration to tilS report, nut mose Calilornia booms are real booms while they last. In two years from now, with out doubt, the boom will have subsided, and leave in its wake the remains of hundreds of wrecked fortunes the shrewd speculator and gambler only coming out w inner. This is the history of former Southern California Imxiiiis. The people there were not born yesterday. 1 S; I ID.mi IWTDV ui wvuii i ii NEWS NOTES. From The Post. Messrs Wisdom and Mansfield came up from Lakeview to work on the Hank ins sheep ranch. W. 11. Barnes who has been on a trip in the Baker City country looking for a place belter than Iike county, has re turned, coming by Portland. Mr. Barnes h ill remain in Lake county for a w lnle. Lina Small, daughter of George .Small of Silver Lake, who is at the Corvallis Agricultural College, is troubled with a tumid grow th on her neck. Mr. Small will visit his daughter and take her to Portland lor treatment. Mrs. Geo. M. Jones was taken very ill recently, but is somewhat improved now. She was unconscious for tteveial hours, and fears were entertained for tier recovery. Chas. Trumbo, foreman of the Z X raiuh intends turning about 1500 head of the strongest cattle on tlie desert as soon as the water raises on the marsh where he is feeding. Last Saturday (Feb. Hi) as J. A. Withers was coming to town he stopped to roll some boulders out of the road that the freshet had deposited, and left his horse hitched to a new cart, when theanimal became frightened and bound ed away. The horse kept the road for about two miles, then at the end of the Hampton lane took to the sagebrush to ward the lake ami tore loose from the cart, damaging the gig considerably . C. A. Kehart and Hi Henderson of Crooked Creek went hunting last week and killed 250 rabbits and 4 coyotes. Mr. Kehart came near losing his life during the hunt. While attempting to cross a ditch drifted full of snow his horse full aul the hammer of the gun lie was carrying struck the horn of the saddle, discharging the gun, the bullet almost grazing his head. NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS if . 1 Our Clearance Sale is proi vng a success I Combination Suits I I U We still have a limited number of Ladies, Misses p H and children's Combination Suits which will be M closed out at 50 cents each. Call early and get ty your size. . P. i i I Hi Ci R OTH E & COi) THE lEtDING MERCHANTS OF UKE COUNTY. 'gj THAT COLOAR STORY. Writtt-n for lt wmk' lnir I'LI'SII, Oregon, Feb. 20, l'HII. Ej)itok F.xamiskh: I see by an issue of The Examiner, dated February Hth, that little Johny Morris of Rabbit Town sometime since hied himself to Lake view, with a eaoock strut, to report real amusing incident that hapened to (ieorge and Tom. He stated that they hail a real exciting encounter with a cougar; he says that the thr lling experience took place last week (which would be some time between February 1 and February 7). Well, Johny, that is aoout near the .. ..i any time of your Narrative of the thrill ing experience. Really, Johny, it amues me to think you would go so far out of your way to show your cunning. If you show as much intelligence in building up Rabbit Town you surely will soon have it going at a lively rate. Now, the truth is that George and Tom, as they are called, did have an ad venture with a real live cougar, notwith standing your petty sarcasm, but that occurred on January 11, 1001, and not last week as you say it did. (ieorge and myself were on our way from lakeview on that occasion, arid, owing to the depth of snow and a late start from Ijikeview, we were rather late reaching Warner. Up in Peep Creek canyon at aliout 7 o'clock in the evening we rode up w ithin a few yards of a cougar (and not a calO standing in the road. Wediduot whoop and yell, as Johny says we did, but George having a pistol, we ilid do a little shooting, as best we could on very much frightened horses. Now, does anyone suppose that horses that were well used tocat'le would ge so frightened at a calf, that they were almost beyond con trol? I think no intelligent person (not Johnyj will make any tuch assertion, but Johny is in the habit of using much sarcasm, mid not to his credit. (ieorge and myself saw the cougar and not through perverted cow-punchers' eyes, either. We did return to the scene of encounter the next morning, but, owing to the fact that it had rained and otherwise melted the snow to such an extent we could not follow the trail, we returned to our homes. But, Johny did give the editor a chance to soar, and George and myself feel a little sore, too. Then; In a man In Kabblt Town Ami li Is wondrous wise; He (li'l lint j o in Into a bramble bimh And scratch out his IijhIiuii eyes. Conic, .Inliny, take my ml v lee, And do better another tl me Don't lie uilkled twice By it loud mid boisterous Mine. Tom. Stop, the Cough and Works oil th Cold. Laxative Bromo-tuiniue Tablets cure a cold in oue day, No cure no pay, i'rice 25 cents. 3H-Jyr Try a hot bath in that fine big porce I i i'i at Frank Smith's shop, next Uooi t the bank. All the latest im provements, and a Turkish attendant. ' It eeiiin to be nil actual (act tliat an Indian never JiiukIih." "NoliiCii.e! Iil'lli't Longfellow in a l0 Ml mol ilalia?" And everybody else "Ha Ha's," who drink ami smoke at Post & King's, ltf Tick fork, tockcty tick, dor the .Harm Clocks in our show window, Is'nt it hard tojjet up these sleepy mornings without something to rouse you? Wo have marked our Alarm Clocks from $l.-r down to $1.00 each. Metier ,'(t one while they last and jot up on time. Is'nt the canned fruit and other caniud KtuiT you put up last fall about usnd up? We have just what you want in onr front window, and many other kinds. PEACH US PEARS APRICOTS UQQ PLUMS BLACKBERRIES CORN PINEAPPLES TOMATOES ..Dunlap & Thruston.. 11 1 1 I: V0m I iff i W S. F. AHLSTROM Manufacturer of the Celebrated Recognized as the best Buccaroo Saddle in the United States- WACON DUCCY HARNESS, WHIPS, RODES, ETC.