OUT TUB X-AIH3Xt OIU- OXCX3V3Z3
VOL. XXII.
LAKKVIKW, LAKK COUNTY, OlthOOX, THURSDAY, APRIL. 18, IMI.
NO. ir.
OUTSIDE
BIDDERS
BARRED
Oregon Mails will
be Carried by
Local Hen
.SUB-CONTRACTS DEAD
I he Contract! to he Next Year
Will (live l-flke County Men
a Chance to Hid on Mall
5c r vice nt a Profit.
Sow will tin I'm nl men have nu op
uirliinity li secure contract for Tarry
ing tlx' 1'iiiled Slate mail in Oregon
without coin 'l inr willi the profeional
Slur llmite contractor, who nil in their
illii'fM iii lln Kh1 ami ilo nothing hut
.ludy iii scheme t gel "sucker" to
arry out their contract ly the ul-lct
lliiii. A recent order I y the Postollice
I N.urtniriit doe away with sub-cmi-I
lading in this state. 'I In' Examiner
Iniil charge if this fight, mildly hikI
alone, for Lake nullity Mini Southeastern
Ingoli two year ago, mill tin' big x ti-
t loll Sell! III fillgrcM liV till' publisher
( llni iiiht loi.l it h i-IUm t. The result
tliMt tin' Miir lloiiiii" inr "roiiti'it,"
no. I n Ii i ut nn t u.g to rai iy the t'nited
Stales mail" in tlii- slate i ii thing nf
Ihe pii-t. A llspatih Imiiii Washington,
iinilcr date of Aiiil .'ith, gives detail o
(In- lie older, ii s foiloMr:
Alsiiit tin' middle el I-cptcinU'r the
1'iutolli c I't-parlincnt will i t-rli-o lor
fitwwlw .,r -t riM mail un 4li.
various metis in On-gnu iiml Washing
Ion for the four inn- lioin July I, I'll)'.',
to ,1 1 1 1 oil, IINMi. 'I lil- Nciir llll illlloVII
I ion in lli If 1 1 In' ill ln introduced It It'll
should wmk to tin- iiiiilci iiil li'iii'lil i I
I.Hiil l.i.l. In-. 1 li'n-lof..r.' tin- I ii 1 1 U nl
till' Uicgoll Mini Washington Colli nii'lH
llll V ' lll'i'll IIUIIIill'll lO lll-ll'lll llllllllTK
ii to iiii'ii wlm lire known to tin- depart
ini'iit n k speculative bidder Tliry have
made it piai'tii c nl going into llic several
In I en on the-e iiiinln'iiliiiil biddings,
tilteied to i-iii ry tin- mail lit extremely
low figure, mill naldrallv secured tin'
4'iiiitiai lH. 'I'liry Ini'l no idea f carrying
tin ii i it 1 1 h themselves wlit'ii they entered
tlu bidding, lull intended to null let (lit'
41 III t I at' t S til Infill IIICII.
Iii order to clear themselves llit'Hi- bid
It'i n woulil forri' ioor farmer' Imy ami
iIIh'im. ulio imiiii ill a f fin. I il, to cany
lln- i i it i In mi these. ro'itt'K nt a salary
w liii li ofti'iitiini'h woiiUI tmt pay the liv
mg ex pense of tin- suli-cont i actor or
maintenance nl 1 1 i h horses. Of cntllse,
where stage driver took these sub
contract un a side issue, they n'rliaiH
made a little something ; lull stages, a
it lull, art) not used nu iIii-hi- star routes,
furthermore, the dcpai tmcnt has locn
ovi'iriiu willi 'oniilaiiilH Irnui lliu Mil
font i arlom Ihs iiiihc l he coii.rui'torH faili'd
In pay tin-in lor tlio wrvicu llicy mr
foi ini'il, ami, un a ciiiibciiuciici', tlio of
lict' of llni Auditor iH tn-ilay lloodcil with
tliiHflitNN of claiuiN, which nit- HiljiihW'tl
mh rimdily ii h iohkiIiIo. Am ii rule, how
over, lliu ciintractiirK art) irofcHHioiial
HliarpciN, ami iniiiiao in one way or
auoi her to prevent the mili-colit ractnm
from III i flaiiim until they have. !
!t!tveil lull pay for lliu year nr term for
vt Ii it-li tlm contract wiih let, ami then
linn the Niili-contractol' nut ill tint cnltl.
hccoinl AHHiHiant I'oMtniaster Hhallen
lierer Iiiih Iouk recnani.etl the evilnof
thia practice, ami neeH that tin) Ih-hI ser
vice cannot he necureil muter micli a
faulty HyHleni. Ik' finmeiiiunitly iMHiieil
an nriler woiiie innutliM alio which pro
vitlen that hereafter all contrai'tnn mi
Mlar run leu nliall livu trilnilary to the
route, lliu iiltM in Hint of all toiiiHUie
a (iill ami juHl payiuunt for can -ving lliu
mailH. Ilu recognixeH that Hittiafuclury
aervico cannol hu hail on tintlerpaiil mil
ariuH. Nor iIuch ho feel that there in any
,'caHion for payiiiK the middle man a
nice margin fur doing aliHulutely nothing
further than "nkiuiiing" the poor local
men. heooiidly, Mr. Miallenlmrgor be
liovcM that on general priucipleH thenu
mail contriiclH whould bo let to local men,
ami he will nee to it that .ulal ive
liiilding In precluded at the coming let
ting of contract.
l'oiiM'iiiently, when proMMuilii ar re
ceived next fail, one of the Htipulalioim
In Imi enforced newt (tringetitly l that
every didder live tributary to the route
on which lie bill, tti thin way Kahtern
bidder will be reminded from entering
the coiiiN-tilioo, and Oregon men will
enrry the mail in Oregon, a far a oa
nilile, while S'aihiutftoti men will carry
the mail In their Plate. Of coll me, the
MU'cen of Ihi ynteiii depend largely
II, will whether there will be aullicietil
tm in I t-r of local bidder to mipply all
route.
The depart men t expect that the price
linked by local bidder will be ahghlly ill
advance of the pi ice ikeil by u'ula
live biddem, but tbi will be lio olwtacle
ami the lowent rci-l-oli'ilile local liid.h r
will in each cane receive the award. One
feature which will make price liitflier
thin year than ever la-fore i that all con
tractor on alar route will lie required
to deliver mail in Imixc. w hich pulron
may place alonu the route for it recep
tion, under what i known an the utar
roiile Ikix delivery. Tni i the ryntt in
which wa inugural-il in Oregon ami
WaHhitigton almiit a year ago. It ha
heen found to give universal nutiNfm:tioii,
and to a large ex 'cut preclude the nt'
remoty for rural fret) delivery. The lif
ference la-tweeti thia mirvice and rural
free delivery in dimply thin: The etar
roiite box delivery ri"ilircH the carrier
to leave mail, where no rt'nuei-ted, in
Imixi-h which lenldelit along the line of
bin route may erect on the loU'l-iili'.
'1 lie farmer ate reHMiiikible for mail hi
led. The cairier never leave hi unite,
ami never goe lo the Iioiim-h totielivci
mild. The tural free delivery earner
ill h'h leave hi mule lo th-hver the mail
at the Iiiiiimi'k, and, moteover, wll
Hlampx, poKiul cardu, money order, and
in, in fact, u poMnlluc nu wlui ln. An
.UU1 Uloie, all new atur-route con-
trnrtm will rail for box ileMrery. "-
llt lwei'ii now in d tiif miildle of Sep-
tiiiiUr IimiiI men who contemplate 1 l I - j
ding nil the aeVeral routes hate ample j
tune to look the Held over, lli-ierlaiu j
about what it wi l cokI them to under- :
take tue dilfi-nnt colilracti', ami whelij
hill aie called fur they i-hoiild he ready
to i-iil'init a reiiMUiHlile and cuiupii heii-
ive bid, which will reteive favorable j
foiiHidf ration. Willi nutHide competi-
lion cut off, they have a great advantage
over previmiH year. And whi'ii they j
have Hecuretl their colilraet, they may i
well thank the (-ccoml A-i-lant I'nM-j
iuaHter-( ieiieral. for he i the man who, i
while caring for the intercMl of I Jit' j
(ioverninelit, i yet the friend of (it j
local mail rontuu'lnr, ami ii- doing all he ,
can to aHit him.
AND LAkli ALM.
Senator .1. N. Williaiiifoii. one of the1
recognized leaders of the recent N gin-,
lature, wa in Anteloie Tue"day night, j
on hia way to 1'rineville. Mr. William-:
mod w a one of the prime fiictoi'H in the!
establishment of the m'alp bounty law j
upon it pre-ent very aatisfaetory binds, .
untl when we remember the bitter light i
which wa waued in certain localities of ;
the utale agaiiiht a hoiiul v law , we can
appreciate the splendid victory which1
Mr. Williamson, with the asMMance of;
our other repreHenialives, won for the
gieal nhecji industry of Kastcrn Oregon.
Wumco County has just cause for nelf-1
congratulation, in that her interest
were guarded by that manner of men. i
Anteloic Herald.
V. O. V. Organlcr Coming.
(ieorge 1'). Weber, otg'ini.er of the
Wooiliuen of tho World will lecture at
(iiinther Hall in I.akeview on the "ht
inst., at New l'ine Creek on the 'J'ld and
rnion School House West Side on the
'J.'ith. The lei'turo will bt free, and the
public in conlially invited lo attend.
Mr. Weber is an entertaining speaker.
Hesitlea the lecture, there will be an
interesting program of entertainment.
Circuit Court Decision.
The l'list says that the custi of Conn
v Conn, unit for water i-lainm, has been
decided by the Supreme court in favor
of V. Conn, tho plaintiff, giving hint a
title to a certain amount of water taken
from tho Chow annul river w hich he
use for irrigation purposes on hi
property in Taialey. Thia case was de
cided by Circuit Judge lWbon, not by
the supreme court.
GENERAL and LOCAL
NEWS of the WEEK
.
A Qreat Many Things of Interest Written Briefly for Readers of the Examiner
Circuit Couft
Cases Decided
The following decree in Ike county t Special U Tba Eiamln.r. , DkaH Kxami.kk I am glad, after a
case were taken from the Circuit Court Hai.km, Oregon, April 17 : Uobt. ' few tnontli'a alwwnce to grap again the
Journal thia week : ! glesby wa liefore the United Mate ' '""''l lrut! friendship, and am grate-
Vlig.l Conn, plaintiff v. (ieorge Conn. (.(iUrt v,.Hl(r,,ay , ,.rtttn), ,lleil(1 '" welcome I received on my re
defemlatit. Water case. ' , turn home. California, with it gharious
I.M-HKK. gu.lty to robbing the I.akev..'w-1'atsley c.iniat(, ! exlellle,l ,x:ean view, and
Thia cause U-ing heretofore tried and ftage last iMemU-r, ami wa oenteiiced to again get a aniff of the salt breeze of
aubmitted on ritten argument of conn- to the (leniteiitiary at halem for one old ocan (I spent my b-iyhiKs day in
set, and the court having taken the saute
under advisement, it i now ordered
and decreed that (ieorge Conn, the de
fendant, hi agent and aervants, i ami
are forever enjoined and restrained from
in any manner ohstrurlitig oi interfer
ing w ith the How of w ater through and
along the ditch conducting water out ol
the Chew aucan river at a point alsiut
four or live rods below lh fork of said
river, and across the land of sad deleiid
ant. I Deicriptioii ol aaid land J.
And it is further adjudged that plain
tiff have ami recover of the ih-h'inlant,
( icol ge Conn, his cost ami disburse
inciils nl this suit.
IIksky L. Uknsox,
Judge.
I ili d and entered in Circuit
Courl Journal April :i, l'.ml.
In t he Circuit Court nl the Mate of
Oregon, lor the county of I-akc. I ieorge
II. Small, piuiutill, h Kl ni-r 1 1. I.ult,
defend. ml.
. . iiu kc
It i therefore ordered, adjudged and
decreed that the plaintiff is the equit
able ow lie r of the east half of the south
west quarter and the west half of the
soul heast quarter of section l', town
ship I', south of ramie H east nf the
Willamette Mer. ; that the naked legal
title is in the government nf the I'uiled
Mates, and that the defendant has u
right, title or lien in ir to said land Imr
any part thereof, and the patent issued
to said de fcntlatit for sunt laml liy the
( ioverninelit of the Tinted States, is
hereliy adjudged to Ihi invalid and void,
and the defendant Klmci 1. I.utz, and
all parties claiming under him, is and
are, hereby perpetually enjoined from
asserting any title to said premise or
any part thereof, under or by virtue of
said patent ; and it is further ordered,
adjudged and decreed that plaint ilT have
and recover of ami from the defendant,
his costs and disbursements in this suit
lobe taxed. I U:KY 1,. liKNSos, J udge.
Fileil ami entered in Circuit
Court Journal, April 15, lltOl.
We Must Secure Them.
In mentioning the racing and base-
bail tournament in I.akeview dining
Fourth of July week the Post says:
"Silver Lake has a gtsal team and Pais
ley has nne ; if no other inducements ,
are offered for these teams in the county
they w ill probably go to lakeview. At,
lest four team could be gotteu up in j
the county one at Lakeview and one.
at C:ane Creek, with the two mention-!
etl would make it interesting for Lake-!
view if they all attend."
Grand Ball and Supper.
A grand ball and supper will be
given in I.akeview on the evening of
April "tith, under the auspicies of the
Cemetery Committee. Tho supper will
be donated by the good ladies of Lake
view, and tho pna'ceds of the affair will
go ii.o the cemetery improvement fund.
The supiH'r will be an elegant one, the
music w ill be first-class and all w ho at
tend are assured of a good time. Tick
ets, ball and supper, $2 50.
Ungngement Announced.
The engagement of Mr. Frank T.
liunther of Lakeview and Miss Lulu
Simmons of Paisley is olllcially an
nounced. The marriago w ill lake place
at the Paisley Hotel on Wednesday,
May 1, 1001, at 9 a. in. The Examiner
is now printing lliu wedding cards,
which will be tissued next week.
Oglesby Gets jDan de Quille
One Year.! Comes Back
year. The i.rinoner arrived here t.xlav "
and wa at once taken to the "pen"
Millie Smith
is Insane.
"Millie Smith I insane !" Such wag
the sad new flashed across the wire last
.Monday to relatives ami friends in Ft.
ISnlwt-ll, and whim reached Lakeview
Tuesday evening. It w;is a severe shock
to the many friends of the young lady
lioth in M'sloc and l.akecoiinties. Mis
S.mtfi has iMjfii residing in an Fran
cisco tor some time. OiiJ.be ilny tiicii-
ii.. lied Mrs. Mnitli, mother of the young I
iadv. tivj ig ui Ft. Iti lwell, received a
I telegram from the S.vretary of an
Fa-tern St.tr lo j t in Sm Fr.tinriso , in
quiring if the father of Millie Mnitli waft
a Mason, giving the sad new alsjye
mentioned. The sister and brother of
the young lady atarted at once for the
. - ' - . . . .
city. It 1. thought that Uis Kuiiih,
who has la-en keeping Usiks fur a ."an
Francisco firm, hail probably overwork
ed her brain, ami that her illness will
prove only a temporary alMTrution of the
mind. Her many friend here sincerely
hoe that such may la' the case.
Important News
From Warner.
We are in receipt of an inieresting ;
communication from Warner Valley j
this week, but owing lo the la'eness of;
the hour it was received, we can only I'ofct, iii his last issue, in endeavoring to
take excerpts from the same. The re- correct a statement made by The Ex
mainder of the letter will receive oar at- ! aminer regarding the anow fall on the
trillion next w eek. Among other things ' 2d of April in that orange belt, gets
our correspondent says: " touchy" on the subject, imputes a
Last wee ChaB. Sessions sold his j malicious design to The Kxamiuer, turns
band of about 75 head of caule to deo. ' the tables and gives Lakeview credit for
Mapes at $23.50 per head. i a six inch fall of the "beautiful"against
Frank Kiirus. the noted vauuero. suf- ; two at Paisley. He intimates that The
fered a broken leg by the fall of his
horse, one day last week, in Bidwell.
Alxmt the same time his wife presented
him with a 10-iHiiind Uiy, which will
tend to alleviate his sufferings, and give
him a ray of happiness during the hours
of his trouble. , that day, w hich reminds me hat. " 1 ant
Miss Skinner, tho popular school- somewhat of a liar myself. However,
ma'am, was over from Coleman last ; we can find testimony to corroborate the
week and visited with Mrs. Iinla-rger. statement that it was cold enough at
(iranville Maize went to Bidwell lam j Paisley on the date mentioned to put alt
Friday to see his brother William, who , the oranges of that tropical belt back
nearly met his death last week, by being1 ward about three weeks. Jack Kelsay
run over by a six-horse team and a road and Will Sherlock will substantiate thia
gratler. He is not expected to live. ! statement and they are well known
Adcl, Or.. April 15, 1M01. I.J. ! men in good standing in tho Ancient
Happy Day Coming.
It is no longer a secret; the gossips
have it straight, and it is not deniwl by
the soon-to be happy Benedick, that the
redoubtable Col. Frank P. Light, manag-
er of Hotel I.akeview, w ho has for many
moons been wooed and lost by the fairest
charmers of the country, is soon to take
upon himself a fair bride in the person
of Miss Minnie Cannon, a charming
young woman well known in I-ake
county, who will soon arrive from Port
land. While tho happy Colonel is some
what reticent regarding the date set for
the nuptials, old Paine Rumor, who
thinks she's always right, says the hap
py words w ill lie spoken about the time
(hut May queens are crowned when
the Mowers are blooming and the birds
aro merrily chirping their tra la la la.
Put 'or there tJtT, Colonel.
aielit. of the rock clail uliorea of the Al
lantic) was certainly rejuv-nating to ine,
and I cjiild almost fancy that I was
standing again on the rotk-bouml coaat
of old ririgo. But when I turned my
fo.tstep homeward, unconsciously, I
would find myself looking along the
roadway for a Bight of the first tge bush
that admonished me of my arrival in
Ijike county. It wan natural, you know.
I came home via Ashland, Jackson
ville. Gold tiill and Klamath Falls,
(iold Hill is an enterprising mining
town. Jacksonville and Medford com
bined are doing Iota of bu-iness.
Ashland is going right abend. Klamath
Falls well, I felt incliued toward the
tow n ; perhaps it wan the sight of the
i fage brush that made me feel at home.
' 1 u,vt O' agreeable people there.
Mine host, Kent Ballard, of the Link
vilie House, is a landlord who under
stands his business. The firm of Mar
tin it Keames, haulers and grocers, is
composed of clever people men w hom
I .1.. i i
it does one's ooul good to meet with. 1
can cheerfully recommend them to lha
; piihiic for their square dealing and
general affability.
! I tarried a few days in each of the
places very agreeably; they are all nice
I tow us, but for bustle, business and
lieauty, I.akeview "takes the cake."
! And Joe Coleman haa also returned, I
I notice, and well, na' tho sav ha' I. So
1 au revoir for the presetit.
Dan nt: Qi illk.
j I.akeview, April 14, 1901.
Up Against It.
young man of the Che-walk-ia
The
Examiner editor was snow-blind, and
will find a home in the ' heieafter" that
may prove a warm place in w hich to
dwell. The Examiner probably missed
, it an inch or two, or there might have
' been no snow at all in the Cliewaucan
Order of Cheerful Liars a lodge we
would adviso our young friend of the
Post to join forthwith. The lemon
trees in I.akeview are now loaded down
j wilh ,ua frl,it- a"d tho
j cror) f oranges is now on.
Three Days Racing at Paisley.
There will Iks three days racing at
Paisley, la'ginntng June 20th and con
tinuing until the evening of the 22d
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, under
the auspicies of the Chewaiuan Jockey
Club. The program will bo given out
this week, and it is thought that liberal
purses will be offered. Lakeview horse
wen and racing devotees are expected
to attend, and enter their sprinters in
the events, as the Paisley races will be
good "workout" for the horses who will
compete for the $1,100 purses on tho
I.akeview track.