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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1901)
LAKE COUNTY CXAHINER: LAKCVICW, OREOON, AUU. 8. 1001. ait Count u xamlitcc Published Every Thuraday BEACH & M'GARREY Mimic Bulldlrtf (One Year, $2.00 TERMS: Six Month 1 .00 (Three Months 50 LAKEVIEW, OREGON, At'O. 8. 1001. Lake county is not far behind in coin ing to the front with curly fruit. Tho first apples of the season were in the market last week. A Kansas man offers to exchange a mule for a wife, which causes an ex change to remark that some men never know when they are well otT. A democratic paper says the rain in the corn state augurs well for the demo cratic cause, doncherknow. "More rain, more corn; more corn, more whiskey; more w hiskey. mre democrats." Last Sunday the weather man showed the people that it could get warm here if it wanted to, hut he didn't want to in convenience anyone by relating the dose on a week day. The Younger Brothers, lately paroled from the Minnsota ienitentary, have found imploymetit selling gravestones. They created quite a market for this commodity during the early pirt of their career. The greatest river is the Amazon. It is navigable for ocean stealers for 2000 miles from its mouth. At parts of its course one bank cannot be seem from the other ; the observer seems to be look ing out upon a sea of fresh water. Miss Kzia Clark, 7o years old, who had not walked for over rive years on account of rheumatism, suprised her family. She got the notion into her head that she could walk, getting on her feet, was surprised to tind that she could. mmmmm What is believed to be petrified mule's hoof has been found in the Krie mines. The stone has the exact shape of the hoof and is tilled w ith slight de pressions, which are numerous on the flat side. These were probably caused liv tli rtailu nt hnp worn hv the ani mal. It was found in old workings abandoned manv years airo. The Missouri egg factory of Springfield handles about 50,000 dozen etsgs a day, all of which are candled or tested before acceptance. About th'ee wagonloads are rejected each day and dumped outside . of the city limits. A man living near - thedumping ground has collected enough chickens hatched by the unprecedented heat from the eggs thus thrown away to .stock a chicken (arm. Creating forest reserves does a grave injustice to the people who are justly entitled to the lands in the public do main, not the foreign corporations who are already fully recognized by this great nation. The evils of the Kainier and Cascade reserve should be ample warn ing to the people of w hat has happened, and a sure index of what will happen. Let the weight of the people assert it self. Isu't it about time the sheepmen of Lake county were taking some action against the land leasing propsition. The opposition haa already formulated plans to come before the next congress, and unless the sheepmen oppose it in a resolution to congress, there will only be one side of the question before the law makers. A meeting should be called and action taken at once, for after while it will be too late. The United States treasury was never in a healthier condition than it is at present. On July 31st, when business of the day was commenced, there was in the Treasury vaults 1504,354,207. an in crease for the month of f 10,000,000, and for the year of $74,422,422. This im mense pile of gold coin is held against the following items : Gold certificates, t2i)3,5:55,(i8!) ; reserve, f l.'0,000,000 ; gen eral fund cffrsegold, ffil.818,508- Many of the orcliardists of Goose Lake valley a r expeaimenting on the best kinds of fruit that is adapted to this country, ami are improving every year, so that eventually this county cannot be outdone in the quality of fruit raised. C. M. Taylor of New I'ine Creek has a very fine fruit ranch, and one that is especially favored from frosts. There may be other places in this valley that are equally as good, and some may be better for ought we know. At present Mr. Taylor is paying more attention to berries, lie has a transparent bcackberry, which is claimed to be very nice, and also has the celebrated Loganberry, and dueberries. Mr. Taylor raiucs hasle-nuts on his place, besides he has a number of almond trees that give promise of bearing in a year or bo. LAKEVIEW LANDS Wanted in the Burns Land District. Henewed efforts are !oiiig made to have a part of the I-akoview land dis trict, in Ore-son, transferred to the Burns district. A large petition lias Iwu re ceived at the General Laud Ollico asking that a tract of land about t'0 miles square, forming the extreme southeastern cor ner of the state of Oregon, Ik removed from the jurisdiction of the Lakeview otlice and placed under that at Burns. The signers of the petition assert that the lands in this tract are more access ible to the latter ollico than to tho former. Their allegations, however, are in general terms, and because of their indefiniienesa the papers in the jase have been returned. About a year ago many of tho people interested in this move petitioned for a similar change, but at that time were concerned in a small tract. The names appearing on the original petition gen erally appears on the one just received, together with many additional ones. While the assertion is made thut this fact is more ai-cessihle to tho Burns Land Otlice than to Lake view, the map seems to so show the contrary to lie the fact. No member of the state delegation appears to be interested in tho projmscd change, f r there is no record of con gressional recommendation one way or the other. However, when the petition era make reply w ith more details the department w ill decide upon some course of action. Another Reservation to Open. Advicei have ln-en received at the tieneral Land Glfiee to the effect that by SeptemU-r 1 the surveys of the Fort Hall Indian reservation, Idaho, w ill have been completed. Upon the final completion of the sur vey special agents of the Ijind Otiice w ill be sent out to verify and approve 'the results. If no errors are discloied, the Land Otfice will at once draw up a form al proclamation to be signed by the Pres ident, throwing open to settlement all the lanr)s of this rrwrration not aUlolltul, to the Indians. It is not Indieved the lottery system now bei.ig enforced in Oklahoma will le necessary in Idaho, although some ex tremely valuable agricultural lands will le throw n ooen to settlement. The prol abihties are that the land will be ac quired under the old-fashioned rush. Should everything prove satisfactory to the department, it is believed the Fort Hall lands can be opened some time in October. Stock Kates Cancelled. The Southern Pacific Company has notified agents of the cancellation of the ten-carloads rates on shipments of cattle, horses and sheep from Winnemucca, Iieno, Iron Point and intermediate points to Missouri and Mississsippi river and Chicago common points. The can cellation will go into effect August 15th. The rate on single carload shipments of livestock remains the saar.e. In connection with tho withdrawal of the ten carloads rate it is announced that the Oregon Short Line will also cancel its corresponding rate from points com petitive to those named. This order means that stockmen will have to pay about (14 per carload more upon Eastern shipments than they have been paying under the ten carloads rate. A New Town. A town of 10,01X1 people, to be known as Lawton, has grown up just outside the Fort Sill limits within a night. Fol lowing the close of the land lottery at El Heno, thousands of horneseekers who drew blanks started for the three points picked out by the Federal Government for townsites in the country, namely, Anardarko, Ilobart and Lawton. The majority of the people favored Lawton, which is 25 miles inland, and thousands of people are camped in and about the proposed site, awaitii.g the sale of lots on August 'ith. Already Lawton has 400 temporary business houses including a newspaper, and three streets have been laid out. Every form of gambling known on the frontier is being run wide open. Found Dead at Bldwell. Last Saturday evening A. II. Chapman of Fort Bidwell left his homo and not returning a party was out searching for him all nigut, and Sunday morning they found his remains lying on the hill above the old post quarters, says the Cedarville Record. He had been ill for some time and was subject to epileptic fits, and it is supposed that one came on and he died. He was quite old and left a family and several children to mourn his loss. w H have ninny new customers each season coming to our estnhlisliment w ho tell us tlicy always understood thut we Imndlcd good quality' oods. Our rvjmtntion with our customers is not made hy nny jtar- ticulnr line of goods we hac, hut hy the general excellence o I' every article in our sttK'k. We acknowledge we carry good quality tf goods. This refers to our cheaper goods in just the same degree as to those of the very best quality. In ordciiiig our goods we give just as particular attention to the durability, the substantial make and the stqcrior quality of the low juiced goods as wc do to the medium and better grades, but our assortment is mainly conincd to the medium and better grades. The strength of our lines is apjtnrcnt when you look at our stock, ami for Sjring and Summer we venture to assert that there is not another stock of goods in the country that is equal to ours in its wonderful variety, in its great range of juice, in its jtarticular style of every thing that we show. We solicit the business of the jteojde of Southeastern Oregon ami can readily convince them that we are the best house to trade with in this entire rcgitm. 0 VXaA A.A ... BAILEY & MASSINGILL ... rien Wanted. The Cbewaucan Land A Stork Com pany wish to employ a nuinU-r ft men immediately to work on their rum h in Chewaucan Valley. There will lie plenty of work until snow Hies. :t0 ' Plat to be riled. I-HII'I llltli-i' at 1 jlki-virw , Ori'gnn.f July !. I'-ail. ( N'HTK'K la Ihti'Iiv glvrn that an ni.nviM rial pint of tin- Kurt Klamntli atitiiilin'i Milium ami Hay Rinrvaiimia. 1 1. s:l s. K ? . KM 111 Mir. Or.'Kon. will flli-.i In il m.v mi tin- L'.'il day ill Auau-t. fail. tn mil ullrr i c.a ii Auu.i, iuui. if.iif-it,iiT1 mr h I'ntry nl laml in tin- alivi- ili-w rlln il Tiwii hlt K ill In riTi'l vi-.l thlH i.rllrr ami mailt! of rtt-unl. K. M. UK ATI" A IN. K.kI.Iit. I II A KK Y it.WI.KY, Kifi'lViT New Vegetable Store... L. B. WHORTON, Prop. OPPOSITE BAILEY A M A5AIN(1ILL'S Hereford Stock W arm Drown Vnllnv. Orofon. ?'.rA-.--w --'- , F. O. Bunting, Ownor largest herd of registered Herefords in Oregon V Registered Yearllnq. Bulls ULlOO, I2S and ISO each lAlDOR ALAMO head of pjaii All klrwle nf llorrioc Vrtat hloa Ar Fruit carried in season. j Leave orders and what you want 1 for the day will be delivered atj your door, fresh and sweet. I ...Southern Oregon State Normal School... ASHLAND, OREGON Strong Acfuleinic murm;. I'rofi Hsionnl (mining of th' highest excel lence. FirHt-clacH Training I)cjmrtnicn(. Well Kitiixi I,:ibrntor ii.H Tho (lcnmnd for trained tencherH exceed the ftijiply. (IniduutcK erinily m-curo good j)HitioiiH. llruiitiful location. 1'ewt climate on the ('oant. KxpeiiHcs from $125 to $15!) jier year. Fall term legin September 'Jth. Write for Catalogue. lif am W. M. CLAYTON, President. 'S'S'f'f 'f 'S f 'SS 'S 'S S 'i IT LOOKS As If we had experienced a landslide of gloves--such a variety. We'd much prefer they'd be on "your hands." We're going to "palm" them off this week. Better have a "hand" in the deal. Cost nothing to "see." MONOGRAM, kft