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VOL. XXIII.
LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OltKGON, THURSDAY, MAY 20. 1902.
NO. 21.
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CITIZEN
BACKS UP MIS
FIGURES
Jly (lie same method tl.o Daly organ
ba carried on the present Ik:m1 cam
palgn nliii'v the ilny l conventions de
ceit anil wilful tiiireprcsentalioii that
paper attempted lut week to weld It
'tiitnbtaritUtid () hycrilical state
ment lliHt the I ' v campaign tniiaie,
'lk county in growing dccr and
leper In debt," ia Inn. It. 1 1 y (for
In It the Kuallcr) attempt to make
litrtit tf t lit ntn til nf a rilir.cn puli-
I'shed in The Examiner ol May 15, ami
vail I tot "thi wonderful citirmi,"
tliinkiiiK the public might conclude
that tlii cltw.en ol Lake (dimity who liy
peronnl I li rt iiH t ioti found that the
iihlir debt m ih-crcaaed under the,
adininlatrati mi ol lh preacnt county
court in the 34 year from July I, I HUH
to April I. HHr-.', in I hp nm ol f j8 6J3.
A4, la myth conceived in thi imagina
(ion of a campaign liar, Iitly, in hi
irn picture of thi "Wonderful Citlxen."
1id not Iwlleve that the cilien who in
vestigated tin record to saliafy himself
mi thi xilnt In ij motion would aliow tip
to he one of the moat reliable, cniiaclen
t oiiN ami able men in Lake county, lie
did not know that Ihi citizen only lie
came interested In tin mooted question
ol I,aki county' financial standing for
the weal of the people of the county ami
losatiafy Itimaell on a ("'lot that ha
hui (j Ix'fii in iloiiht in Inn own mind.
He did not know that thia cilir.eit would
turn out to he DANIEL ItOONE, a man
respected for hla honesty and conaelen
tiouane liy all w ho h ve tr.iial ac
quaintance with him a man won,
Biter investigating the matter, know
WHAT lit ta TAt.KINO Allot t!
Tlii ci'iaen founil in the county rec
ord the following :
"I flnil that there km l"iiel during
the periial of three ami three quarter
CI1) year from July 1. 1.'H to A.ril 1,
PM12. in warrant, I7o.4H7.I7. Thi
film represent the TOTAL IT KKEST
EXPENSES OF THE Col'STY FoK
ITIAT PEKJoD oF T.I M E. There can
he Ito charge against Ijike Comity for
thia period 1 1 t iiiclihleil 111 the wiirrmita.
There waa paid out hv the Treasurer
(.r redemption ol u 111 runt and interest
thereon during the same iirriod, foj,.
V75.3H, and on April :i, l'.H2. for the
eanie purpose, there was paid out hy
the Tretianrer the further Mini of $15. -MH.SJ,
making a total of fl09.l2.L81
paid out for the three and three quar
ter ( D1, ) year in the l tHrliarjfo of old
debt mill intereat. I deduct from
thin aunt the total current exiene for
that jieriod of lime and I have $IOo,
II) 81 lea 170,487.17, leaving $j8,
6jS. 64, which mm i the amount of
ACTUAL KEDCCTloS OK COl'NTY
1NDEI1TEDNESS for the period in
)ueation.
Lake County owed on April 3, 1902,
38,6j3.64 leaa than it did on July 1,
18(18. Thia la highly gratifying.
The total cunont expenses for that
period of three and three quarters
C34) years ia $70,487.17. The auui
divided liy S4' (tivea I18.976.00 a
the ANNUAL C UK KENT EXEN8E8
OF LAKE COUNTY. Thia ia the aura
that Ijike County haa eipended an
nually fur that period."
To prove to the people of lake
County that h haa the courage of hit
convict iona and doea not care to hide
behind the name of "a citizen," Mr.
limine conies manfully to the front
with the following atateinent:
"Pt.rait, Oregon, M av 2:1, 1002.
I'.DiTOK F.xaminkh: Not for political
jmrporoa, hut for my ow n Kiiidance, I
went to the records of Lake County to
1lml out the Titrni reuardint; Lake
County finance.. I thought there
could he no wrong in handiit" you the
result of :hut examination, which waa
nothing more thau any peraon may, tiny
lay, find to be. true by referring to the,
record which are ever open to the pub
lic. Home one. wnntHto know the au
thor of the atateinent, a, it appealed in
your iHNtie of May 15. 1 avow the ail
thorahip of that atateinent, and re
affirm the absolute truth of every
Item In It. DANIEL UOONE.
NOTES FROM PLUSH.
Ptuab, Oregon, May IW, lW2-(To the
F.ditor:) I'luah ia dull at preaent, but
there will I exciting time on the 2d of
June.
The aocial given on Friday waa a grand
aucce. We were greeted with the
atniliitg face of a lU-puhlican candidate.
Moat of the ladiea not knowing until the
day after that he waa married man, re
gretted very much that Woman' Huff-
rage ia not in vogue. (Thia mut have
leen Johtiaon, the next County Treaaur
er. Ei.)
Mra. Tito. FliMik returned from lake
view on Friday and ia 'pending a few
day with friend here U-(ore returning
to her home on Kock Creek.
Mia Fleming left f-unday for her
home at New I ine Creek, after teaching
a Hiicceaaful term of w hoot here. Her
many friend regretted to aee her go.
K. F.. Kond panned through I'luah Sun
day en route to New Fine Creek where
he rxMHl to buv a farm. Ho aay
lame Humor, at leaat.
Steve Young of Kock Creek waa a
vUiior in I'luah Friday, and attended
the grand aocial.
An Omukkvkk.
The legal mind of the Ialy organ ha
had time to pailae and conaider the
matter of what law in exiatence author
lie the county court to "pay back to
the taxpayer the fl, 115. 1(1 wrongfully
collected on account of the old acalp
bounty law," The next eeeaiuii of the
Oregon l-gilature may make eome
proviaion for that, hut until then, the
court 111 11 t not order it paid back.
THE SITUATION IS
QUITE APPALLINOI
II. Ialy haa reealedly during thia
campaign kept In-fore the people in hi
organ an article headed "Defining Dulie
of County Court," giving the unprea
oioii that if he i electexl County Judge
he will M-ronally attend to the expert
ingofthe Uxikaof the county oflicera,
and aave the t'onnty the expeuae. Un
der the Mtalute mentiotiel the practice
I of having hook of county ollicera t-x-I
H-rted by expert iicciiiiiitaiil in recog
mr.ed and uplu-ld in every county in
Ihi "tate. The Member of the county
l inn I" arc not HipHiHfil to IfexTt ac
coiinlaitla, and probably no one w ill ac
ciiw II. lIy of being me. The H-ople
can ace lhily tuiw Hiiiring over the
InMik of the oil nly oliicer and lait tiering
lii liraui w ith etuha, icceipl, journal
ami w lial not for day et a time. Yea,
they fee him in a dream doing thin to
aave the Hior taxpayer a paltry aunt,
lie could lind a much better way of aa
aialing in decreaaiug the county debt
and aaviug money to the taxpayers by
paying a juat proNrtiou of taxea on hia
peraonal property. That row of brick
and atone buililing in 1-akeview w hich
he value at fl,H(H) and from which he
receive! an aiinual income in renlala of
f -I.HiW atand a a monument to hi
greatneaa ai a taxpayer and a county
debt reducer. I-et us aee what the tax
payera iiAve loat by thia exporting of
the county booka by experta:
May, 11KK), exerting booka Hatch
elder, clerk, Neilon Sheriff... 4o5K)
Mote experting by McCalleo
and Kieber ......15.00
Oct., 10O1, term Circuit Court,
experting Nellon case 500.00
1001, experting booka sheriff,
clerk, treasurer ...330.00
1001, more experting Nellon case
I..... 50.15
Total i:i,15
The following amounts were turned
into the county trcaaury by ofllcials on
account of cle rical errors as per Mate
ment of expert :
April 11, MH) 250.00
April 21, IU00 343.00
May 2, l'.MMi 6,(X)
May 10, MM) 414.77
June 30, 11HMI , 57 00
Jan. 2, HH.I2 ' 81.25
Total fll51.02
More than three-iiuartera of tltia
amount f)r exporting was paid out as
extenatt Incurrect by circuit court cases,
and all but 1218.13 for expert hire. Joe
Moore, editor of the Daly organ, who
howls so luatly about "grafts" was paid
106 of the amount for bis work as an
expert.
The actual cost of experting the
affairs of JLake county, 1218.13, is simply
appalling I
FURNISH
HAS CLAinS ON
ALL OF US
W. J. Furniah i the Kaatern Oregon
candidate for (jovernor. It i not the
cuaUnri to honor Kaatern Oregon with
audi an important nomination, and now
ia the.t'me for Eastern Oregon to accept
the optxirf unitv to elect a man from our
own diatinct lerritnry. Katrn Oregon
has talay a proiiiiiiiMMe he never bad
U-fore. Let the people of this section
hold that prominence by voting for and
electing the Onvernor of Oregon from
among her citixen. W. J. Furnish ia
the man to make all eyes turn toward
Eastern Oregon. The Kepuhlicans and
a lar e numlair of Ivmocrata in Uke
county are in hearty accord and arm
pathy with the wiae administratis of
l'r evident Kaeevelt. The Kepuhlicans
here are in favor of the retention of the
Philippine. When they cast their bal
lots next Monday let them ahow that Judge they w iU regret it exceedingly
they believe in the expansion and prog-1 nt b,.fre the four years of his term ex
reus of the United Slates, and that they , lirM- e haa the Town of Ukeview
desire the beiieflta the retention of the faat in hi grip, and his ambition is to
1'hilippines will bring to the people of g,-t Uke County in the other band. He
Oregon. 11 them shw their desire to ha. U-en held up aa a great taxpayer
protect the American Flag wherever it but look at his record as a tax dodger in
is raited. They will do this by voting , this iue. With all his wealth be pays
for W. J . Furniah and against the De-1 only Itfa'i.KiJ into the treasury of Lake
mocratic nominee whose policy and
principle is that the Flag should le
hauled down in the 1'hilippines.
Sea mi nek at Hla Old Home.
The Adin ArgUHof laat week has the
following reference to I.skeview citizen :
II. Kchtnink, a hardware dealer of
Ijtkevtaw, accompanied by his wife,
paaaed through Adin the first of the
week en route to the lower country.
Mr, Khininck at one time conducted a
hardware biiaiiiea in Adin, but this ia
his first viait here in many years. The
gentleman slated that while the place
had a familiar look generally, yet be
noted many change, and remarked
particularly the fact that the
residence !
properties had Ihh-ii much improved. 1
It waa alaiut Neveiiteeu years ago since .
ie waa a buaiueaa man of our tow n, vet !
he him) hi ife found several old time . it impossible of denial before tho day of
friend who weie glad to meet them, j election. I.ct them consider the mat
Alter remaining in Adin over night, the 1 ter fairly and vote according to the die-
guest of Mr. and Mr. K. It. Clark, they
on fHtnnlnv morning continued on
their journey."
Letter From Tonopah.
(ieorge Wingfield has written a letter
lo O. ti rimes in which the following
information is given regarding Tonopah :
Daly wages from $4 to $(.
Freighter get 1 cent for hauling in 00
miles and $10 tier ton for hauling out
ore.
Chicken are worth $1 each.
Vegetables hard to gel ; Water $1 50
per barrel.
(iood business opportunities are open.
Water, electric and reduction works
are soon to be built.
The ore in sight in Tonopah mining
district is worth $V) ,000 ,000.
The camp will be permanent.
Tonopah stock is soiling at $7, former
ly $1 ; It will probably reach $20 toon.
Watch for. Dentals.
As today w ill be the last issue of tbe
Daly organ prior to the election tbe
publio will be assured of ' several de
nials, and probably renewed ruoMisxa
by H. Daly. In last week's Examiner
we challenged Daly to deny certain
statements. He may accept the chal
lenge and deny them. He is "tricky,"
but his political tricks are so old that
everybody is "on to" them.
If you have not read the great
speech of Hon. Thos. II. Tongue in the
House of KopreHiUatived, April 24th,
on Good Hoads, you have missed a
good thing.
The Daly organ has been bowling like
a coyote about the "graft" The Examin-,
er hits on county printing. The records
of the county show that from May 1,
1001 to Mar 1, P02, the total cost of all
printing and publishing done by Tbe
Examiner for every office from Couuty
Judge to Koail Overseer of the various
precincts for the entire year, amounted
to the turn of $377, Wv This it indeed
"(rightful fttrttfl0 With public
fund." Juat think of the great print- ,Trjl TT I 1
ing "graft" that the I)aly organ has. g EJ 1 fl
made such a Itia alout all these year.
I'ooti 1 It would acarcely par f'r the
P iter, tind atationery stock The Examin
er ii.es in one year. For all printing for
lake County for one year 1377.95!.
Lake county will certainly go into bank
ruptcy if it keee up this awful expen
diture! Iet those who are intereted in
finding out the truth about thia great
"printing graft" go to the records and
aee for themselves.
. . .... . .... 1
It is to las hoped that the people of
Like County will weigh the two men in
the balance next Monday, and elect
Charles Tonningaen County Jude and'
rebuke the candidacy of 11. Paly, the
banker ami landlord, w hose only object
in i.eairing the n ition is to farther bis
l,,iri. ami inUraaii of mn in hia
i fi,liui(.j C.-H. Will the voters ot Lake
jC(,0nty whom B. Daly looks upon as the
i "common people" bend the ne and
, Ikiw the head to Mammon? We do not
1 think so. One tlung is certain, if by
, chance the people of I.ake cou ty ahoii'd
elect Italy to the position of County
county.
THE COLONEL AND
DOCTOR AS EDITORS
It is underatood that the i-tsue of the
Hustler today will lie sent out to it
readers filled with campaign editorial
matter written and inspired by B. Daly
and hia partner in business- Cha. A.
Cogawell. It is alx understood that a
moat bitter and vituperative attack, will
be made in that organ on the County
Court the laat shot before the day of
election which diaplaya a spirit of un
fairne and a deaire to indulge in
dirty politic that would ahame a pro
feaaional w ard heeler. The people of
Lake ountv w ill uiideratand that thei-e
attack are made at this time, to make
tation of their own consciences and in
accord with their own good judgment,,
without prejudice. In this campaign
The Examiner has been compelled to
charge the Democratic nominee for
County Judge w ith many things that it
would rather have left unsaid, but in no
accusation made are we willing to
"cave down the bank" and' admit that
we are wrong. The Examine can
prove eveiy assertion it has made. If
we were not prepared to do tbieh we
could not rest easily for fear that we
would be brought before the courts up
on a charge of lilieluig B. IVly, the
rich banker and landlord, whose money
would lie his ower to prosecute us to
the end. Charges have beva made by
The Examiner in this campaign that
are either I.iBnui.or Tut. Tbttu. We
stand or fall upon these- charges. If
our accusations are untrue we challenge
B. DeTr to brin k suit against ws for
libel.
t. Daly is personally responsible for
tbe bitterness of this cam paigu.
A Corradlosu
Tbe Examiner regrets very much to
be compelled (o make correction of a
matter that seems so ridiculous as to
need noexplanatioa. Hut we must ap
ologize for a most silly and seemingly
inexcusable error iu a small item in our
laat issue. Iu mentioning tbe fact that
Mr. and Mrs. Frank llironymous of
Cedarville had removed to Warner, and
to remind our readers that Mrs. lli
ronymous was formerly Mi?s Ilattie
Peuland, a highly respected and estima
ble young woman who, is well known
in Lakeview, The Examiner intended to
say (nee Ilutlie Penland). The types
and the "intelligent" compositor made
us say "one" instead ol "uc. itie
error was overlooked in the final proof-
reading, and we hope that all intelligent
persons w ill consider the matter only at
au erroi, though an extremely silly one.
Those who understand tbe difficulties
under which a country newspaper ia
conducted cau easily appreciate tbe
manner in which tuch errors socqr,
15 MIGHTY AND JIUST
PREVAIL
To tike- Citlzena of Lake County:
Th clwra of the fakeview Huatler
tfiat 2U5,(X;i)tl is the aggregate
itnautt "received and dwhuraed" by
Lake County official from Jnly 1, 80tt
to Aprit lt 19(92. is anialeadirig. The to
tals received by both Treasurere make
that sum. Bat, ia tke middle of that
Mime period, Mr. Bell received $7,508.11
from Mr. Ablet mm. This sum is twice
charged in the fcaatler'a total. To get
trietriie-amount.liJiOB.il must be de-
' 1.. l. ........ r.i.,1 ...
II97.5oL.85i
There was paid out :
For atate ta4-.. $.17,929.76
For school fund 35.943.t4
For scalps, school districts, and
institutes. 4,470.5 -
In payment ol old county in-
debt dnee.... 10!,122.81
I-ft on hand after payment of
April 3 IO.O0.4 15
Total paid out v97,560.95
A. sum so nearly the total received as
to be practiwlly exact. 4 the great
and startling lestioA so often asked,
"What ha become ef all taat money?"
is clearly answered. 1 have given
much stuiky to thia n otter, and can
find, no delect in Mr. (feather's show
ing. KlemnfcylouiUyr aadi repeatedly, it
has been aeked,. "What ha leen done
with aJL this mcaeyr or "What have
we to shww for all this aaecey ?" as if to
indicate there was no answer to be
given, though a plain and inevasive
answer has always bev easily obtained
from tae records, anil kuts been printed
by Mr. (aunt her tor moie tlian a month.
Again, that tt c ull be believed by
that very, capable aealkDer, that, to
subtract frow, the asswaaed aggregate re
ceipts, the asrfttnieil "net reduction of
oli debts"' would fbow the current ex
penses of the county, seems incredible.
Ytt, that ie w hat be iid, and haslieen
crying every since tke lt of May that
the official board of the county has ex
pended t180t43ti 42. in the last 334' years,
or, annually $l,nr..22. The records
show $lttlv122.tii to be the sum spent in
payment of old Uvbls. If be had. used
this saju insUani of f24,C32 bis as
sumed "net reduction" he would
have shown a little more regard for
bis seputatkia &a a correct and re
liable ma.1ipe.W0r of figures.
But,, there m no relation w batever be
tween the current expenses of Lake
County wad tb "net reduction of
iiMLebledwese fur that petiod. of time;
because state taxes and ecalp taxes,
aud suck other taxes as tbe official
board ka no option about but to levy.
collect and pay out, are in the nature of
fixed charges that tbe board could not
make saaalfor or larger H tbey would.
Every dollar of Lake county current
expeasea as included aa tne warrants is
sued by order of tbe board for eer
ricee rendered, er supplies furnished,
lor indigent poo,, for road improve
sweat, bridges, ele. The cost of all these
things for tbe period of tin under con
sideration was 487.15. Thia is tbe
sum of Lake County 'a current ex
pensea for th time ka question. Sub
tract this sun from 1100,122.81 and we
Lave $38(65.66 which it the amount
Lake County has paid of old debts for
the period of 3 years, in excess of the
total current expenses for that time;
and Laxx Countv's bkbt has bkkn bi-
ODCKn TH4T MUCH.
Divide $70,487.15 by 34' and your
quotient is $18, 796.15. Thia is the
euiu of Lake County's annual expenses
for tbe time we are considering. '
As clear as this proof is, of a pros
perous condition of Lake County's
finances, there are those who deny the
people the pleasure of contemplating it
with that confidence which the facts
warrant, by shouting with terror
stricken countenances, ''What has
been done with all that money?"
What have we to show for It?"
The answer ia simple:
An indebtedness actually reduced in
the sum of $38,635.00, and our promises
to pay or war ra nts selling at par1.
DANIEL BOONB.
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